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]]>For much of their 12-year marriage, the mother of three endured emotional and psychological abuse in silence. Even after the couple split in 1999, John Allen Muhammad continued to stalk and terrorize her. When she changed her phone number, he still found it — and then showed up at her home uninvited.
“He said to me, ‘You have become my enemy, and as my enemy, I will kill you,’” she told Fox News Digital.
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John Allen Muhammad and his teenage accomplice terrorized the area in and around the nation’s capital for three weeks. (Virginia Department of Corrections via Getty Images)
In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Muhammad is now speaking out in a new Investigation Discovery true-crime documentary, “Hunted by My Husband,” which explores John’s relentless desire to murder her so he could gain custody of their children.
John, an expert rifle marksman, and his accomplice, Lee Boyd Malvo, shot and killed 10 people and wounded three others over a three-week span in October 2002 that terrorized the Washington, D.C., area, The Associated Press reported. Multiple other victims were shot and killed across the country in the prior months as the duo made their way to the area around the nation’s capital from Washington state, the outlet shared.
A map is displayed on a screen during the penalty phase of the trial of convicted Washington area sniper John Allen Muhammad at Virginia Beach Circuit Court on Nov. 18, 2003, in Virginia Beach. The map, which was on Muhammad’s laptop, shows marks indicating alleged shooting sites and potential shooting sites in the Washington, D.C., area. (Dave Ellis-Pool/Getty Images)
During the investigation, authorities theorized that John believed killing Mildred would help him regain custody of their children by making her appear to be the victim of a random gunman.
Dr. Mildred Muhammad is speaking out in a new true-crime documentary about the case, “Hunted by My Husband.” (Investigation Discovery)
Muhammad met John in 1985 while he was stationed at Fort Lewis, Washington. She was shopping with a friend when he approached with “a beautiful smile.” They went out that same evening and married in 1988.
She described her husband as deeply invested in their relationship, and they quickly built a family together. But after serving in Operation Desert Storm in 1990, he returned a changed man. John suffered a shoulder injury and was later diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. When Muhammad and their eldest child, John Jr., visited him in the hospital, she recalled that “the lights were on, but no one was home.”
A note written by John Allen Muhammad found inside a bag at a shooting scene on Oct. 19, 2002. (Adrin Snider-Pool/Getty Images)
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John Allen Mohammed, seen here in this undated photo, was an expert marksman. (Montgomery County Police/Getty Images)
“He would just sit in the corner, rocking back and forth,” she recalled. “He no longer wanted to have conversations. Even if I tried to engage, he felt threatened. He was full of rage — but it was a different rage.
“John was quiet. He was trained in psychological warfare, so he would do things that made me question everything I did. I would look at him and say, ‘Why are you angry?’ He would respond, ‘Why are you saying I’m angry?’ Then he went to the mirror, wiped his hand across his face — and whatever emotion was there was gone.”
David Reichenbaugh served as the criminal intelligence operations commander for the Maryland State Police. He is seen here catching up with Dr. Mildred Muhammad during the filming of “Hunted by My Husband.” (Investigation Discovery)
Once warm and attentive, John became quick to anger and consumed by paranoia. He grew cold and calculating, making Muhammad’s belongings vanish if he disapproved of them. He nitpicked over small things, punishing her with days of silence whenever she dared to act independently. To avoid his quiet fury, Muhammad learned to stay silent. He chipped away at her self-worth, repeatedly telling her she didn’t matter.
Dr. Mildred Muhammad is seen here with her daughters at her office in Camp Springs, Maryland, on Sept. 13, 2008. (Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
“I tried to reach out for help, but I didn’t have physical scars,” she said. “I tried to go to my place of religion, and all you’re talking about is that I’m supposed to honor my husband. But how do I honor a man who emotionally hurts me?”
“Abusive relationships don’t begin harshly,” she reflected. “They begin with a dream they sell you, because they’re trying to control your life without you knowing. Once you submit to that dream, they breadcrumb affection toward you. Then you begin to wonder, ‘What did I do?’ You don’t understand that none of it is your fault. . . . If you try to reach out, you’ll get in trouble.”
Brendan Shea (left), a DNA expert with the FBI, points to the Bushmaster rifle used in the sniper shootings as Prince William County Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney James Willett (right) holds the weapon on Nov. 5, 2003, in Virginia Beach. (Dave Ellis-Pool/Getty Images)
The conflict deepened after Muhammad filed for divorce. When John threatened to kill her, she went into hiding with her family. A judge granted a lifetime restraining order — but there was one loophole.
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Dr. Mildred Muhammad told Fox News Digital her husband was a different man after he was diagnosed with PTSD. (Dudley M. Brooks/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
“The restraining order was against me, not the children,” she explained. “Even though it was for life, visitation was still required every other weekend. We were preparing for court to decide on custody. That’s when he took them.”
In 2000, John kidnapped their three children, taking them on an 18-month odyssey to Antigua, the Washingtonian reported. Muhammad told Fox News Digital that because there was no parenting plan in place by the court, she was told, “He has just as much of a right to the children as you do.”
Dr. Mildred Muhammad was separated from her three children for 18 months. (Investigation Discovery)
“There are no words to describe the level of pain I was in,” she said.
Taalibah Muhammad, the daughter of Dr. Mildred Muhammad and John Allen Muhammad, spoke out in “Hunted by My Husband.” (Investigation Discovery)
“In my prayer, I said, ‘Lord, I have to give You back my children. I can’t focus on what I need to do and worry about them. I’m placing them back in Your hands so I can prepare myself to stand before a judge to prove I can care for them.’ At the end of that prayer, I cried for two hours. Then I felt a presence — like someone covering me with a blanket up to my neck. I stopped crying.”
“I didn’t cry much after that,” she continued. “That’s when I began taking paralegal courses to learn how to get my children back. I had my writ of habeas corpus, which meant wherever they found my children, they had to return them to me.”
John Allen Muhammad abducted the children without permission. He took them out of the country to Antigua, in the Caribbean, using false identification and forged documents. (Steve Earley-Pool/Getty Images)
Muhammad was reunited with her children in 2001 after an emergency custody hearing in Tacoma, Washington, the Washingtonian reported. Then, in 2002, investigators knocked on her door in Maryland, where she was residing.
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Dr. Mildred Muhammad was in hiding when she learned from investigators that her ex-husband was the D.C. sniper. (Investigation Discovery)
“They told me, ‘Have you heard about any shootings in the area?’ I said, ‘No, I have not,’” she recalled. “An agent stopped and said, ‘We’re going to have to tell you — we’re naming your ex-husband as the D.C. sniper.’ My head hit the table. They asked, ‘Do you think he would do something like that?’ I looked up and said, ‘Yes.’”
Muhammad remembered once watching a movie with John when he turned to her and said, “I could take a small city and terrorize it. They would think it’s a group of people. It would only be me.” When she tried to ask why, he quickly changed the subject.
John Allen Muhammad was also known as the “Beltway Sniper.” (Bureau of Prisons/Getty Images)
The investigator told Muhammad, “Didn’t you know you were the target? There was a man shot two miles from you at a convenience store. There was another man shot right down the street from you six times. He took $3,000 and his laptop. Ms. Muhammad, you were the target.”
“Hunted by My Husband” features never-before-seen home videos of the Muhammad family and new interviews with the law enforcement officers who worked tirelessly to track and identify the snipers. (Investigation Discovery)
Muhammad and her family were quickly taken to a hotel for safety.
“I saw the TV — there he was,” she said. “I put my hand on the screen and said, ‘What happened to you?’ My children cried themselves to sleep. I went to the bathroom, turned on the water, sat on the floor and screamed into a pillow.”
“The next day, he was caught,” she added.
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John Allen Muhammad was executed on Nov. 10, 2009, by lethal injection. He was 48. (Steve Helber-Pool/Getty Images)
In Antigua, John met Malvo, a Jamaican teenager with whom he formed a father-son bond. John was accused of manipulating Malvo to serve as his partner in the shootings.
Lee Boyd Malvo is serving a life sentence. (Rich Lipski/Getty Images)
With the help of a tip, police arrested John and the 17-year-old while they slept in their car at a Maryland rest stop, ending a three-week reign of terror that gripped Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia, according to the BBC.
John was executed in 2009 at age 48. Malvo, now 40, is serving a life sentence without parole.
Dr. Mildred Muhammad is now a speaker and advocate for survivors of domestic violence. (Lou Rocco/Disney-Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images)
Today, Muhammad advocates for survivors of domestic violence and hopes her story encourages others to seek help before it’s too late.
“My help was slow in coming,” she said. “But I knew I had to make it through for my children.”
"Hunted by My Husband: The Untold Story of the DC Sniper" premieres Oct. 28 at 9 p.m.
Stephanie Nolasco covers entertainment at Foxnews.com.
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]]>The aircraft, a Royal Australian Air Force KC-30A, diverted and landed safely at the St. Louis Lambert International Airport in Missouri, an Australian Defence spokesperson confirmed to Fox News.
“Our highest priority is providing support to the injured member and request that their privacy be respected,” a statement said.
Officials told local FOX 2 that a crew member was struck in the head by luggage, and it was believed to have fallen from an overhead bin.
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President Donald Trump, right, shakes the hand of Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during a meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Monday, October 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Evan Vucci)
That crew member reportedly suffered a concussion and was taken to the hospital.
Albanese’s plane had left Joint Base Andrews at 5:15 p.m., FOX 2 reported, and the emergency landing happened around 7:45 p.m.
President Donald Trump and Albanese signed a critical minerals deal at the White House on Monday as the U.S. had been eyeing the continent’s rich rare-earth resources. This, at a time when China is imposing tougher rules on exporting its own critical minerals abroad.
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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese gestures during a press conference in Sydney, Australia, Dec. 12, 2024. (Mark Baker, File)
The two leaders described the agreement as an $8.5 billion deal between the allies. Trump said it had been negotiated over several months.
“In about a year from now we’ll have so much critical mineral and rare earth that you won’t know what to do with them,” said Trump, boasting about the deal. “They’ll be worth $2.”
Xenotime is a rare earth element that can be found in Australia. (Getty Images )
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Albanese added that the agreement takes the U.S.-Australia relationship “to the next level.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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]]>Psychotherapist Jonathan Alpert said the “No Kings” protests were a snapshot of an era when emotional catharsis and civic activism have begun to blur.
“What we’re seeing is a kind of group therapy playing out in the streets,” he told Fox News Digital.
Louise Stark, left, and Ken Hughes wear inflatable axolotl (Mexican salamander) costumes as they join thousands of other people for the second “No Kings” protest. (Clifford Oto/The Stockton Record/USA Today Network via Imagn Images)
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The protest, which drew thousands to the nation’s capital and similar rallies across the country, was aimed at denouncing what participants described as President Donald Trump’s “kingship” and blatant authoritarianism.
According to researchers at American University who track protest movements, and whose findings were first reported by Axios, the typical D.C. attendee was an educated White woman in her 40s who learned about the demonstration through friends or social media.
“The ‘No Kings’ movement allows people to feel belonging and community,” Alpert said. “Sharing grievances with like-minded people feels good, but it doesn’t necessarily change anything.”
Dr. Jeanine Standard of Canton sports an inflatable chicken suit as she joins hundreds of other protesters for a “No Kings” rally Oct. 18, 2025, along War Memorial Drive near Peoria Stadium. (Matt Dayhoff/Journal Star/USA Today Network via Imagn Images)
Alpert, the author of his forthcoming book “Therapy Nation,” said “therapy speak” is everywhere in our culture.
“Therapy speak is everywhere — in dating apps, on the news, even in political rallies,” he said. “People start labeling others as narcissists or traumatized when those aren’t clinical diagnoses.”
Demonstrators in inflatable costumes rally on Pennsylvania Avenue during a “No Kings” protest in Washington Oct. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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Alpert sees that hunger for connection as central to the “No Kings” phenomenon.
“People are craving community, and this gives them a place to channel that. They’re surrounded by others who validate how they feel, and that validation can be addictive,” he said. “Some protesters are equating the ‘No Kings’ movement with the Civil Rights Movement. In their minds, there’s an equivalency, but there really isn’t. They want to be part of something historically meaningful, and that longing can distort perspective.”
That fleeting catharsis, Alpert added, can also mask something darker.
“A lot of times people are unhappy in their own lives,” he said. “They may have anxiety or anger, and they project that onto others. That’s partly what we’re seeing play out at these rallies.”
Kim Armstrong wears an inflatable elephant costume at Government Plaza in Tuscaloosa, Ala., as she takes part in the “No Kings” protest, a nationwide protest against the presidency of Donald Trump. (Gary Cosby Jr./USA Today Network via Imagn Images)
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During “No Kings” protests across the nation last Saturday, individuals sporting inflatable T. rex, elephants and other brightly colored costumes flooded the streets. Supporters say the inflatable costumes draw attention without violence. The tactic started in Portland, Oregon, during protests against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations.
“They want us to be violent,” protester Claudia Schultz, wearing an inflatable pig costume, told the Miami Herald. “You can’t get any less violent than this.”
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]]>“The FBI is still offering a $500,000 reward for information that helps identify the person who placed pipe bombs at the offices of the Democratic National Committee and Republican National Committee on January 5, 2021,” the FBI wrote on X. “As part of our ongoing investigation, we’re releasing an updated video of the subject, which includes previously unreleased footage, higher quality video, and longer clips of the subject’s movements.”
The new footage traces the suspect’s movements on the night before the Capitol riot, showing the individual carrying a backpack and planting bombs outside both party headquarters between 7:30 and 8:30 p.m. before disappearing from view in Washington, D.C.
In the video, the FBI said the suspect is about 5 feet 7 inches tall and was seen wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, black gloves and distinctive Nike Air Max Speed Turf shoes with a yellow logo while carrying the explosive devices in a backpack and covering their face with a mask.
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The FBI said the suspect was seen walking through Capitol Hill neighborhoods between 7:34 p.m. and 8:18 p.m., first appearing near 1st Street and North Carolina Avenue SE before stopping briefly on South Capitol Street to set down a backpack believed to contain one of the bombs.
Surveillance footage released by the FBI shows the suspect walking through a Capitol Hill neighborhood carrying a backpack believed to contain one of the pipe bombs on Jan. 5, 2021. (FBI)
The individual later sat on a bench outside the DNC headquarters, where video shows the first explosive device being placed around 7:54 p.m.
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The suspect is seen walking outside the Democratic National Committee headquarters moments before placing one of two pipe bombs discovered near party offices in Washington, D.C. (FBI)
The suspect then continued toward the RNC headquarters, where the second device was planted at 8:16 p.m., before vanishing from view moments later.
In January, the FBI renewed its focus on the unsolved case by releasing new video footage of the suspect, and in May, Deputy Director Dan Bongino told “Fox & Friends” he was “pretty confident” the agency was closing in on suspects.
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The second device was planted at 8:16 p.m. outside the RNC headquarters, authorities said. (FBI)
Investigators say they have followed hundreds of leads, reviewed thousands of video files and conducted more than 1,000 interviews.
Bongino emphasized the importance of public involvement and said social media is a vital tool for generating new case leads.
Although no one was injured in the 2021 pipe bomb incident, authorities say the attack could have been deadly.
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Then-Vice President-elect Kamala Harris was inside the DNC’s offices when the pipe bomb was discovered. Then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., also passed by the bomb before it was discovered and safely removed by authorities.
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]]>Dennis “D.J.” Thornlow was killed on July 2 as he was riding his motorcycle in Anacortes, Washington. Detectives said 49-year-old Josue Flores “intentionally” ran over Thornlow and dragged him with his car for more than 50 yards across a parking lot, according to court documents obtained by Fox News Digital. Flores was charged with felony hit-and-run, vehicular homicide and second-degree murder.
Authorities claim Flores was following Thornlow “too closely” when the motorcyclist “swerved” into a parking lot, falling off as a result. Flores then “intentionally” ran over Thornlow with his car and dragged his body for 62 yards, the probable cause affidavit states.
When Thornlow’s body came to a resting place after falling off the motorcycle, the court document details that Flores then “quickly” turned right into the parking lot and angled his car directly toward Thornlow, running over his head and leg. Surveillance video reviewed by investigators allegedly shows Flores’ car turn sharply toward Thornlow after he crashed the motorcycle.
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Dennis “D.J.” Thornlow with his partner, Jordan Weeks. (Jordan Weeks)
When questioned by police, Flores said it was a “rare occurrence” for him to leave his apartment because his neighbors were “constantly harassing him,” but needed to cash his social security check. Flores claimed Thornlow “tried to hit me” and became violent after their first interaction at an intersection. However, Flores’ claim of leaving the house was contradicted by his own mother, who allegedly told police he had already cashed the check.
Flores also claimed Thornlow was “yelling racial slurs” at him and making death threats, adding the motorcyclist was wearing a “Nazi-type helmet.” When asked by police why Thornlow would act so violent, Flores said he presumed it was because he’s Hispanic and had a run-down car, according to the court document, adding that he claimed Thornlow kept following his car too closely. Police found no evidence corroborating Flores’ claims about Thornlow.
After leaving the parking lot, Flores allegedly told authorities his car began shaking and he thought he was out of gas, so he pulled over to “figure out how to get to the Anacortes Police Department to ‘own it.’” When police asked what he meant by wanting to “own it,” Flores responded: “All I know is that he crashed. He hit the curb of the sidewalk,” adding that he had “hit a tree or something.”
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Flores never admitted to running over Thornlow or dragging his body during his interview with police, according to the affidavit. Two witnesses told police it appeared that Flores’ sedan “was chasing the motorcycle,” the documents state.
Judge Thomas Verge set bail at $50,000 during an Aug. 19 hearing on the second-degree murder charge despite a higher request from prosecutors, records show.
Former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani told Fox News Digital the fact a judge would set bail for second-degree murder at $50,000 is “shocking.”
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Dennis “D.J.” Thornlow smiles with his partner, Jordan Weeks. (Jordan Weeks)
“It really shocks the conscience,” Rahmani said of the judge’s bail decision, adding he’s never seen anything like this in his career.
“This is extraordinarily low for any type of bail and certainly, in a case like this, there should be no bail at all,” he said. “So the fact that the victim’s family and the public, they’re outraged, I think they’re justified. This is someone that should be spending the rest of his life in prison, and instead, he’s out a free man.”
Records reviewed by Fox News Digital also show Flores previously served time in prison after being found guilty. In 1996, Flores was found guilty of fourth-degree assault and was sentenced to one year in jail, with 335 days of that sentence suspended. Charging documents say Flores shot a BB gun at someone riding a bike.
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Dennis “D.J.” Thornlow was allegedly run over by Josue Flores. (Jordan Weeks)
In March 2022, he was charged with assaulting a health care worker. A probable cause affidavit alleges that Flores punched a health care worker in the head “4 or 5 times” while he was trying to administer medicine.
According to the affidavit, Flores admitted to hitting the individual in the head because “[the worker] makes me nervous.” That case was dismissed, documents show.
A neighbor told detectives in summer 2025 that one time, when talking with Flores about a family member in jail, he said: “if someone f—– with me, they wouldn’t live to tell about it.” Other neighbors at his old apartment complex told detectives that Flores would “often speak about his past gang involvement with SUR13,” the court document shows.
Jordan Weeks, Thornlow’s partner, told Fox News Digital she felt “hopeless” when she heard Verge rule that Flores’ bail was only set at $50,000.
“I was shocked. I didn’t understand. I thought, did I hear him wrong?” Weeks said. “I think I was trying to have faith and I still do have faith, but that was a big crack.”
Weeks said that she’s known Thornlow for six years, adding that he has always treated people with respect and said Flores’ accusations don’t add up.
“He was friends with everybody. You know, it doesn’t matter what you looked like or what background you had or, you know, if you, it didn’t matter the type of person you were. He always met you with kindness and respect. And it just doesn’t sound, it sounds unfounded to me. It doesn’t sound like the DJ that I know. And I know him very well,” Weeks said of Flores’ accusations.
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Dennis “D.J.” Thornlow was allegedly killed by Josue Flores. (Jordan Weeks)
She said that Thornlow had a 13-year-old daughter whom he had a “very beautiful relationship” with.
“He loved me enough to see that I was going through something, working towards my career and having a very stressful year. So he tried to make sure that in other areas he could support me,” Weeks said. “I could tell even before I met his daughter, how much he loved and cared about her. Being a father is one of the most important things to him.”
Fox News Digital reached out to Flores’ attorney and a representative of Verge for comment.
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]]>The suspects accessed Eleanor Holmes Norton’s credit card after they were let inside her D.C. home.
They charged nearly $4,362 for duct and fireplace cleaning to her credit card while doing no work, according to WRC-TV.
Someone who Norton’s office described as a house manager stopped and reported the alleged fraud after confirming there was no appointment for HVAC services.
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Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton was allegedly scammed out of more than $4,000 this week when suspects went to her home claiming to be HVAC workers. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
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Her office told the news station, “The congresswoman employs a house manager who oversees all maintenance services, so she initially assumed her staff had arranged the visit and provided her credit card for payment.
The suspects accessed Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton’s credit card after they were let inside her Washington, D.C. home, claiming to be a cleaning crew on Thursday. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)
“Upon notifying her house manager, who reviewed Ring doorbell footage and confirmed that no such appointment had been scheduled, the incident was immediately reported to the police.”
U.S. Capitol Police arrived at Norton’s home after the crime to make sure Norton was safe, and a police car was posted outside her home out of an abundance of caution. (Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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U.S. Capitol Police arrived at Norton’s home after the alleged crime to make sure Norton was safe, and a police car was parked outside her home out of an abundance of caution because the suspects “were adamant they were coming back,” a source told Fox News.
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