Mildred Muhammad is a survivor of domestic violence. You may not recognize her name, but you might be familiar with a story from back in 2002 of a man referred to as “The D.C. Sniper.” That man, John Allen Muhammad, was Mildred’s former husband. He and a teen accomplice shot and killed 10 people in a 3-week killing spree in the Washington D.C. area. What was later revealed was that the main target was actually Mildred and the shooting spree was part of an elaborate scheme to make it look like she was the victim of a crazed sniper. Mildred endured years of domestic violence before breaking free from her marriage. She was invited to Rochester recently by the Willow Center for Domestic Violence to share her story of survival.
Watch this Need to Know interview with author and advocate, Mildred Muhammad, and President and CEO of Willow Domestic Violence Center, Jaime Saunders.