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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 pled guilty to perpetrating eight shootings in New York City between July 1976 and July 1977, which resulted in six fatalities. [2]
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — “Son of Sam” killer David Berkowitz, who set New York City on edge with late-night shootings in the 1970s, was denied parole after his twelfth board appearance. Berkowitz ...
Elliott's high school yearbook photo. Samuel Pack Elliott was born August 9, 1944, at the Sutter Memorial Hospital in Sacramento, California, [1] [2] the son of Glynn Mamie (née Sparks), a Texas state diving champion in high school and later a physical-training instructor and high-school teacher, and Henry Nelson Elliott, who worked as a predator-control specialist for the Department of the ...
The police sketches of the murderer based on eyewitness accounts did not resemble Berkowitz, [6] and Berkowitz even alleged that he did not commit all of the Son of Sam murders himself and, as recently as 2020, that he was a member of a cult. [7] [8] Zeman recalls NYPD detectives saying off the record that they believed "Berkowitz did not act ...
“For so many years, if somebody asked me what happened to me, and I would say, ‘I was shot by Son of Sam’, and it was, ‘Oh right, sure you were.’ So, I am very happy that I am going to ...
Mother of Son of Sam's First Victim Shares Anguish on 40th Anniversary of Murder. Forty years after her daughter Donna was murdered by the Son of Sam killer, 82-year-old Rose Lauria still vividly ...
A few days earlier, according to his son, Walton was still reviewing sales data in his hospital bed. [33] The news of his death was relayed by satellite to all 1,960 Walmart stores. [34] At the time, his company employed 400,000 people. Annual sales of nearly $50 billion flowed from 1,735 Walmarts, 212 Sam's Clubs, and 13 Supercenters. [11]
SEE MORE: Mother of first Son of Sam victim still devastated after 40 years His killing spree -- which began in 1976 and lasted through the summer of 1977 -- left six dead and even more wounded.