Profile

Name: Malaika Tamu Griffin
Sex: Female
Race: Black
Age Now: 37
Height: 5'4\"
Weight: 145 lbs.
Hair (Color, Description, Facial Hair): Black\rAt the time she became a fugitive, Griffin wore her hair in a short one to two inch high, Afro hair style
Eyes (Color and Correction): Brown
Other Physical Characteristics: Magna Cum Laude college graduate with a degree in chemistry\rGraduated from Jackson State University in Mississippi\rAvid outdoorswoman, survivalist\rBuys top of the line camping gear and firearms\rMay be armed with a 9MM pistol equipped with a laser sight\rQuiet, studious loner\rExcellent work history, always early for work, competent, but aloof\rHer writings indicate a deep distrust and contempt for Caucasians and also for Black males who date White women\rHas traveled extensively abroad in Europe\rProficient with guns, and has studied books on explosives and terrorist techniques\rHas bad credit, declared bankruptcy in 1999\rDoesn't smoke, but may drink alcohol sometimes\rDoesn't go to clubs, prefers museums\rReads books by Black female authors and playwrites\rUsually carries a backpack where ever she goes
Wanted for: Murder, Denver, CO; May 08, 1999

Locations

Last seen: Unkown
Possible location: Chicago, IL Detroit, MI Griffin's mother lives in the suburbs of Detroit.
Last known: Unkown

Traits

Quiet, loves to read. Very intelligent, studious. Loner, keeps to herself.
Cops say secretly harbors hatred of White people, but has not been known to reveal those hatreds to co-workers or close friends. It seems that she almost has two distinct personalities. One, quiet and reserved. The other potentially volatile when she percieves a provocation, real or imagined.

Case Story

Cops: Brilliant Chemist Turned Racist Kills Neighbor In Cold Blood

Malaika Tamu Griffin is wanted for the murder of 25-year-old Jason Horsley. In the winter of 1999, Griffin was renting a room in a house next door to Jason Horsley and his girlfriend, Deborah Loiselle. On the evening of May 18, 1999, Jason was organizing his carpentry tools on the sidewalk in front of Griffin's house when she came outside and began screaming at him. Deborah heard the commotion and came out of her house to stick up for Jason. After a brief but intense argument, both women stormed back to their respective homes and Jason continued organizing his tools.

Argument Turned To Murder

Minutes later, police say Griffin came back out of her house armed with a laser-sighted 9mm pistol and shot Jason in the back at point-blank range. The bullet pierced his heart and killed him instantly. Then, detectives say Griffin ran to the home of an acquaintance, Monique Thomas, and carjacked her at gunpoint. Griffin abandoned the car in Iowa and hopped a bus to Chicago where her trail went cold.

Munitions Found In Quantity

When police searched Griffin's home in Denver, they were shocked to find a stockpile of ammunition, diffused hand grenades, a 9 mm assault rifle and books commonly associated with terrorists. They also found notebooks full of Griffin's secret writings about a coming race war and the killing of white people.  None of her colleagues at the pharmacy where she worked, or her closest friends from college had any idea that she held such radical and dangerous views. Griffin graduated from college in Mississippi magna cum laude with a degree in chemistry. After being profiled on AMW repeatedly, detectives had been baffled by a lack of solid tips on her possible whereabouts. Some believed that she fled the U.S. and may be living abroad.