Charlene Patterson, a lawyer representing Carol Williams, Muhammad's first wife and mother of their 26-year-old son, Lindberg Williams, did not release the letter at a brief news conference Wednesday at the Richmond Holiday Inn, where the family had been staying.

"We have a letter," Patterson said, before adding that "based on the emotional comments" made after Muhammad's execution, "the family is not comfortable disclosing the details of that (letter) at this time."

Patterson, who did not answer any questions from the media, mentioned CNN, an apparent reference to emotional remarks made Tuesday night by victims' families on the news channel after Muhammad's execution.

Muhammad declined to make a statement before the execution.

Charlene Patterson was flanked by members of Carol Williams' family at the news conference, but Muhammad's first wife and son were not present.

Williams and her family arrived in Virginia on Tuesday morning, then traveled to the Greensville Correctional Center near Jarratt to meet with Muhammad before he was executed by lethal injection Tuesday night.

Williams and Muhammad were married for five years.

Muhammad also had three children with his second wife, Mildred Muhammad, who has said she divorced him because of abuse issues, and did not visit him in prison.

Williams said she talked to Muhammad several times after his conviction in the attacks that left 10 dead and three others injured.

"He talked, talked about the love for his kids and knowing that I'm going to bring him back to Louisiana, just to give him a private burial, basically for the kids because they need closure," Williams told the CBS affiliate in Richmond on Tuesday.

According to the CBS affiliate, Muhammad apologized for the heartache he caused his family, especially his children. While he did not offer an apology to the victims' families, Williams said, "My heart goes out to them. I can't imagine what they're going through."

She said Muhammad had come to terms with his death.

"He'd been preparing himself for it. It was still hard, but he was trying to get ready for it," she said.

Members of his family who were in the death chamber Tuesday night had also been preparing, she said. But "In the eleventh hour, you could never really prepare yourself for something like this."

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