My name is Kwang Im Szuszka.  My sister, Hong Im Ballanger, was murdered on September 23, 2002, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

After finishing her work, and while walking toward her car, she was shot by snipers John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo.  The bullet hit her in the back of the head and exited through her mouth and chin.

My sister was a wonderful wife and mother to three sons, Greg, Jimmy, and Josh.  She was like an angel. She loved her family and friends and helped many people.  My family and I are devastated at her loss, and we grieve her absence each moment of every day.

John Allen Muhammad was a cold-blooded murderer.  He never gave any sort of apology to any of the families of the victims he murdered.  He stole so many precious lives from the families and friends who loved them.  He deserves the punishment he was given.  "Our loved ones will never come back."  I believe justice has been served.

I have much compassion for Muhammad's children and I pray that God will protect them.

I would like to thank everyone who worked so hard on this case.  I'm so proud that the United States government has laws set in place to protect its citizens from people like Muhammad and Malvo.  These men thought they were above the law and could get away with the horrible things they did.  The American law enforcement community has proved them wrong, and for that I am very grateful.  Thank you.  Muhammad's death has brought me and my family a measure of peace.  I wish that Malvo could face the same punishment.

Kwang Im Szuszka