It's been more than thirty-five years since I was arrested...
...and subsequently charged with the "Son of Sam" murders, which claimed six innocent lives. This was a cowardly act and a terrible tragedy, and I regret this with every fiber of my being. How I wish it could all be undone, that it never happened.
However, till this day, I am puzzled and perplexed by the number of media outlets and individuals who keep producing programs for television about the Son of Sam case. While others are busy writing books and articles, trying to psychoanalyze me and thus have themselves hopefully become recognized as experts on David Berkowitz.
Amazingly, since the start of the year, I have received six requests from various film companies asking if I would grant them interviews for the shows they want to do. They were very nice about it. But everyone can be nice when they want something.
Yet at the same time my heart is grieved. When will this stop? What is there that's left to say? How many psychologists and criminologists have already tried to use me as nothing more than a stepping-stone to stardom and a springboard to launch their own careers?
I have yet to watch a single one of these programs, and I have no desire to. Furthermore, there is nothing I could do about it. They're free to milk the so-called Son of Sam case for whatever they think they would get out of it. This is a painful realization for me, but it is true. All I could do is leave the matter in the hands of God.
D.B.
However, till this day, I am puzzled and perplexed by the number of media outlets and individuals who keep producing programs for television about the Son of Sam case. While others are busy writing books and articles, trying to psychoanalyze me and thus have themselves hopefully become recognized as experts on David Berkowitz.
Amazingly, since the start of the year, I have received six requests from various film companies asking if I would grant them interviews for the shows they want to do. They were very nice about it. But everyone can be nice when they want something.
Yet at the same time my heart is grieved. When will this stop? What is there that's left to say? How many psychologists and criminologists have already tried to use me as nothing more than a stepping-stone to stardom and a springboard to launch their own careers?
I have yet to watch a single one of these programs, and I have no desire to. Furthermore, there is nothing I could do about it. They're free to milk the so-called Son of Sam case for whatever they think they would get out of it. This is a painful realization for me, but it is true. All I could do is leave the matter in the hands of God.
D.B.
