David Berkowitz most famously known by Son Of Sam was a gruesome serial killer in the late seventies. David Berkowitz’s birth name was Richard David Falco. At a young age Berkowitz was given up for adoption by his birth mother where he was then adopted by Nathan and Pearl Berkowitz. When Berkowitz was a teenager his adoptive mother, Pearl Berkowitz passed away which ultimately led to Berkowitz becoming extremely depressed. Berkowitz lived in New York and worked in the post office, he was shy, quiet, and anti-social. This made it easy for him to be unsuspected. David Berkowitz’s activities leading to the murders were setting around 1,488 fires in New York City and kept a diary of each one. His first kill was in 1975 on Christmas Eve when he stabbed a girl to death, this was the incident that gave him the thrill of killing and the need to kill again. It was discovered that he had murdered six people and wounded seven from 1976-1977. David Berkowitz first victims were Donna Lauria and Jody Valenti, the two were shot at when sitting in a car Lauria was killed while Valenti was only injured. His next victims were Rosemary Keenan and Carl Denaro, Denaro was shot in the head and for two months he was …show more content…
Corso, William Kapelman, and Nicholas Tsoucalas. The verdict came in on June 12, 1978. David Berkowitz the “Son Of Sam” was found guilty. Six life sentences in prison for the killings, which makes his maximum term 365 years and is to be served in Attica Correctional Facility. The status of David Berkowitz now is he’s still living in prison and became a “born again Christian”. Also since his first parole hearing happened on July 9th, 2002 he has not gone to another hearing since because “after a lot of soul searching and a lot of praying I just decided it would be best to just come and face you and apologize. I'm not seeking parole. I don't feel that I deserve parole" said
David Hicks was a 34 year old black male. He was on death row in Texas from December of 1987 to April of 1988, sentenced to die by lethal injection for rape and murder, on April 25th 1988, of his 87-year-old grandmother, Ms. Ocolor Heggar. David was only a suspect because he was near her house at the time of the crime. There was no indication that he had been inside¡Xexcept, for DNA evidence. The DNA test determined that similarities between sections of DNA removed from David¡¦s blood and DNA recovered from semen in Ms. Heggar¡¦s house would occur only one time in a total of 96 million people.
Damien Echols is found guilty and sentenced to death for the crime of killing three eight-year old boys; for eighteen years he spends his life on Death Row before he is released. Before being placed on Death Row at Varner Super Max Security Unit in Grady, Arkansas and Tucker Max Security Unit, Echols also spent time in Crittenden County Jail on misdemeanor charges he received as minor. While on Death Row, Damien explains that it was the guards that he had to watch out for and not the other prisoners. The visits from spiritual advisors as well as the media caused Echols to receive hatred from the guards. They destroyed everything in his cell, planted a knife in his bunk, sent to solitary confinement for no reason, beat up by a team of five guards, and one day he was taken to the warden’s office where he was choked while the warden lectured him on how “sick” he was.
The crime committed by Bernhard Goetz in 1984, is one that can be interpreted as an inhumane act of violence. On December 22, 1984, the thirty-seven year old Bernhard Goetz boarded a New York City subway. Sitting alone in his seat with his Smith & Wesson revolver, he was approached by four black teenage males (Linder). The four teenagers asked Bernhard Goetz for five dollars. When this happened, Bernhard Goetz felt endangered, and decided to pull out his Smith & Wesson revolver, and begin to shoot the young men. After firing four bullets in the New York City subway, he had injured three of the four young men. When Bernhard Goetz saw Darrell Cabey, the last of the four teenagers cowering on the floor, he said, “you don’t look too ba...
...verdict and sought Mrs. Donald's forgiveness. Mrs. Donald forgave Knowles for everything he did. has done to his son after he asked her for forgiveness. Cox was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in 1989.
Name of serial killer: My serial killer is named Richard Chase. He was also known as the “Vampire of Sacramento” or the “Dracula Killer”.
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.
One well-known serial killer is Gary Ridgway. Ridgway was born in February of 1949 in Salt Lake City, Utah. His early life can be viewed as an indicator to his la...
When a waitress who worked at a bar he often frequented was raped and murdered he became a suspect. Eventually he was convicted of the crime which he did not commit and was sentenced to death. A friend of his, Dennis Fritz was also
In this article it talks about how a New York judge is debating on letting Herman Bell go. In 1971, Bell had lured two officers Joe Piagentini and Waverly Jones into a building in Harlem where they assassinated both of them. Herman Bell was then arrested and sentenced to 25 years to life, but after 45 years of being in prison, and being denied parole seven times that know he is being granted parole. Obviously as this is all taking place the state parole board had approved last month to release Herman Bell. Though the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association filed a lawsuit because of his wife wants to keep Herman Bell in jail for what he did to her husband and the other officer.
Sam Bass was one of the most famous train robbers in the west. Sam died at a young age of 27 on July 21,1878 in Round Rock Texas. Sam was not your ordinary train robber, he was good most of his adult life. He worked as a cowboy for the sheriff but during the winter months he didn't really like it. Also Sam's real name was Samuel Bass.
Berkowitz’s shootings appear to be acts out of impulse. Not targeting specific people though his prey of choice were single, young women with long dark hair (Bardsley, 1981). Before one of the violent shootings, witness Cacillia Davis saw a man removing a parking ticket from his yellow Ford Galaxy (Bardsley, 1981). Davis relays this message to NYPD who later determined it was in fact David Berkowitz who she had seen. At the time no suspicion rose from NYPD that Berkowitz was the Son of Sam killer, only that he was an important witness. NYPD eventually contacted Yonkers Police Department in order to track down Berkowitz for questioning. Where surprisingly to New York, Yonkers claimed Berkowitz might be the notorious serial killer they had been
Jeffrey Dahmer is notably one of the most infamous serial killers in the United States. Along with seventeen murders under his belt, he was also a pedophile, cannibal and necrophiliac. Jeffrey Dahmer’s last crime occurred over twenty years ago, but his name will forever be known.
On July 5, 1978, Robert Harris took the life of two innocent teenage boys that were just trying to enjoy their burgers in a car. Robert, 25 premeditated the ending to these innocent teens by stealing and then driving the car into a canyon where he repeated shot the boys as they tried to escape from this monster. On top of everything that Robert did to these boys, the most sickening part is when he took their burgers and laughed about the murder well eating it. Robert Harris was sentenced to death row for the murder of John Mayeski and Michael
David Berkowitz, otherwise known as the “Son of Sam”, was notorious for his crimes committed between 1976 and 1977 that ended the lives of six innocent victims and wounded several others in New York (“David Berkowitz Biography”, n.d.). At first, police did not make a connection between the murders because there was nothing unusual about them; all the victims were shot with a 40 caliber gun, not fairly unusual during this time or place especially since the killings were over an extended period of time. Police finally made the connection when Berkowitz began to live behind notes that were meant to tantalize authorities since they had yet to catch him (“David Berkowitz| Son of Sam Killer,” 2015). Often times, the psychological structure of a human
In the quiet New York town of Savona, Eric Smith, age thirteen, intercepted four year old Derrick Robie on his way to a park recreation program and offered to show him a shortcut. Hesitatingly, Derrick set off with Eric. He never made it to the park. That same day the little boy's savagely beaten body was discovered outside the park area (Seifert 98).