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Genesis:
The D.C. Sniper – Story Untold
Media
Day Announcement
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Isa Nichols,
the first targeted victim of John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo,
will be on hand to discuss the downward spiral of domestic abuse, overcoming
tragedy and the upcoming execution of John Muhammad from the perspective of the
D.C. Snipers’ victims this Thursday October 22nd,
2009, 12 noon at Imigri
Studios in Seattle.
Nichols will be meeting with close
friend and community activist/international artist, Shyan Selah, to talk
about the process that she and other victims have had to go through to rebuild
their lives the last seven years, as well as what it means that John Muhammad
will now be put to death for the crimes that have altered their lives in such
drastic and heartbreaking fashion. (Muhammad is scheduled to be executed
November 10, 2009.)
Members of the media are welcome to
attend and ask questions during this 1 ½ hour long discussion which will be
taped for an upcoming documentary. (Due to expected
attendance, it is encouraged that questions be submitted beforehand via email
at the address below to ensure that they be answered during event.) The
documentary will be produced by Shyan Selah and will feature a detailed account
of Nichols’ story.
Nichols was the first targeted victim of
John Muhammad as retaliation for her support and assistance in helping
Muhammad’s wife, Mildred, regain custody of her children and escape Muhammad’s
abuse. However, it was Nichols’ niece, Keenya Cook, who was the first
person to die at the hands of Lee Malvo. Malvo was ordered by Muhammad to go to
Nichols’ Tacoma home and shoot her as part of an “initiation killing.” It is
thought that Malvo, who had never before met Nichols, assumed he had shot the
right person when Nichols’ 21-year-old niece, and mother of a six month old
baby girl, opened the door. It would be months before anyone made the
connection between this horrific and seemingly random killing and the
“terrorist attack” that shook Washington D.C. residents in 2002.
Isa Nichols has been the unknown
catalyst for much of the D.C. Sniper story. We invite you to come, listen and
learn as she makes her story known
and shines the light on how domestic abuse led to domestic terrorism.