YONKERS: To this day many theories claim the “Son Of Sam”‘ killer didn’t act alone

In 1996 Yonkers Police Department reopened David Berkowitz’s case to investigate some of these claims.

There were a lot of reasons why the “Son of Sam”’ case was reopened. Numerous confessions made by David Berkowitz during the trials made everyone believe that he might have had help from others to commit those heinous crimes.

He also made statements that he had been part of a violent Yonkers cult that helped him carry out the murders and that fellow members John and Michael Carr assisted him.

After being sentenced, David Berkowitz claimed that he joined a “satanic cult” in 1975.

Reports claim that he left a note near the bodies of Alexander Esau and Valentina Suriani, which was addressed to Joseph Borrelli, Captain of the New York Police Department.

In the note, David Berkowitz called himself “Son of Sam” for the first time.

At first, Berkowitz said that he was a part of all the killings.

However, he retracted his initial statement and said that he did not pull the trigger in the shooting of Stacey Moscowitz and Robert Violante.

Herald Statesman Journalist Maury Terry, who covered the “Son of Sam” murder case for more than 25 years, is one of the prominent names who believe that David Berkowitz was not alone.

Statement from some of the witnesses did not indicate a dark curly-hair style that David Berkowitz had.

Witnesses also described different automobiles at the scene, including a description of a getaway driver in a yellow Volkswagen.

In an interview with reporter Maury Terry, a claim was made by David Berkowitz saying he was the gunman at only two of the eight shootings attributed to the Son of Sam and that he killed three of the six victims.

His claims were reportedly deemed true by Maury Terry. because of various NYPD sketches that were made after the descriptions provided by the witnesses.

The witness sketch from the first shooting in the Bronx had a clear resemblance to David Berkowitz, but the sketches from other shootings apparently looked like someone else pulled the trigger.

The confusion regarding the case still haunts a lot of people, but as of now, the case is closed.