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Daughter of Tucson murder victim to witness execution

By Tricia Jochum - email

Update By Mindy Blake - email 

Serial sniper John Allen Muhammad will be put to death Tuesday night by lethal injection in Virginia.

The state's governor denied Muhammad's request for clemency.

He's being executed for the death of a man at a gas station during a shooting spree in 2002 that left 10 people dead across Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C.

Muhammad and his teenaged accomplice, Lee Boyd Malvo, were also suspected of deadly shootings in three other states, including Arizona.

Muhammad's attorney says Virginia will be executing a severely mentally ill man.

One of the people who will be watching the execution tonight is the daughter of the Tucson man killed while playing golf in 2002.

Lee Malvo admitted he and Muhammad killed a man on a Tucson golf course.

Authorities believe he was Jerry Taylor.

His daughter is in Virginia to witness Muhammad's death.

Cheryll Witz said, "He took part in watching my dad die, and I want to watch him die. That's justice to me."

Authorities did not pursue Muhammad for the Taylor murder because he was already on death row.

Malvo was given immunity, but he is serving a life term for the other attacks.

Malvo also admitted he and Muhammad shot another man on a golf course in Clearwater, Florida.

That man was 72-year old Albert Michalczyk.

He survived, and lives in Oro Valley.

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