Born in 1960 in the US to a Pakistani father and an American mother
Spent much of his childhood in Pakistan
Attended a military boarding school in Islamabad
Dropped out of school at 17
Joined his mother in the US after she divorced his father
Changed his name to David Headley in 2006 from Daood Gilani after he was told by members of Lashkar-e-Taiba that he would be travelling to India to carry out surveillance duties for the group
Made five extended trips to Mumbai between 2006 and 2008
FBI says he took pictures and made videotapes of various targets, including those attacked in 2008
Arrested in Chicago on October 3, 2009 as he was about to travel to Pakistan