Claudia Drinnan

 Typically from a broken home  Sexual and physical abuse  Antisocial  Average/above average intelligence  No remorse for what they have done  Many serial killers torture animals at a young age

 Adopted by Nat and Pearl Berkowitz  Antisocial, hyperactive and known as a bully  Big for his age and uncomfortable with his peers  He was devastated when his mother died in 1967 (he was 13)  This lead to a downward spiral for David

 Prior to his murders, he set 1,488 fires in NYC which he kept track of in a diary  1975, the “demons” told him to try to kill a woman  She ran away with six wounds from his hunting knife, and he went out for a burger and fries  This was just the beginning for the “Son of Sam”  He called himself “Son of Sam” in a letter to the police

 David Berkowitz targeted women due to his hatred towards them  Killed six women between 1976 and 1977  Alexander Esau  Christine Freund  Donna Lauria  Stacy Moskowitz  Valentina Suriani  Virginia Voskerichian  He wrote letters to the police which were released to the public after his capture

 What the “Son of Sam” did is considered morally evil  Evil is the intention or effect of causing harm or destruction  He was classified as a paranoid schizophrenic by psychiatrists  “Demons” told him to kill  He killed to make them stop, but they would only go away for a short while

 The “Son of Sam” was sentenced to 365 years of jail where he remains  Sullivan Correctional Facility is where he was incarcerated  He was caught due to careful police work  A.44 caliber weapon was used on his victims

 The victims were all females under the age of twenty  The “demons” told him who to kill  In addition to the women he killed, several other people were seriously injured

 This case received a great deal of publicity  Television, newspapers, radio  The movie “Summer of Sam” depicts what went on during the case

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