| David Berkowitz, America's notorious serial killer called | | | | pattern in the killings. The target had been women with |
| himself 'Son of Sam'. He confessed to six killings and | | | | long brown hair or couples in a car in car parks. |
| wounding many others but police estimate his killings to | | | | Another girl, Virginia, was killed point blank on the road |
| be much more than six. He was born to Betty Broder | | | | in Queens. |
| and Joseph Klienman, with whom she had an affair | | | | The police took all the murders together and |
| while married to Tony Falco. David Berkowitz's original | | | | "Operation Omega" was launched to find Berkowitz. |
| name was Richard David Falco. | | | | Around 300 cops were involved in this operation. |
| He was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1953. Joseph | | | | Finally David was arrested in front of his house on |
| refused to accept the child and so Betty gave him the | | | | August 10th 1977 in New York. It is understood that his |
| name of her husband, Falco. As soon as he was born | | | | first words to the police were "what took you so |
| he was given in adoption to a Jewish couple who | | | | long"? His thirst for blood and his adopted mother's |
| changed his name to David Berkowitz. | | | | death, which he felt was a master plot to destroy him, |
| As a child David never had any interest in studies. But | | | | turned him into a serial killer. |
| he was a good basket ball player and was a bully in | | | | On arrest, he pleaded guilty and wanted to avoid |
| his neighborhood. His adopted father remarried after | | | | death penalty. He is a reformed Christian today and |
| his first wife died, but David who was devastated by | | | | prefers to remain in prison for his entire life. How he |
| his mother's death, never liked his father's second wife. | | | | gave himself the name 'Son of Sam' is a bit weird and |
| Due to this, his relationship with his father also got | | | | this made the police suspect that he was mentally |
| strained. David joined the US Army in 1971 and went to | | | | disturbed. Sam was the name of his neighbor, Sam |
| South Korea. He later took to Christianity and claimed | | | | Carr, who had a black Labrador, which David thought |
| himself to be born again. | | | | was possessed by an ancient demon. He felt that the |
| His first attack was on two women, out of which one | | | | dog ordered him to kill. |
| survived in 1975. His shooting spree began in the | | | | He believed that when he tried to kill the dog he |
| summer of 1976. In New York, he shot two women at | | | | missed the target because of super natural |
| point blank range while they were sitting inside a car in | | | | intervention. His statements clearly proved his mental |
| a car park. In October 1976, another victim, a young 19 | | | | state and he was sentenced to 365 years in jail in |
| year old, was shot at in a car park in Queens. A | | | | 1978. |
| month later, he shot two other women who were | | | | David's life story has inspired many film directors to |
| walking home after a movie in Queens. Though both | | | | make movies on him. "I am deeply hurt by your calling |
| survived the attack, one was paralyzed waist down. | | | | me a women hater. I am not. But I am a monster. I am |
| The new year of 1977 brought more killings in New | | | | the 'Son of Sam.' I am a little brat." These are the |
| York. The modus operandi was the same as others. | | | | opening sentences of his letter to Captain Joseph |
| Christine and John were sitting in their car in a car park. | | | | Borelli, where he calls himself a demon who is called |
| Though John survived, Christine succumbed to bullet | | | | from above to "kill". Today, David Berkowitz is a |
| injuries. | | | | born-again Christian who is described as a model |
| This was when the cops woke up and found a | | | | prisoner. |