The Life and Crimes of the .44 Caliber Shooter and Son of Sam | Serial Killer David Berkowitz
Channel: Psych-Macabre
Date: 2021-01-17

The Life and Crimes of the .44 Caliber Shooter and Son of Sam| serial killer David Berkowitz | True Crime his victims include Michelle Forman, and unidentified Hispanic woman, Donna Lauria, Jody Valenti, Carl Denaro, Rosemary Keenan, Donna DeMasi, Joanne Lomino, Christine Feund, John Diel, Virginia Voskerichian, Alexander Esau, Valentina Suriani, Sal Lupo, Judy Placido, Stacy Moskowitz, and Robert Violante.

David Richard Berkowitz (born Richard David Falco, June 1, 1953), also known as the Son of Sam and the .44 Caliber Killer, is an American serial killer who pleaded guilty to eight shootings that began in New York City on July 29, 1976. Berkowitz was arrested on August 10, 1977, and subsequently indicted for eight shootings. He confessed to all of them, and initially claimed to have been obeying the orders of a demon manifested in the form of a dog belonging to his neighbor, "Sam". After being found mentally competent to stand trial, he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to six consecutive life sentences in state prison with the possibility of parole after 25 years. He subsequently admitted that the dog-and-devil story was a hoax. In police investigations, Berkowitz was also implicated in many unsolved arsons in the city.