On August 10, 1977, police arrested 24-year-old postal employee
David Berkowitz and charged him with being the “Son of Sam,”
the serial killer who terrorized New York City for more than a y
ear, killing six young people and wounding seven others with
a .44-caliber revolver.

Because Berkowitz generally targeted attractive young women
with long brown hair, hundreds of young women had their hair
cut short and dyed blonde during the time he terrorized the city. Thousands more simply stayed home at night.

After his arrest, Berkowitz claimed that demons and a black
Labrador retriever owned by a neighbor named Sam had
ordered him to commit the killings.

David Richard Berkowitz is 73.