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40: Part 2: U.S. Marshal Bill Sorukas and the Hunt for the DC Snipers

Game of Crimes

Game of Crimes

True Crime

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2022

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

Before the takedown of the DC Snipers (Episode 18), there was the manhunt. The US Marshals immediately saddled up and brought to bear their unique skills and capabilities to identify who was behind the ambush killings in the National Capital Region. Bill Sorukas trusted his instincts, ignored the media hype, and was key to identifying Lee Boyd Malvo and John Allen Muhammad as the DC Snipers.


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0:00.0

Bill Siruchus talks about how one of the identities of the DC snipers was discovered.

0:18.4

So this is the first time you've heard Malvo's name, right?

0:21.6

Yes.

0:23.0

Yeah, he gave me the name, date of birth, his FBI number, and maybe another number in there too.

0:31.6

Just there was, he said there's one arrest on his record.

0:34.6

And let's talk about that real quick.

0:36.1

I think we kind of touched on it before, but why was, why was he in the system?

0:41.4

He had been contacted by INS in Blaine, Washington over an immigration matter, the state of Washington.

0:52.2

So that record, you know, they took fingerprints at that time and those fingerprints matched one of the prints on that firearms catalog out of Montgomery, Alabama.

1:01.6

Welcome to Game of Crimes.

1:03.6

They, they discounted a lot of things. And here's another thing they discounted. Let's listen to this call that came in because this is from the actual, the snipers.

1:30.6

Back home to the police, love calls to sign your cordon.

1:34.0

Good morning. Don't say anything just like, where are the people that are causing the killing in your area?

1:40.0

Look on the tarot card. It says, call me God. Do not release the press. We have called you three times before trying to cut a negotiation.

1:50.8

We've got no response. People have died.

1:53.6

I don't want to put too much on the communicators that took the call, but it's like, obviously a lot of people were not briefed on what the content of that tarot card was, right? At least at that point.

2:18.0

I don't believe many were brief. No, it was kept as much in house as they could at the time, but this call is taking place.

2:28.0

At least a week after that tarot card is found.

2:32.0

And this call originated from the Texaco gas station in Woodbridge.

2:39.0

And it's only one voice on there. It's Lee Melville on their speaking.

2:44.0

But I think she should have done a little bit more to take it serious and maybe forwarded the call to someone.

2:52.0

And we know from the four page letter that was dropped in Ashland that they were trying to communicate with more than just the Rockville police department.

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