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| Full Name: | David Richard Berkowitz / Born: Richard David Falco |
| Gender: | Male |
| Race: | Caucasian |
| Birth: | June 1, 1953 in New York (Brooklyn), New York, United States |
| Death: | --- |
| Cause of Death: | --- |
| Nicknames: | .44 Killer / .44 Caliber Killer / Mr. Monster / Son of Sam / Son of Hope |
| Murder Toll: | 6 murdered victims |
| Murder Time Frame: | 1976-1977 / Age 23 at first murder, 24 at last murder |
| Murder Locations: | United States - New York, New York (Bronx / Brooklyn / Queens) |
| Preferred Prey: | Young, caucasian females |
| Modus Operandi: | Arson, stabbing, shooting |
| Victim Disposal: | Left them where they were murdered |
| Signature: | Left a letter at one of his crime scenes, sent a letter to the press, named himself "Son of Sam" and "Mr. Monster" |
| Trophies: | Newspaper clippings |
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 Donna Lauria Female - Age 18 Death: July 1976 |
 Christine Freund Female - Age 26 Death: January 1977 |
 Virginia Voskerichian Female - Age 21 Death: March 1977 |
 Valentina Suriani Female - Age 18 Death: April 1977 |
 Alexander Esau Male - Age 20 Death: April 1977 |
 Stacy Moskowitz Female - Age 22 Death: July 1977 |
It's cold and gloomy here in New York, but that's okay because the weather fits my mood - gloomy. Dad, the world is getting dark now. I can feel it more and more. The people, they are developing a hatred for me. You wouldn't believe how much some people hate me. Many of them want to kill me. I don't even know these people, but still they hate me. Most of them are young. I walk down the street and they spit and kick at me. The girls call me ugly and they bother me the most. The guys just laugh. Anyhow, things will soon change for the better.
- A letter he wrote to his father in November 1975.
I have asked you kindly to stop that dog from howling all day long, yet he continues to do so. I pleaded with you. I told you how this is destroying my family. We have no peace, no rest. Now I know what kind of a person you are and what kind of a family you are. You are cruel and inconsiderate. You have no love for any other human beings. Your selfish, Mr. Carr. My life is destroyed now. I have nothing to lose anymore. I can see that there shall be no peace in my life, or my families life until I end yours. You wicked, evil man-child of the devil - I curse you and your family forever.
- A letter he sent to his neighbor, Sam Carr, in April 1977.
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DEAR CAPTAIN JOSEPH BORRELLI,
I AM DEEPLY HURT BY YOUR CALLING ME A WEMON HATER. I AM NOT. BUT I AM A MONSTER.
I AM THE "SON OF SAM." I AM A LITTLE "BRAT."
WHEN FATHER SAM GETS DRUNK HE GETS MEAN. HE BEATS HIS FAMILY. SOMETIMES HE TIES ME UP To THE BACK OF THE HOUSE. OTHER TIMES HE LOCKS ME IN THE GARAGE. SAM LOVES TO DRINK BloOD.
"GO OUT AND KILL" COMMANDS FATHER SAM,
BEHIND OUR HOUSE SOME REST. MOSTLY YOUNG - RAPED AND SLAUGHTERED - THIER BLOOD DRAINED - JUST BONES NOW
PAPA SAM KEEPS ME LOCKED IN THE ATTIC, TOO. I CAN'T GET OUT BUT I LOOK OUT THE ATTIC WINDOW AND WATCH THE WORLD GO BY.
I FEEL LIKE AN OUTSIDER. I AM ON A DIFFERENT WAVE LENGTH THEN EVERYBODY ELSE - PROGRAMMED TOO KILL.
HOWEVER, TO STOP ME YOU MUST KILL ME. ATTENTION ALL POLICE: SHOOT ME FIRST - SHOOT TO KILL OR ELSE. KEEP OUT OF MY WAY OR YOU WILL DIE!
PAPA SAM IS OLD NOW. HE NEEDS SOME BLOOD TO PRESERVE HIS YOUTH. HE HAS HAD TOO MANY HEART ATTACKS. TOO MANY HEART ATTACKS. "UGH, ME HOOT IT URTS SONNY BOY."
I MISS MY PRETTY PRINCESS MOST OF ALL. SHE'S RESTING IN OUR LADIES HOUSE BUT I'LL SEE HER SOON.
I AM THE "MONSTER" - "BEELZEBUB" - THE "CHUBBY BEHEMOUTH."
I LOVE TO HUNT. PROWLING THE STREETS LOOKING FOR FAIR GAME - TASTY MEAT. THE WEMON OF QUEENS ARE Z PRETTYIST OF ALL. I MUST BE THE WATER THEY DRINK. I LIVE FOR THE HUNT - MY LIFE. BLOOD FOR PAPA.
MR. BORELLI, SIR, I DONT WANT TO KILL ANYMORE NO SIR, NO MORE BUT I MUST, "HONOUR THY FATHER."
I WANT TO MAKE LOVE TO THE WORLD. I LOVE PEOPLE. I DON'T BELONG ON EARTH. RETURN ME TO YAHOOS.
TO THE PEOPLE OF QUEENS, I LOVE YOU. AND I WA WANT TO WISH ALL OF YOU A HAPPY EASTER. MAY GOD BLESS YOU IN THIS LIFE AND IN THE NEXT AND FOR NOW I SAY GOODBYE AND GOODNIGHT.
POLICE- LET ME HAUNT YOU WITH THESE WORDS;
I'LL BE BACK!
I'LL BE BACK!
TO BE INTERRPRETED AS - BANG BANG, BANG, BANK, BANG - UGH!!
YOURS IN MURDER
MR. MONSTER
- A letter he left at the crime scene of victims, Valentina Suriani and Alexander Esau, in April 1977.
HELLO FROM THE GUTTERS OF N.Y.C., WHICH ARE FILLED WITH DOG MANURE, VOMIT, STALE WINE, URINE, AND BLOOD. HELLO FROM THE SEWERS OF N.Y.C. WHICH SWALLOW UP THE DELICACIES WHEN THEY ARE WASHED AWAY BY THE SWEEPER TRUCKS. HELLO FROM THE CRACKS IN THE SIDEWALKS OF N.Y.C. AND FROM THE ANTS THAT DWELL IN THESE CRACKS AND FEED ON THE DRIED BLOOD OF THE DEAD THAT HAS SEEPED INTO THESE CRACKS.
J.B., I'M JUST DROPPING YOU A LINE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I APPRECIATE YOUR INTEREST IN THOSE RECENT AND HORRENDOUS .44 KILLINGS. I ALSO WANT TO TELL YOU THAT I READ YOUR COLUMN DAILY AND I FIND IT QUITE INFORMATIVE.
TELL ME JIM, WHAT WILL YOU HAVE FOR JULY 29? YOU CAN FORGET ABOUT ME IF YOU LIKE BECAUSE I DON'T CARE FOR PUBLICITY. HOWEVER YOU MUST NOT FOGET DONNA LAURIA AND YOU CANNOT LET THE PEOPLE FORGET HER EITHER. SHE WAS A VERY, VERY SWEET GIRL BUT SAM'S A THIRSTY LAD AND HE WON'T LET ME STOP KILLING UNTIL HE GETS HIS FILL OF BLOOD.
MR. BRESLIN, SIR, DON'T THINK THAT BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T HEARD FROM ME FOR A WHILE THAT I WENT TO SLEEP. NO, RATHER, I AM STILL HERE. LIKE A SPIRIT ROAMING THE NIGHT. THIRSTY, HUNGRY, SELDOM STOPPING TO REST; ANXIOUS TO PLEASE SAM. I LOVE MY WORK. NOW, THE VOID HAS BEEN FILLED.
PERHAPS WE SHALL MEET FACE TO FACE SOMEDAY OR PERHAPS I WILL BLOWN AWAY BY COPS WITH SMOKING .38'S. WHATEVER, IF I SHALL BE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO MEET YOU, I WILL TELL YOU ALL ABOUT SAM IF YOU LIKE AND I WILL INTRODUCE YOU TO HIM. HIS NAME IS "SAM THE TERRIBLE".
NOT KNOWING WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS, I SHALL SAY FAREWELL AND I WILL SEE YOU AT THE NEXT JOB. OR SHOULD I SAY YOU WILL SEE MY HANDIWORK AT THE NEXT JOB? REMEMBER MS. LAURIA. THANK YOU.
IN THEIR BLOOD
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FROM THE GUTTER
"SAM'S CREATION" .44
HERE ARE SOME NAMES TO HELP YOU ALONG. FORWARD THEM TO THE INSPECTOR FOR USE By N.C.I.C. :
"THE DUKE OF DEATH"
"THE WICKED KING WICKER"
"THE TWENTY TWO DISCIPLES OF HELL"
"JOHN 'WHEATIES' - RAPIST AND SUFFOCATER OF YOUNG GIRLS.
PS: J.B. PLEASE INFORM ALL THE DETECTIVES WORKING THE SLAYINGS TO REMAIN
P.S: J.B., PLEASE INFORM ALL THE DETECTIVES WORKING THE CASE THAT I WISH THEM THE BEST OF LUCK. "KEEP 'EM DIGGING, DRIVE ON, THINK POSITIVE, GET OFF YOUR BUTTS, KNOCK ON COFFINS, ETC."
UPON MY CAPTURE I PROMISE TO BUY ALL THE GUYS WORKING ON THE CASE A NEW PAIR OF SHOES IF I CAN GET UP THE MONEY.
- A letter he wrote to Jimmy Breslin, a reporter for the New York Daily News, in 1977.
MANHATTAN AND STATEN ISLAND SAID THE ARE READY HUH? LETS SEE HOW READY YOU ARE O.K. Oh ShiT I ALMOST FORGOT RIVERDALE. YOU GUYS HAVE MADE ME VERY ANGRY.
SO KISS MY ASS AND MOTHER FUCK ALL YOU BITCHES.
[picture of head with gun] MAYOR BEAME 14
- A letter he wrote sometime during his murder spree.
My master Craig, You will be punished. Craig, how dare you force me into the night to do your bidding. I promise you, Craig, the world shall spit on you and your mother... Sure, I am the killer, but Craig, the killings are at your command.
- Part of a letter he wrote to his neighbor, Craig Glassman, in 1977.
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Dear Jack,
I'm sorry to hear about that fall you took from the roof of your house. Just want to say 'I'm sorry' but I'm sure it won't be long until you feel much better, healthy, well and strong: Please be careful next time. Since your going to be confined for a long time, let us know if Nann needs anything.
Sincerely: Sam and Francis.
- A get-well card he left in the mailbox of Jack Cassara, in June 1977. He made it out like his (Berkowitz) neighbor had written it. It included a picture of a German shepherd dog.
"Sudden death and bloodshed appealed to me."
"I always had a fetish for murder and death."
"I begged to God for death. I used to sit on the fire escape and thought of throwing myself down, wanting to jump. When i thought about dying, I thought about dying, I thought of being transported into a world of bliss and happiness."
"I stabbed her and she didn't do anything. She just turned and looked at me. I wasn't going to rob her, or touch her, or rape her. I just wanted to kill her." - About stabbing an unidentified woman (who survived) on Christmas Eve in 1975.
"I never heard anyone scream like that. I just kept stabbing and nothing would happen. I just ran off." - About attacking one of the two females he stabbed on Christmas Eve in 1975. Both women survived.
"I'd come home to Coligni Avenue like at six-thirty in the morning. It would begin then, the howling. On my days, off, I heard it all night, too. It made me scream. I used to scream out begging for the noise to stop. It never did. The demons never stopped. I couldn't sleep. I had no strength to fight. I could barely drive. Coming home from work one night, I almost killed myself in the car. I needed to sleep. The demons wouldn't give me any peace." - About the neighborhood dogs that would howl.
"They acted human, but they weren't. They began to howl things. They wanted to get at children, to tear them up." - About the neighborhood dogs that would howl.
"When I moved in, the Cassaras seemed very nice and quiet. But they tricked me. They lied. I thought they were members of the human race. They weren't. Suddenly the Cassaras began to show up with the demons. They began to howl and cry out. 'Blood and death!' They called out the names of the masters. The Blood Monster, John Wheaties, General Jack Cosmo." - About Jack and Nann Cassara, a couple he rented part of a home from.
"Say, could you tell me how to get to..." - What he said right before shooting victims, Joanne Lomino and Donna DeMasi, who both survived.
"You know, I'm Sam. David Berkowitz." - When police officer John Falotico asked Berkowitz who he (Falotico) had just caught, when Berkowitz was arrested.
"Inspector, you finally got me. I guess this is the end of the trail." - What he said to deputy inspector Timothy Dowd, after being arrested.
"It was a command. I had a sign and I followed it. Sam told me what to do and I did it. Sam told me to do it. Sam sent me on an assignment. I had to do what I had to do. I had my orders. Sam sent me." - When asked why he had murdered people.
"...really is a man who lived six-thousand years ago. I got the messages through his dog. He told me to kill. Sam is the Devil." - When asked who "Sam" was.
"When I got a calling, I went looking for a spot." - Explaining that he had picked his victims randomly.
"The first three times I shot with one hand. I was lousy." - What he told police, about shooting his gun.
"Stacy is a whore, Stacy is a whore. I'll shoot them all." - What he chanted in the courtroom in May 1978, the day he was supposed to be sentenced.
"I did take some lives and I'm very sorry for that." - What he said in a TV interview from prison in 1993.
Re: Matter of Parole
Dear Governor Pataki,
I am writing to you with regards to my parole hearing which is scheduled for June 2002.
Sir, I am so very sorry for the pain, grief and suffering I have caused many innocent people by my criminal acts of some twenty-five years ago.
I am haunted by my actions and I would do anything to undo this tragedy. I know that I have failed and disappointed my loving family, and I disgraced myself for the rest of my life.
However today, because of Jesus Christ and my faith in Him, I am trying my best to make amends to society in any way that I can. And I am thankful for whatever opportunities which come my way to do this.
Also, as you know, last month there was a burst of media coverage concerning this hearing. Unfortunately, no one from the media had asked for my opinion about the matter.
And so with all due respect to you and to New York State's citizens, and with respect to the families who lost a loved one, and to those who were seriously wounded, I wish to share my thoughts about parole. I believe this will help to ease your concern and theirs.
I am disappointed that there is even going to be a parole hearing. I know that the sentencing laws require a hearing to be held in June, a date which was set twenty-five years ago. But the fact is, I have absolutely no interest in parole.
I have done nothing whatsoever to try to obtain parole. For example, I have never asked anyone be they a friend or minister, to write a letter of support in my behalf. Likewise I have never asked any prison officials to write letters to recommend me for release. I do not believe in doing such things.
Frankly, I can give you no good reason why I should even be considered for parole. I can, however, give you many reasons why I should not be. The loss of six lives and the wounding of even more are reasons enough for the latter.
In all honesty, I believe that I deserve to be in prison for the rest of my life. I have, with God's help, long ago come to terms with my situation and I have accepted my punishment.
God has given me peace about this. My faith has helped to put the past behind me and to always pray for those whom I have hurt, and for those who are still grieving till this very day.
Sir, it is so tragic and regrettable that the families of my victims have to go through more suffering. Right now they're filled with anger, anxiety and pain because they think I am trying hard to get out of prison. But this is simply not true.
Governor Pataki, these people have nothing to worry about. For if and when I go to this hearing, it will only be to show respect to the parole board, to apologize and take responsibility for my criminal actions, and to basically tell them what I am now telling you - that I do not deserve parole.
Thank you, your honor, for taking the time to read my letter. I hope it has brought some clarity to this matter. I pray dearly that these families will be able to have some peace and closure very soon.
Respectfully,
David Berkowitz
- A letter he typed and sent to New York Governor George Pataki, in March 2002.
"I had a lot of anxiety, and I thought it would be best for the families that I not come at all and after a lot of soul searching and a lot of praying I just decided it would be best to just come and face you and apologize. I'm not seeking parole. I don't feel that I deserve parole." - Explaining why he didn't attend his first parole hearing in June 2002, but then decided to attend it in July 2002.
"Well, for the crimes that were committed and people that are suffering today because of my actions. I know they have a lot of pain and hurt that will probably never go away. I wish that I can go back and change the past. I can't, so I have to I came to terms with this and realize that I'm here in prison." - Explaining why he felt he didn't deserve parole.
"I was hoping that after this was over with, after the twenty-five-year mark and the media says all that they can possibly say, that everybody, myself, my family, the victims' families can all get on with their lives." - What he said at his first parole hearing, in July 2002.
"Ma'am, I'm sorry. I don't know. I don't understand what happened.It was a nightmare. I was tormented in my mind and in my spirit. My life was out of control at that time and I have nothing but regret for what happened." - When asked why he felt he needed to kill people, at his first parole hearing.
"It was just my mind was not focused right. I thought I was a soldier for the devil and all kinds of crazy things. I had things like the satanic bible that I was reading. I just got stupid ideas out of it. I'm not pushing the blame on anything. I take full responsibility, but I just - at the time things got twisted." - When asked what tormented his mind, at his first parole hearing.
"Ma'am, in all honesty I really haven't. I still struggle with coming to grips with the things of the past. There are still issues that I have to deal with. I'm not there yet." - When he was told he hadn't developed much of an understanding of the motivations of his crimes, at his first parole hearing.
I want to greet you in the name of my precious Savior, Jesus Christ. I am so grateful to be able to share this message of hope, the message that God is good and His mercy endures forever.
For the people who were injured, who lost their lives because of my actions, I have no excuse. I know I've ruined the lives of many people. Now I look back and see that I was the biggest fool, and I did Satan's dirty work. I have nobody to blame but myself because I could have gotten out of what I was into. I have nothing but deep sorrow in my heart and regret over all that has happened. I can't undo what was done. I failed my family, I failed society, I failed my community. Like the apostle Paul said (1 Timothy 1:15), I was one of the chiefest of sinners. In my heart I wish I could just go back and change things, but I know that can't be. I will always continue to pray for the peace of the families who were hurt, that Jesus would help them through their great loss, their grief and suffering, and bring the saving comfort only He can give. Part of me will never forget and never stop sorrowing, and yet another part wants to move on and share the precious love of Jesus with people.
I WANTED TO DIE
I have been behind prison walls for 20 continuous years. The first 10 years of my sentence were, for me, years of darkness, defeat and despair. I had no purpose for living, and thoughts of suicide filled my mind. I was bitter, angry and miserable. I carried a "shank" with me anywhere I could get away with carrying it. There were a lot of people out to get me. I was living a vicious cycle of kill-or-be-killed.
In 1977, when I was age 24, I was involved in the occult, Satanism and on a rampage for the devil. I felt as if I were ready to die. Maybe I should have been killed when the police finally surrounded me with guns drawn. A few years into my sentence,while I was housed inside Attica prison, an inmate managed to attack me with a razor blade and I nearly died. With a sentence of 350 years plus life, and no hope of ever getting out, I struggled to survive. Yet another part of me just wanted to die. I should have died when that inmate slit my throat. I should have died during many other situations in my life because I was always in trouble.
I grew up in a loving Jewish home in the Bronx. My parents were caring people who gave me everything that they could. As far back as I can remember my childhood was not that of a normal child. It started when I was about five or six years old. I was completely uncontrollable. I would rampage through the house, sometimes overturning furniture. A tremendous force would come upon me and urge me to do destructive things to property or even to myself. Other times I would be in total silence to my parents and not respond to their outreaches of love. I would lock myself in the closet in the darkness and stay there for hours. I was depressed at times and my parents would have to pull me away from the window to keep me from committing suicide. I was a tormented child, always having psychological problems.
School officials sent me to a child psychologist. People couldn't cope with me. Now as I look back I understand that demons had me bound, even as a young child. I brought a lot of misery and confusion into the lives of my parents. As a teenager I wandered the streets at night, got involved in acts of vandalism and malicious mischief. It was only a matter of time before my whole life fell apart.
For reasons that I cannot fathom to this very day, Jesus made it His business to reach out to me with a love, a kindness and a compassion that I have never known before.
I MET CHRIST
There was a time back in 1987, one cold winter's night, when I was in the prison yard. Another inmate walked up to me, introduced himself, and boldly told me that Jesus loved me and had a plan for my life. After he said those words I laughed at him and told him that there was no way God could love me. I told him I was too evil, that he was wasting his time. But this man had such a compassionate attitude, and I saw that he was really sincere. I cannot describe it. Let's just say he had a special glow about him.
Although I rejected what he shared about Jesus, we became friends because I knew he meant well. We started working out, walked the prison yard together. Every day he would quietly and patiently share God's Word with me. At first, I just listened. But after several weeks my attitude began to change. One day he offered me a small pocket New Testament which included the Psalms. He urged me to read portions of it, especially the Psalms. Some nights I would peek into the Bible just to check it out. I had never read the Bible before. I started to read the Psalms for the first time in my life, and said to myself, "My God, these are some of the most beautiful words I've ever read."
Things began to happen inside of me. I really found myself enjoying the words of the writers, especially King David. It seemed as if he were talking directly to me because he also underwent many trials and hardships. King David's life, to my surprise, had a lot of pain in it. Oftentimes he was surrounded by problems and trouble. I said to myself, "Hey, this guy really suffered." I always thought that a king's life was supposed to be healthy, happy, exciting and prosperous. Yet I read how he cried out to God in his misery. I said, "I'm miserable, too." I was. But David's solution was to cry out to God for help and deliverance. Me? I used to cry into my pillow.
Then one day it happened. I was reading the Psalms, it was close to midnight and I was alone in my cell. It was at that moment that my heart began to burst. The words I had been reading began to pierce my soul. Everything hit me at once, my guilt, the anger, the shame at failing my parents, loneliness, past hurts?everything!
I POURED MY HEART OUT TO THE LORD
I began to cry like never before. I shut my light out, got down on my knees in the darkness, and began to pour out my heart to the Lord. This was all new to me. Feelings of grief and deep remorse welled up inside. I called upon the God of Israel and talked to Him as if He were right in the cell with me. I didn't even know if God was listening. I just had to pray. And He heard my prayer.
I WAS BORN AGAIN
When it was over I got up off my knees and I felt as if a tremendous load were lifted off me. This was the moment that I was born again. Although it would still take a while to see the whole picture, it was the turning point in my life - the start of a new life, even while still in prison. He lifted such a heavy load from me. I can't begin to tell you how good God is! I love Him so much.
As I said, this was in 1987. Nine years have since gone by. Right after I became saved I began to attend the chapel services and read my Bible with fervor. I started to fall in love with Jesus. I knew I was finally on the right road, a road of healing and hope. God began to flood me with His peace, even inside the prison house. And He is still working on me.
JESUS IS THE ONLY WAY
Now, after 20 years behind prison walls, I can only say that Jesus is the only Way. God has promised to deliver His people because He is a God of hope. Even for those who have not yet placed their trust in Jesus, the Lord is still offering hope if they repent of their sins and put their trust in Christ, the Messiah of Israel. I want to encourage you to put your trust in Him. It's good being a believer in Jesus. It's good experiencing His mercy and forgiveness.
Today, I just keep trusting in the Lord and I have completely given my life to Him. He's shown me His love and His mercy, even though I don't deserve it. He's my Comforter and He's my best Friend. Now I know that Jesus has set me free. Praise the Lord!
Let me tell you, I have been to Hell and back. I have made the biggest mess of my life. But, you know what? Today, knowing Jesus, serving our Lord, is the most exciting thing that can happen to a person. My life is not free of hardship or temptations, but living for Jesus is a challenge. Today I am overshadowed with His peace. I have no doubt whatsoever that I have been completely forgiven, that my sins have been forgotten, not by man, I don't expect man to forgive me, or society. I am responsible to live out the consequences of my actions. But God has thrown all my sins into His sea of forgetfulness. He's had mercy on me, a murderer and a devil-worshipper. And even though there is nothing good that I deserve from Him, He has allowed me to be a minister of His grace. There is joy flowing through me today because I know my Heavenly Father in a personal way. He's my God now, and I know that He's walking with me and He loves me and I love Him. I want to bow my heart before the Lord in loving obedience.
I am grateful for my heritage as a Jew and my faith in the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. It has helped me to understand the fulfillment of Scripture that is found in Yeshua, Jesus. Reading Isaiah chapter 53 with an open heart and an open mind reveals the Truth that Yeshua is that suffering Servant. There is no other person that can fulfill the Bible prophecies. The prophets talked about Yeshua. Read all of the prophets in the Hebrew Bible and you will find that everything points to Yeshua (Jesus) as the Messiah. As you search the Scriptures for yourself God will speak to you. He is the Messiah of the Jews.
I'm here to tell you there is hope in God through Jesus. The important question I would ask you is, have you trusted in Jesus as your personal Savior? I know what it is like to be in bondage to sin. I know what it is like to be shackled to Satan. Those cuffs can only be opened by Christ.
My message is plain. Jesus is calling people of all ages, of all races, to repent - to turn from their lives of sin, obey God by asking His Son Jesus into their hearts, to trust in His finished work on the cross, and have a new life in Him.
ONLY JESUS CAN FILL THE VOID IN YOUR LIFE
If there is a void in your life, an emptiness in your soul, I don't believe that money can fill it. I know that alcohol and drugs can't fill it. Knowledge and education can fill the human mind, but these things won't fill an empty heart. Sex won't do it. Neither will religion.
All have sinned. All need to repent and believe the gospel that Jesus, the Son of God, died for us, shed His atoning blood for us, that He arose again and now sits at the right hand of the Father. It is about having a personal relationship with Jesus,and having Him dwell in your heart by faith.
Please do not neglect this time of opportunity. Right where you are you can make sure you are saved for eternity and give your life to Him. He is standing at the door of your heart, knocking and calling your name. It is time to open your heart and bring Hope in, "Jesus Christ, our hope". (1 Timothy 1:1)
"...if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the Scripture says, "Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame. For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek (Gentile), for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him. For whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved." Romans 10:9-13
God bless you. It was a privilege to share these things. I truly hope you have been encouraged to come to Jesus for healing, hope, salvation and life. If you have accepted Jesus as your Lord, continue with Him no matter what. The road may be hard but He will always be with you.
Maximum security prisons have been my home now, for two decades. I know that God is with me today. He shall also be with me tomorrow. I desire to serve Him out of a heart cleansed by His blood through sharing the Gospel, encouraging others in their faith, and helping my brothers and sisters in the Lord. I am confident that, as the Bible says, "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me". (Philippians 4:13) I have no doubt the Lord will see me through, and He will do the same for you.
STAY STRONG IN THE FAITH - DON'T QUIT
Peace. Stay strong in the faith. Don't quit. You may have a heavy burden today, but there will be a crown awaiting the faithful ones some bright tomorrow. Thank you for taking the time to read this testimony of God's great mercy.
With Love & Hope in Christ,
David Berkowitz
- His written testimony.
I feel that I have been feeling this person's anger and rage toward law enforcement. I felt this person has a tremendous rage against the FBI, or any one of the various law enforcement organizations that are in this area, and maybe towards the U.S. government in general.
Hopefully, it will be over soon with the arrest of the person or persons responsible.
I am not sure it is one person or two, if this is a tormented and raging psychopath or a terrorist, or even an American terrorist such as Timothy McVeigh was. Regardless, he must stop hurting innocent people.
- Parts of a letter that he wrote in 2002 about the D.C. Snipers.
 Son of Hope The Journals of David Berkowitz: Volume I Author: David Berkowitz Pub. Year: 2006 |
 Dear David... Letters to Inmate #78-A-1976 Son of Sam (David Berkowitz) Author: Hugo Harmatz Pub. Year: 2005 |
 My Search for "The Son of Sam" Author: George H. Calohan Pub. Year: 2001 |
 A Serial Killer David Berkowitz Son of Sam/Son of Hope Authors: Stephen Cender / Kenneth Cender Pub. Year: 2001 |
 The Ultimate Evil The Truth About the Cult Murders Son of Sam & Beyond Author: Maury Terry Pub. Year: 1999 |
 Confessions of Son of Sam Author: David Abrahamsen Pub. Year: 1985 |
 Son of Sam Author: Lawrence D. Klausner Pub. Year: 1980 |
 Horoscope of Murder A Study of David Berkowitz "Son of Sam" Author: Doris V. Thompson Pub. Year: 1980 |
 .44 Authors: Jimmy Breslin / Dick Schaap Pub. Year: 1979 |
 Son of Sam The .44 Caliber Killer Author: George Carpozi Pub. Year: 1977 |
 A&E - American Justice The Son of Sam Genre: Documentary Release Year: Unknown |
 A&E - Biography David Berkowitz: Son of Sam Genre: Documentary Release Year: 2006 |
 A&E - Investigative Reports Son of Sam Speaks The Untold Story Genre: Documentary Release Year: Unknown |
 The History Channel Great Crimes & Trials Son of Sam Genre: Documentary Release Year: Unknown |
 NBC News Presents Inside Evil Serial Killers Jeffrey Dahmer & Son of Sam Genre: Documentary Release Year: 2006 |
Manhunt Son of Sam / Wayne Williams Genre: Documentary Release Year: 2002 |
 Summer of Terror The Real Son of Sam Story Genre: Documentary Release Year: 1999 |
 Summer of Sam Genre: Movie Director: Spike Lee Release Year: 1999 |
 Out of the Darkness Genre: Movie Director: Jud Taylor Release Year: 1985 |
 Son of Sam Symbol Ringer |
