Update: DC Sniper's last meal to remain secret; death-condemned man has no 'spiritual advisor'

November 10, 9:30 PMTrue Crime ExaminerIvy Bigbee

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John Allen Muhammad stands between his attorneys in Novermber, 2003, while being sentenced to die for the 2002 Manassas, Virginia murder of Dean H. Meyers. Meyers, 53, was unmarried, a Vietnam veteran and engineer who was severely wounded during his military service, returning home to a successful career and active volunteer life, until Muhammad, along with teen henchman, Lee Boyd Malvo, gunned down Meyers in a filling station.

As hours wane in the life of John Allen Muhammad, the 48-year-old-man known as one of 2 Beltway snipers, consumed a final, secret meal, set against against his gloom-shadowed, unescapable shroud.

In a brief released earlier today, Larry Traylor issued a statement to media, which read, "Inmate John Allen Muhammad has been offered a last meal choice." 

Traylor, who is Director of Communications for Virginia Department of Corrections, also said, "[Muhammad] made a choice, but also requested that his last meal not be released to the general public."

Later today, Traylor issued another bulletin, which advised, "Inmate Muhammad is currently meeting with immediate family." Traylor noted in this most recent bulletin that "[Muhammad] does not have a spiritual advisor," that instead, "Muhammad's attorneys are planning to meet with him later."

The execution will take place around 9 PM on 11/10/09, in Virginia's Greensville Correctional Institution "death chamber," in Jarratt.

Elsewhere, the overcast, early-to-dark Virginia skies reflected the execution-day mood of ordinary people, within barber shops and stores to the front desk of a Chantilly animal hospital near Fairfax, where the practice's receptionist, Cathy, commented on her "last wishes" for Muhammad's final repast, saying, "They shouldn't have even given him a meal."

The majority of area citizens who endured the 20 terror and fear-marked days in October--when 10 people were killed and 3 were seriously wounded--are finding it difficult to gain closure from Muhammad's execution by lethal injection.