I thought I was doing something to appease the devil. Berkowitz believes that he has moved on from that time and that God has forgiven him. I am not saying this jokingly. I really am. He has given me a whole new life, which I do not deserve. In that same letter, he wrote that he would stop seeking parole , which he has been eligible for since She said that Berkowitz is a standup inmate, but his victim Robert Violante , who lost his eye after being shot in the summer of while on a date with Moskowitz, was not interested in his apologies.
He killed a lot of people. Berkowitz has continued to not seek parole , often choosing to not even show up to his hearings. In , he attended his parole hearing only to let them know he was not interested in parole. His redemption has allowed him an unexpected "image makeover," as The New York Times put it in Three years ago, he had a quadruple bypass and has moved prisons numerous times to secure his safety. He has also changed his story over the years in terms of whether he was a member of a cult.
In , he said he was. He has also hinted that he may not have acted alone , even telling Terry in a interview for Inside Edition, that Joe and Michael Carr, the sons of Sam Carr , were involved in the murders.
That March, Berkowitz murdered college student Virginia Voskerichian as she was walking home from class. As a result, the media coverage of his crimes was widespread and Berkowitz relished the spotlight.
All the while, New Yorkers lived in fear of being his next victim. Berkowitz's final hit happened in the early hours of July 31, , in Brooklyn. He shot Stacy Moskowitz and Bobby Violante. Moskowitz later died, and Violante was blinded in one eye and lost most of the vision in the other from his injuries. Fortunately for the police, a witness noticed something at the scene that helped in cracking the case. At the scene of the Moskowitz-Violante shootings, a witness saw a man getting away in a car that had a parking ticket on it.
Only a handful of tickets were given out that day, and one of them was for Berkowitz. On August 10, , authorities arrested him. In Berkowitz pled guilty to the six killings, as well as nearly 1, fires he had set in and around New York City.
He received years-to-life for each murder. David Abrahamsen. He also made statements that he had been part of a violent cult that helped him carry out the murders and that fellow members John and Michael Carr Sam Carr's sons assisted him.
Berkowitz has been paid substantial sums of money to share his story. Although there are numerous media renditions of the Son of Sam case, Berkowitz does not financially profit from any works by him or anyone else. Although he has been put up for parole on numerous occasions most recently in and he will be eligible for parole for the 16th time in , he has been consistently denied release.
While in prison, Berkowitz has become an evangelical Christian. After Moskowitz was killed, an eyewitness saw someone getting away in a car that had a parking ticket on it. In August , police detective James Justus sifted through traffic tickets for cars that were near where Moskowitz and Violante had been shot, and found one registered to Berkowitz, the Times reported. Justus called the Yonkers police department since Berkowitz lived in Yonkers and asked about him, only to have the dispatcher tell him that Berkowitz had shot her dog.
This has got to be the guy,'" Justus told the Times. When police went to Berkowitz's home, he told them that he was the Son of Sam, the Times says. Berkowitz was arrested on August 10, , just 11 days after his last murder. When he was questioned by police, Berkowitz said that he had been ordered to kill by his neighbor Sam Carr, who sent messages to Berkowitz through his dog, a demon-possessed Labrador retriever, per Biography.
He was eventually sentenced to six consecutive years-to-life terms. Berkowitz initially received a lot of money to share his story, prompting most states to pass laws sometimes called "Son of Sam laws" that prohibit convicted criminals from financially profiting from books, movies, or anything else related to their crimes. Watch this video to learn more about David Berkowitz's current whereabouts:. Today, Berkowitz is still in jail. He had a heart attack in late , according to the New York Post , and was hospitalized with complications afterward.
Berkowitz is now a born-again Christian and refers to himself as the Son of Hope, the Post reported. Weight Loss. United States. Type keyword s to search.
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