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,»Malvo Ciaims 4 Other Shootings, Source Says Page 3 of 4 @ "You should go buy yourself a lottery ticket," the doctor told him. Malvo also provided information that matches the killing of landscaper Billy Gene Dillon in Texas. According to police reports and interviews, Dillon was working on a yard on a quiet street in unincorporated Denton County the morning of May 27, which was Memorial Day in 2002. It was a warm day, and a storm was brewing nearby. He was wearing blue jeans and brown boots and had 50 cents in his pocket. About 10:15 a.m., a bullet pierced the left side of his head, blasted through his brain and exited through the right side of the skull. The high-velocity gunshot wound killed him instantly. At 10:27 a.m., Don Lovelace, the owner of the house where Dillon was working, saw the body and dialed 911, "Caller just pulled up and found a male in front of his [residence] with severe injuries to the head and can not confirm ifhe is [conscious] or [breathing]," wrote the Denton 911 dispatcher who answered the call, The homicide was perplexing to investigators at the Denton County Sheriff's Office, which generally tackles no more than a dozen homicides a year, "The investigation didn't uncover anyone who was mad at him," said Tom Reedy, a spokesman for thé sheriff's office, Reedy said Dillon's mother, with whom he lived, still periodically calls investigators to ask whether they have any leads. “We were very surprised," Lovelace said in an interview. "We're kind of out in the country. We walk up and down the road. We were just shocked," After months.of chasing leads, Denton investigators in November sent ballistics evidence recovered-at the scene to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in Washington, which was analyzing ballistics evidence from the sniper scenes, Authorities in Texas later said they had been unable to link the homicide to the snipers. Informed by a reporter of Malvo's new claim, Reedy said he would notify the sheriff of the information. The fourth claim made by Malvo matches the shooting of John C. Gaeta, 54, in Hammond, La. On Aug, 1, 2002, Gaeta walked out of a Sears store at a mall in Hammond. He arrived roughly 20 minutes before 9 p.m. ~- closing time -- and walked back to his 2001 Chevrolet pickup truck only to find that one of his tires had been slashed. As he began to change the tire, two black men approached him, Gaeta said in a recent interview. "One of them said, 'What time does the mall close?' or something to that effect," Gaeta said, "Then he said, Looks like you have a flat tire,’ and he kind of laughed about it." The men offered to help him, but Gaeta, suspicious of their demeanor, declined. Minutes later, the younger and shorter of the two returned. Their eyes locked for an instant, Then Gaeta saw the man, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/15/AR2006061502142 p... 6/19/2006