During mid-1976 the serial killer, David Berkowitz, created terror in the hearts of the residents of New York. He targeted single women and couples, taking the lives of six people and leaving several others people injured. Born Richard David Falco he was adopted by Nathan and Ppaul Berkowitz only when he was a few days old. According to some reports, David Berkowitz was an intelligent, but troubled child growing up. He was close to his mother and he was deeply affected by her death. Betty Broder died when he was a teenager. At the age of only, 18, Berkowitz joined the U.S Army. After leaving the service in 1974 Berkowitz returned to Nnew Yyork andhe eventually got himselffound a job at the post office and settled into an apartment in the