Dog shootings and mysterious letters initially put Berkowitz on Intervallo s radar.
On Christmas Eve 1976, Intervallo and Chamberlain were called to probe the shooting of a German Shepherd. By that point, Berkowitz had already shot six people in three separate incidents in the Bronx and Queens, killing one, Donna Lauria. She was 18.
Four months later, the Yonkers cops investigated the shooting of a black Labrador retriever hit by a .22 caliber bullet in the dog s backyard. The Labrador was owned by Sam Carr, the apparent Sam in Son of Sam. Both dog shootings occurred close to Berkowitz s home.
After searching the area, Intervallo and Chamberlain determined the only window that had a direct line to Carr s Warburton Avenue backyard was Berkowitz s apartment 7E.
Serial killer doco everyoneâs talking about Netflixâs new true crime hit looks at New Yorkâs most terrifying year â and one manâs obsession with a deranged killer.
TV by Candace Sutton 12th May 2021 6:16 PM It was the summer of 1976, around 1.10am on July 29, when two young women were sitting in a car in Pelham Bay, a neighbourhood of the Bronx, in the northern part of New York City. Jody Valenti, 19, and Donna Lauria, 18, a nursing and a medical student, were sitting in Ms Valenti s Oldsmobile in front of Ms Lauria s home, discussing the holidays and their futures.
Netflix hit Sons of Sam re-examines New York s summer of terror
12 May, 2021 07:02 AM
13 minutes to read
David Berkowitz was arrested in New York on August 10, 1977. Photo / AP
news.com.au
By: Candace Sutton
It was the summer of 1976, around 1.10am on July 29, when two young women were sitting in a car in Pelham Bay, a neighbourhood of the Bronx, in the northern part of New York City.
Jody Valenti, 19, and Donna Lauria, 18, a nursing and a medical student, were sitting in Valenti s Oldsmobile in front of Lauria s home, discussing the holidays and their futures.
Lauria s parents had just arrived home after an evening out, inviting Valenti upstairs before they went inside.
Serial killer doco everyoneâs talking about Netflixâs new true crime hit looks at New Yorkâs most terrifying year â and one manâs obsession with a deranged killer.
TV by Candace Sutton 12th May 2021 6:16 PM It was the summer of 1976, around 1.10am on July 29, when two young women were sitting in a car in Pelham Bay, a neighbourhood of the Bronx, in the northern part of New York City. Jody Valenti, 19, and Donna Lauria, 18, a nursing and a medical student, were sitting in Ms Valenti s Oldsmobile in front of Ms Lauria s home, discussing the holidays and their futures.
NYC crime rewind: How S.I. helped catch ‘Son of Sam’ in summer of 1977
Updated May 07, 1:33 PM;
Posted May 07, 8:00 AM
Son of Sam suspect David Berkowitz, stands before Criminal Court Judge Richard Brown at the Criminal Court building in Brooklyn on Aug. 11, 1977 to hear charges accusing him in six random murders that terrorized New York City. (Photo by Stan Wolfson/Newsday RM via Getty Images)
Facebook Share
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – It was the sweltering summer of 1977 and New York City was under siege. A lone gunman dubbed “Son of Sam” had been terrorizing the five boroughs for more than a year.