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Precursors

Mental Disorders

  • Pyromania
  • Believed ancient demon possessing neighbor's dog was telling him to kill
  • Adoptive mother died when he was 14
  • Discovered that his birth was illegitimate because his mother and father were not married

Crime

Sources

  • Shootings with a Charter Arms .44 Special Bulldog Revolver
  • Killed from 1976 to 1977
  • 6 dead, 7 wounded
  • Bardsley, Marilyn. "David Berkowitz: The Son of Sam." — The Letter — Crime Library on TruTV.com. Trutv.com, n.d. Web. 01 Oct. 2013.
  • "David Berkowitz." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 29 Sept. 2013. Web. 01 Oct. 2013.
  • "David Berkowitz." 2013. The Biography Channel website. Oct 01 2013, 02:04 http://www.biography.com/people/david-berkowitz-9209372.
  • "http://manasir53.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/son_of_sam.jpg"
  • "http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1133327!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_635/390-sam10n-635x390-victims.jpg"

  • http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5b/Charter_Arms_Bulldog_2.JPG

Adult Life

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  • "http://murderpedia.org/male.B/images/berkowitz/berkowitz_arrest201.jpg"
  • Graduated high school
  • Took a few classes at community college
  • Joined the US army at the age of 18
  • Honorably discharged in 1974
  • Found birth mother, but lost contact with her
  • Never married, no children

Caught

David Berkowitz

  • Police searched ticketed car that a woman reported looked suspicious
  • Police staked out car and waited for Berkowitz
  • "Well, you got me. How come it took you such a long time?"
  • Confessed in 30 minutes and wanted to plead guilty
  • Known as the Son of Sam killer
  • Date of arrest: August 10, 1977

Childhood

Trial

  • Adopted at birth
  • Lost interest in learning at a young age
  • Gained interest in petty theft and starting fires
  • Spoiled
  • Bullied neighborhood kids
  • He was competent enough to stand trial, although he made a few outbursts which caused the court to be adjourned

Sentencing

Life Afterwards

  • Charged with 6 counts of murder
  • Sentenced to 25 yrs to life for each
  • Still alive
  • Living out his sentence at Sullivan Correctional Facility in Fallsburg, New York
  • Born again Christian

Son of Sam

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