David Berkowitz
"Son of Sam" and
"The .44 Killer"
- Age: 24
- Mad or Bad?: a little of both?
- Organized or Disorganized?: Organized and Disorganized
- Dates of Killings: 1976 -1977
- Location: New York, NY
- He always used a .44 gun to shoot his victims.
- A majority of the time his victims were individuals that were parked in cars.
- He targeted woman with long, dark hair.
- He killed six and wounded seven.
- He would send letters to the police and leave notes at the crime scenes.
- His gun is also part of his signature.
- He left one note for the police at a crime scene and sent another note to a newspaper.
- He was born to an unmarried woman.
- He was put up for adoption.
- He was in the Army and a police want-a-be.
- He lied a lot.
- He worked for the post office and may have been epileptic.
- He admitted to having a good childhood.
- He claimed that Sam Carr's (his neighbor) dog would speak to him and tell him to kill.