WASHINGTON - Convicted D.C. sniper Lee Boyd Malvo said in a television interview that aired Thursday that he was sexually abused by John Allen Muhammad, his adult accomplice in shootings that terrorized the Washington area 10 years ago.
Malvo also said there are still unidentified victims from the pair's shooting spree and that he contacted the families of some of those victims.
"Without anyone contacting me two-and-a-half years ago, I reached out and I did that," Malvo said in an interview with NBC's Matt Lauer that was aired on the "Today" show. "In five different instances in different states. But there was a point in time where psychologically, I couldn't handle it."
Lauer told viewers the telephone interview was taped Wednesday and lasted about 40 minutes.
Malvo's accomplice, Muhammad, was executed by lethal injection in 2009. Malvo is serving a life sentence at a prison in Virginia. The pair were linked to 27 shootings across the country, including one in Tucson and 10 fatal attacks in the Washington area.
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"For the entire period when I was almost 15 until I got arrested, I was sexually abused by John Muhammad," Malvo said.
Malvo also said he was sexually abused by a babysitter at age 5 and by relatives when he was 8 or 9.
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Lee Boyd Malvo told detectives that he and John Allen Muhammad shot and killed Jerry Taylor from long range as Taylor practiced chip shots at Fred Enke Golf Course on Tucson's east side in March 2002.
Malvo said he and Muhammad stalked Taylor for days, even talking to him at a supermarket before the killing.
Pima County prosecutors declined to prosecute Muhammad or Malvo for Taylor's killing. Malvo wasn't prosecuted for Taylor's killing because Arizona authorities gave him immunity for his confession.
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