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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1977
Page
6
New York recalls David Berkowitz as an overweight, seemingly normal postal worker who killed with 44 caliber guns. Friends remember a hyperactive, attached son with an ordinary name and a lost, unsettling path from a troubled childhood to notorious mass murder.
Souvenir seekers and thrill fans swarm 35 Pine Street in Yonkers after David Berkowitz, the alleged Son of Sam, is captured. Neighbors report people film, chat, and linger as the brick building draws crowds and TV crews while the meager contents are removed.
In Yonkers New York Sam Carr a six year old answering service owner living near David Berkowitz learned that police identified Berkowitz as the Son of Sam and Carr as the man the killer implied. Carr said he had a gut feeling since April that Berkowitz might be the killer, after dog Harve y was shot and letters threatened his life.
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