What was the son of Sam Murders?
between 1976 and 1977, many murders left the inhabitants of New York shaken to the point near Panic. Generally occurring at night on weekends, son Murders herself was committed by David Berkowitz, a mentally unstable inhabitants of Yonkers, also known as 0.44 Crabal calibers. Berkowitz committed several killing and consistently using a bulldog bulk 0.44 and immediately fled from the scene without any physical contact with the victim. The son of the murders herself, who committed Berkowitz, required the lives of seven victims. The other nine victims survived their attacks, but in some cases it was left by serious or debilitating injuries.
The murder son herself began in the early morning of July 29, 1976 by shooting Donna Lauria and her girlfriend Joda Valenti. Both friends were sitting in Valenti's car, and when Lauria came out of the vehicle, she noticed that the man was coming. The man released three laps from his handguen, shoots Lauria in his chest and immediately kills her. Valenti was hit in the thigh, but survived her injury. TOIller immediately fled the scene. The police received a 0.44 caliber from the scene and verified it as a bullet from a murder weapon.
Several Berkowitz attacks were held against couples and occurred on weekends. During this period, the son of the murders herself claimed another victim and caused several serious injuries. On the spot of one of the murders, she discovered a hand -written letter from a self -appointed son herself, who became an important proof that led to Berkowitz capture. The letter described in detail his bizarre motifs for murders and the murderer later sent more letters to the police and the media.
Police, who worked on a tip from a neighbor, carried out a tour of Berkowitz's car and then asked to order his apartment. Baspolicia they found there arrested Berkowitz and accused him of son Sam Murders, many of whom confessed to Berkowitz. Many investigators believe that Berkowitz had been consumed because he believed that his mother had died during childbirth; His adoptive mother,Pearl Berkowitz, died of cancer in 1967, deteriorating Berkowitz's blame and anger. Later in his life, Berkowitz met with his native mother briefly, but that did not stop his guilt. Whether it was a sufficient motive for murder is still on the debate.
Berkowitz claimed that his neighbor's dog was obsessed and convinced him to commit murders. "Sam" Berkowitz, whom he mentioned in his letters, was Sam Carr, Berkowitz's former neighbor and owner of the "obsessed" dog Berkowitz. After his imprisonment, Berkowitz became a re -Christian and defended his continuing imprisonment, once he could not show up for his conditional hearing. Them Currently served six living conditions for son Sam Murders.