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Son of Sam Getting Taxpayer Heart Surgery

Manson and Berkowitz succumbing in the same year would be fitting.

I understand Berkowitz is Born Again. Unfortunately, none of his victims can be born again..

Albany Times-

David Berkowitz, the serial killer who terrorized New York City in the 1970s and dubbed himself “Son of Sam,” is being treated at Albany Medical Center Hospital for a heart ailment, sources have confirmed.

News that Berkowitz was awaiting emergency heart surgery in Albany on Monday was first reported in the New York Post. Berkowitz, who has been in prison since 1978, is an inmate at the Shawagunk Correctional Facility in Wallkill, Ulster County.

A statement from the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision said, “Inmate Berkowitz has been transferred to an outside hospital and remains in the custody of the Shawangunk Correctional Facility. DOCCS cannot comment on an inmate’s specific medical condition.”

The only hospital in Albany with a secured facility for treating inmates is Albany Med.
Berkowitz killed six people and wounded seven others with a .44 caliber revolver between 1976 and 1977. His killing spree was highly publicized in the press, as he taunted police with messages and eluded a manhunt for months.

Most of his victims were women, usually with long, dark brown hair. He also targeted couples in cars.

While the press had dubbed him the “.44 Caliber Killer,” Berkowitz referred to himself as “Son of Sam” in letters left near the bodies of two victims. He claimed to have been obeying the orders of a demon that took the form of a dog belonging to his neighbor Sam.

In an interview with CBS News in August, 40 years after his arrest, Berkowitz said the shootings were “a break from reality, thought I was doing something to appease the devil. I’m sorry for it.”

A website touted as “The Official Website of David Berkowitz former Son of Sam” was created by supporters under the name AriseandShine.org.

The site includes interviews with him and some of his own writings, in which he claims to have found Jesus Christ in 1987 and has apologized to his victims. He has started a Christian outreach ministry in the prison and is known to his supporters as the Son of Hope, according to the website.

Berkowitz is serving 25 years to life for each of the six murders. His next parole hearing is set for May.

15 Comments on Son of Sam Getting Taxpayer Heart Surgery

  1. Him and Charlie Manson, thank God, who is no longer with us and Sirhan Sirhan and Joseph Duncan for what he did in killing most of a N. Idaho family (the Groene’s, somehow the youngest girl Shasta Groene survived these killings of her family) in 2005. He shouldn’t be allowed to live and is currently on Fedl. death row in California.

  2. Sorry guys- but I really think God got ahold of him. A Jew that may have had his eyes opened. Do your own research and then revisit your opinion. This isn’t meant as condescending. Only sharing.

  3. Hawkeye says “Hotlips, give me a bowsaw.”
    Hotlips says “But Hawkeye you need a scalpel”
    Hawkeye says “Yes, thats the old way. I just read in the New England Medical Journal that there is a new way.”
    “Really” says Trapper John
    “Yes” says Hawkeye.
    “They found out it was easier to access the heart if you removed the head.
    Isn’t that right, Charles”
    Charles says ” Hmm, I do believe I read something about that yesterday,if I remember correctly.
    Colonel Blake yells “Radar”
    Now Radar, being Radar says ” Yes sir, Klinger is on the way”

    I love happy ending

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