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Seemed like happy about where he was with his faith. >> tamerlan -- once tamerlan told me, mama, you know, islam is the right religion. >> reporter: tamerlan's mother witnessed her son's transformation. >> i would like, mama, you to be covered because islam is required -- requiring for women to be covered. so i said -- it was really like a little not expected aspect. so i said give me some time, you know, tamerlan. >> reporter: last year tamerlan traveled back to his homeland, a region of russia racked by ethnic violence and islamic extremism. when he returned to the united states six months l...

Another woman. the following year, 2010, he married katherine russell, a suffolk university student he met in a nightclub and had dated on and off for several years. she converted to islam. pollard saw him again that year at another boxing tournament in lowell, massachusetts, but he didn't seem the same. >> in 2009, just a flashier guy, sharp dresser, like kind of carried himself with a lot of confidence, and then the next year seemed like a humbler guy, dressed a lot more conservative, kind of had like -- came to the fight as we all did, hoodie, jeans. >> reporter: he also seemed more devoted...

Videos, and then this individual gets killed. now, logic would tell you, well, who would you be mad at? runners in the boston marathon, what do they have to do with it? would you be mad at the united states? what do they have to do with it? >> reporter: no one will ever know. but we do know that on his last visit to dagestan tamerlan's family noticed a change in him. >> translator: we were happy that he didn't become a drug addict, he didn't become an alcoholic. he was on the path of islam. >> reporter: his family says that during his time here tamerlan would often visit the central mosque beh...

Like a humbler guy, dressed a lot more conservative, kind of like came to the fight as we all did hoody, jeans. >> he also seemed more devoted to his muslim faith. >> he didn't talk that much about his faith to me until like the next year i saw him at the tournament. it was obvious it was a bigger part of his life. he felt like the immediate need to share it with me. he was really seemed like happy about where he was with his faith. >> once tamerlan told me, mom, you know, islam is the right religion. >> tamerlan's mother witnessed her son's transformation. >> i would like for you to be covere...

Are you studying, i asked. i'm studying, he said. there was nothing criminal about him. >> reporter: deval says this region has also seen a growth in islamic extremism, becoming more anti-western and anti-american. >> if you are a young jihadist from this region, you certainly blame russia as the kind of evil empire that attacked and repressed you and also the west, basically, did nothing to intervene when russia was bombing chechnya. >> reporter: it's not known if tamerlan met with any extremists during his visit to chechnya. on his youtube page in a playlist called "terrorism" there was i li...