Ex-Wife Of D.C. Sniper: 'I Was The Enemy' : NPR

Thus illustrating the domestic violence victim's impossible dilemma: if you stay, you may die; but the time right after you leave is the most dangerous.

Ex-Wife Of D.C. Sniper: 'I Was The Enemy' : NPR:

The ex-wife of the sniper who terrorized the Washington, D.C., area during a 2002 killing spree said the random murders were part of an attempt to commit the perfect crime: to kill her and divert suspicion to a crazed gunman.

..."They said, 'Ms. Muhammad, didn't you know he was shooting people around you?' They said, 'The man he shot in the hand with the laptop, that's right down the street from you. The gentleman that was shot at the store in Brandywine — that's two miles away from you. You were the target,' " Muhammad says.

...Mildred Muhammad says her ex-husband thought if she were killed by a crazed gunman, he would regain custody of their children and collect compensation owed them as crime victims. "His end-game scenario was to come in as the grieving father," she says. "He maybe would have been called father of the year."