{"id":10554,"date":"2026-05-21T10:06:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T10:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=10554"},"modified":"2026-05-21T10:06:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T10:06:15","slug":"son-of-sam-killer-david-berkowitz-predicts-hell-go-to-heaven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=10554","title":{"rendered":"Son of Sam killer David Berkowitz predicts he&#8217;ll go to heaven"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Son of Sam serial killer David Berkowitz boldly predicted he\u2019ll see heaven \u2014 sparking fury from a survivor of his reign of terror who angrily declared he only deserves a date with the devil.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy home is in heaven, not in the Bronx,\u201d Berkowitz, 72, declared in a Saturday night email to The Post from the maximum-security Shawangunk Correctional Facility in Ulster County.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Berkowitz has spent the last 48 years behind bars, where he says he found Jesus after a killing spree that left six New Yorkers dead and gripped the Big Apple in fear for more than a year.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Son of Sam serial killer David Berkowitz predicted he\u2019ll be welcomed to heaven despite his reign of terror nearly 50 years ago. <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And the sicko doesn\u2019t appear to care if he ever gets out, even missing a parole hearing earlier this month while claiming he\u2019s \u201calready free\u201d and \u201cthe only place I\u2019m looking forward to going, is to heaven to be with the Lord.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The declaration outraged Robert Violante, 68, who survived a bullet to the head from Berkowitz in 1977 while his date, Stacy Moskowitz, was shot dead.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cThat takes some pair of balls to say the least,\u201d Violante said in an interview on Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI sincerely doubt he is going to heaven. He is lucky he is not already in hell.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The killer\u2019s prediction came as he was set to face the parole board for the 13th time since 2002.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Robert Violante, who survived a bullet from David Berkowitz, says the killer should rot in hell. <span class=\"credit\">Nancy Siesel<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But he admitted that \u201cI am not seeking parole\u201d after his 12th attempt at freedom failed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI opted not to attend. Right now, I have other things to do, which I feel are more meaningful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Berkowitz said he believes a higher calling brought him to prison, where he oversees a thriving congregation and preaches the gospel to troubled inmates.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy work is in prison where God has His people confined,\u201d he wrote. \u201cThese men need guidance, help, and encouragement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m an elder, and this is my calling,\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His sentiment is a far cry from when Berkowitz terrorized New York City between 1976 and 1977, shooting six strangers dead and leaving seven wounded.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Serial killer Son of Sam fatally shot six people during a spree in the 1970s.  <span class=\"credit\">New York Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He claimed he was inspired to kill by a demonic dog that belonged to his neighbor, Sam Carr.<\/p>\n<p>His murderous spree started on July 29, 1976, when a schlubby Berkowitz, then 23, emerged from the darkness and targeted Jody Valenti, 19, and pal Donna Lauria, 18, with a .44 caliber Bulldog revolver as they sat in a car.<\/p>\n<p>Lauria was killed, and Valenti was wounded.<\/p>\n<p>Within 12 months, Berkowitz struck several more times, leaving a trail of bodies in Brooklyn, the Bronx and Queens, with the press dubbing him \u201cThe .44 Caliber Killer.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Son of Sam serial killer David Berkowitz targeted women with long, dark hair. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After killing couple Alexander Esau, 20, and Valentina Suriana, 18, the deranged killer left a note at the crime scene.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am a monster. I am the Son of Sam,\u201d Berkowitz boasted.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love to hunt. Prowling the streets looking for fair game tasty meat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Discos were left empty as panicked New Yorkers were too afraid to go out at night. Terrified women cut their hair and bought blonde wigs when it emerged the maniac had a penchant for young women with long, dark locks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The loon even taunted the NYPD \u2014 who began a massive manhunt \u2014 in the tabloids.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Then on July 31, 1977, Berkowitz struck for the final time, sneaking up and pumping bullets on Violante, then 20, and Moskowitz, 19, as the pair sat in a Buick Skylark after seeing the Martin Scorsese film \u201cNew York, New York.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Violante blacked out and woke to blood-soaked horror.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Son of Sam victim Robert Violante, seen above, was shot in the eye while on a date with Stacy Moskowitz.  <span class=\"credit\">New York Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Serial killer Son of Sam was nabbed after a parking ticket led detectives to his Yonkers home.  <span class=\"credit\">New York Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhen I came to, I couldn\u2019t see anything. My face was covered in blood,\u201d he\u00a0recalled to The Post in 2006.\u00a0\u201cThe first thing I remember was Stacy moaning because she was shot in the head.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Moskowitz died the next day.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Violante was shot in the eye and estimated Tuesday that 90% of his vision is gone because of Berkowitz.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While he prowled that night, Berkowitz finally slipped up, receiving a parking ticket near the crime scene and eventually leading enterprising detectives to his Yonkers home.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am Sam. David Berkowitz,\u201d he admitted to police.<\/p>\n<p>Berkowitz, a post office worker in the Bronx, was sentenced to 547 years in prison, where he converted to evangelical Christianity<\/p>\n<p>In front of the parole board in 2024, he said he made a \u201cpact with the devil\u201d during his rampage, according to a transcript obtained by The Post.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt sounds just so ridiculous now looking back at it, but I was thoroughly enmeshed in that mindset, and I was on a mission for human sacrifices, and I\u2019m ashamed of that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked by The Post what he\u2019d do if he received freedom, Berkowitz said, \u201cI\u2019m already free. Jesus, who is my lord and Messiah, has already set me free from the power of sin and Satan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Violante, who retired years ago from working at a Brooklyn post office, thinks otherwise. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is only going to go to hell one day,\u201d he raged. \u201cAnd that\u2019s it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 728px 160px; gap:2px; width:908px; background:#eee; padding:2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u901a\u680f\u9876\u90e8\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u6a2a\u5e45 908x258 \u8de8\u6574\u884c -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column:1\/-1; height:258px; background:#ff6b6b; display:grid; place-items:center;\">\r\n    <!-- JuicyAds v3.0 -->\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-cfasync=\"false\" async src=\"https:\/\/poweredby.jads.co\/js\/jads.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins id=\"1114307\" data-width=\"908\" data-height=\"258\"><\/ins>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-cfasync=\"false\" async>(adsbyjuicy = window.adsbyjuicy || []).push({'adzone':1114307});<\/script>\r\n<!--JuicyAds END-->\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u7b2c\u4e8c\u901a\u680f\uff1a728\u00d790 \u901a\u680f -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column:1\/-1; 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