It was the year of terror in New York City: 1976. Men and women were being shot on the street and in parked vehicles across three boroughs. With fear lingering in the air, the summer turned to winter, and the winter turned to summer again, and the killings didn't stop. After 13 months and one of the largest manhunts in the city’s history, police arrested a man sitting in his car, just outside his Yonkers apartment. That man's name would eventually go down infamy: David Berkowitz.
As it turns out, Berkowitz was the one leaving notes for police, signing off each one as “Son of Sam.” He eventually said voices told him to commit the murders, and that no one could understand him.
In total, six men and women were killed, and several more were injured in over a dozen attacks.
Here’s how the killings unfolded.
