David Berkowitz was born on June 1st, 1953, in Brooklyn, New York, with the name Richard David Falco. Betty Broder and Joseph Kleinman were his real parents but Broder was actually married to Tony Falco. She also had a daughter with Falco. Soon, Falco abandoned Broder without divorcing her. Which is why she soon had an affair with Kleinman, who was also married. When Broder notified Kleinman that she was pregnant, he told her to get rid of the child. Instead, Broder filed Falco as the father of David. Sadly, Berkowitz was put up for adoption a few days later after birth and was adopted by Nathan and Pearl Berkowitz, a Jewish couple. They reversed his first and middle name. David had a somewhat troubled childhood. David Berkowitz was said to …show more content…
He had a desire to play baseball but instead became known as a bully in his neighborhood. He claimed that his neighbors dog was possessed by an ancient demon of some sort and that the dog would urge or command him to kill. David was very close to his mother as a kid but had a tense relationship with his father. David’s mother died of Breast Cancer in 1967. The absence of David’s mother made his relationship with his father tenser. David disliked the women that Nathan later married. In 1971, Berkowitz joined the U.S Army and was active until 1974. Although he joined the army, he avoided the Vietnam War and just served in the U.S and South Korea. Out of eagerness and curiosity, Berkowitz chose to relocate Betty Broder, his birth mother. When he found her he had found out about what happened at birth and how he was put up for adoption. They never spoke again. Before Berkowitz started to murder, he attacked two women on Christmas Eve in 1975 with a knife. One victim, Michelle Forman, was hospitalized due to her wounds. Berkowitz wasn’t charged. Not so long after the attack, he moved back to Yonkers. The summer of 1976 is when the shootings …show more content…
At the scene, a hand written threat letter addressed to the police force was found. (To be presented). This letter is what gave Berkowitz his second name, “Son of Sam”. A week later Jimmy Breslin, columnist of the New York Daily News, received a letter from Berkowitz. In the letter Berkowitz explained how he was a fan and then addressed the Captain of the police force and basically warned him to prepare for the anniversary of his first kill, July 29th. On July 30th, 1977, Berkowitz shot and killed Stacy Moskowitz and blinded Robert Violante. A witness saw Berkowitz before he killed the couple and called the police due to suspicion. Police at Yonkers realized that Berkowitz might’ve been “Son of Sam” after reading the letters. They investigated his car and found weapons. He was then captured. Berkowitz tried to use the excuse that it was all his neighbors dogs fault for why he was killing others. Berkowitz was sentenced to six life sentences, which is equal to 365 years. He then claimed that the Hall and Oats song, “Rich Girl”, influenced the murders. Today, Berkowitz, 62 years old, is still locked up in the Sullivan Correctional Facility in upstate Fallsburg, New
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The first shooting occurred on July 29, 1976 and the second months later; and the third one month after the second. At this point, Berkowitz had shot six people but the New York Police Department did not see any relation between the shootings. In January 1977, Berkowitz struck again by shooting a couple while sitting in a car. This event caused police to start a search for a .44 caliber killer. A .44 caliber gun is the type of gun that Berkowitz used in all of his murders. He continued to elude police, he even began taunting them. Berkowitz started leaving note addressed to the NYPD captain near all of his crime scenes. In the letters he spoke to police telling them of how he was recruited to commit the murders and addressed himself as the “Son of Sam”. This is how Berkowitz attained the name The Son of Sam Killer.
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David Berkowitz is not a household name, however his media given title "Son of Sam" will ensure his memory as one of the most notorious serial killers of all time.
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Berkowitz stabbed his first victims and later started using a gun for his killings. Murderpedia.org was able to give a lot of information on Berkowitz, from childhood, his killings, to him in jail and other information. As mentioned earlier in the paper, he was adopted but he was also a loner that did not social well with others. As a boy, he was hyperactive and a bully to other kids. His adoptive parents ended up having difficulty controlling him due to his hyperactivity. He went into a downward spiral after his adoptive mother died. The death hit him hard and he did not handle it well. Berkowitz had issues and believed demons were talking to him and as his isolation grew so did this fantasy. When the killings began, he targeted couples that were alone in their cars mostly. This is very possibly the reason why he targeted Stacy Moskowitz and Bobby Violante as they were near some woods alone in their car kissing. Stacy was worried that the Son of Sam would attack and unfortunately, she was right. They both took two bullets, the female died later but the male ended up surviving with little vision. This was the last couple Berkowitz killed before he was arrested and found guilty because he confessed. Berkowitz claimed that his neighbors’ dog was possessed by a demon and that he committed the killings for that
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