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David Berkowitz. The Son of Sam. A serial killer is…. Someone who directly or, like Manson, orders the the killings. They kill at least three people There is a pattern among the killings which is distinctive to that killer. Berkowitz’s childhood. He suffered from a troubled childhood - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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David Berkowitz
The Son of Sam
A serial killer is…
Someone who directly or, like Manson, orders the the killings.
They kill at least three people
There is a pattern among the killings which is distinctive to that killer.
Berkowitz’s childhood
He suffered from a troubled childhood
He was adopted by Nathan and Pearl Berkowitz before he was even a week old
He was very intelligent but he instead started committing petty crimes.
Childhood continued
His adopted mom died when he was a teenager
His relationship with his dad began to struggle
His stepsister introduced him into witchcraft
A little later in life…
He found his biological mother
She told him about his illegitimate birth and this troubled him deeply
His first killing
His first victim was a girl named Donna Lauria
About 1:10 in the morning she was walking her dog with a friend
Berkowitz approached them quickly
He then fired three shots. One hit Donna and killed her instantly, the second only injured her friend and the third one missed.
First killing
The police had a rough sketch of Berkowitz but nothing positive
They did determine that the gun was a .44 caliber Charter Arms Bulldog
Other shootings
There were several other shootings throughout the boroughs of New York City
They all followed a similar pattern
All were late a night on young females or young couples
Other shootings
The shooter approached quickly and left quickly
The same .44 caliber handgun was used in all the shootings
The Son of Sam
The police then received a letter from the “Son of Sam”
The letter had many spelling errors and it said that he would attack again
From the letter the police maid a psychological profile of Berkowitz
How he was caught
Berkowitz was seen by a woman removing a parking ticket from his car
She became worried and called police
Because he was close to the murder scene the police thought he could be a witness and set up an interview
Determining the murderer
A NYPD detective realized that Berkowitz could be the killer based off the profile the police made
They then determined that Berkowitz was the killer and he later confessed to the murders
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Berkowtiz was sentanced to 365 years in prison based on his confession
