Both survived their injuries with Lupo reportedly telling the police he and Placido had been discussing the Son of Sam killer only minutes before the attack.ĭays later an eyewitness would come forward claiming to have seen a man with what looked like a gun minutes before the Brooklyn shootings, and that other police officers were writing parking tickets in the same area that night. June 26, 1977: A couple is attacked outside a clubĪfter leaving a disco in Bayside, Queens, Judy Placido, 17, and Sal Lupo, 20, were shot while sitting in Lupo’s parked car. With reports now circulating that the victims all had long, dark hair, women in New York began cutting their hair short or employing bright dyes to alter their appearance. She was a very, very sweet girl but Sam’s a thirsty lad and he won’t let me stop killing until he gets his fill of blood.” The letter was signed “Son of Sam.” The Daily News presented the missive to police and 10 days later published a redacted version in what would become one of the paper’s biggest selling issues ever with more than one million copies sold. Within, the writer namechecks one of the first victims, Lauria, warning Breslin to “not forget and you cannot let the people forget her either. May 30, 1977: A columnist receives a handwritten letter from someone claiming to be the killerĭaily News columnist Jimmy Breslin received a handwritten letter from someone claiming to be the shooter. For the first time, the killer announced his identity via a handwritten note left for police at the crime scene in which he referred to himself as “Son of Sam” and promised the killings would continue. Esau died at the scene and Suriani later in hospital. In the early hours of the morning, Valentina Suriani, 18, and her boyfriend, Alexander Esau, 20, were sitting in Suriani’s car near her home in the Bronx when they were each shot twice. April 17, 1977: The killer announces his identity for the first time 44 Bulldog revolver had been used in the attacks. With local newspapers the Daily News and New York Post now reporting on the shootings on a daily basis, it was revealed at a press conference two days after Voskerichian’s murder that police strongly suspected the same. Returning home in the evening after college classes, Virginia Voskerichian, 19 - who lived in the same neighborhood where Freund had been attacked - was shot in the head and died instantly. was inoperable for most of Thursday and into Friday.March 8, 1977: A college student is attacked in a the same area “We believe the belt was handled by the suspect,” the commissioner continued, “and did not belong to any of the victims.” “A black leather belt,” Hart said, describing the evidence, “embossed with the letters 'HM' or 'WH' was recovered during the initial stages of the investigation.” The first development announced on Thursday was a piece of physical evidence from one of the crime scenes where bodies were found.
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(WTVR) - Authorities in New York have announced new developments in connection with a suspected serial killer on Long Island.Ĭommissioner Geraldine Hart, along with the Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy Sini, announced the three new developments on Thursday in the nearly 10-year-old cases.Īt least 10 bodies were discovered in the underbrush at various points along a three-mile stretch of Ocean Parkway near Gilgo Beach, in 20. CWD At least 10 bodies were discovered in the underbrush at various points along a three-mile stretch of Ocean Parkway near Gilgo Beach, in 20.