PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona woman whose father was allegedly killed by the D.C. sniper suspects plans to be in Virginia for the execution of John Allen Muhammad.
Cheryll Witz's father, Jerry Taylor, was the Tucson man gunned down on a golf course in 2002, a few months before the Washington, D. C. area attacks.
Tucson police said Muhammad's teenage accomplice, Lee Boyd Malvo, confessed the pair was responsible for shooting Taylor.
Witz told KPHO-TV in Phoenix that Muhammad "took part in watching my dad die, and I want to watch him die. That's justice to me."
Taylor's death had not been conclusively tied to Muhammad and Malvo until Witz wrote Malvo a 5-page letter, begging him to confess if he was responsible.
Attorneys for Muhammad asked the nation's highest court, but the U.S. Supreme Court refused to block Tuesday's scheduled execution.
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Information from: KPHO-TV, http://www.kpho.com/
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