"Son of Sam" David Berkowitz, New York's infamous .44-caliber killer who taunted the public with letters to the legendary columnist Jimmy Breslin, says he no longer trusts the media 50 years after kicking off his killing spree.Berkowitz's first victim, 18-year-old Donna Lauria, was shot and killed while getting out of an Oldsmobile in the Bronx on July 29, 1976.Through an intermediary, "Lighter Side of True Crime" podcaster Keith Rovere, Berkowitz declined an interview request for this story.UNEARTHED 'SON OF SAM' PRISON TAPES REVEAL CHILLING DETAILS ABOUT SERIAL KILLER DAVID BERKOWITZPolice mugshot showing the front view and profile of convicted New York City serial killer David Berkowitz, known as the "Son of Sam." (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)"I don't trust the media," he wrote to Rovere in a letter shared with Fox News Digital."They will twist and distort whatever I say.
Even recently they twisted my words concerning some changes in New York's parole law which, in this instant, had nothing to do with me."New York lawmakers are mulling over bills that would create an elder parole system and abolish life without parole."They riled up a victim with a false information and a distortion, thus creating the victim needless grief and pain, and more," he wrote."This was not the first time.
If the media wishes to know what I've been doing with my life, all they have to do is visit the website which has probably over a thousand pages of my prison writings and various videos, interviews and more, which viewers could easily access.Ariseandshine.org."Police officers escort American accused (and ultimately convicted) serial killer David Berkowitz (left), known as the Son of Sam, into the 84th precinct station, New York, New York, Aug.
10, 1977. (Robert R.McElroy/Getty Images)NEW YORK BILLS COULD ABOLISH LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE FOR SERIAL KILLERS AND COP KILLERS, CRITICS WARNIn May, Berkowitz skipped a parole hearing and wrote in a letter to the New York Post that he wasn't t...