Articles Book III - Pg 1-117 (Adoptees) - triadoption

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1977 'SON 0FSAhI"-TIIE KILLER If710 TERRORlr?EI) NElV IVRK
began pouring in. llut lxforc tl~c
could beclicckcduut tltc killerstruc l
again, tlris time lcavittg a taunting
note. I.lc lcft it ncar tllc 11odics of
ValctltitlaSurialli,an t8.ycar-oldcollcgcstudcnt,and
Alcxandcr Esau, 20,
R tow-truck o ~crator's helper. The
killcr l~nd wal \ cd up to the car ill
wllicli tl~cy wcrc sitttog ant1 opcncd
fire tl~rougll a closed window.. l'hat
was at 3 a.m. on Suntlay, April t a
few blocks froni wllcrc tlic $st
victim had been slain. I' \
'rllrcc clays later, Cllicf of 1)ctcctivcs
John Kccnan cstablislled a
unified command under Dcputy Inspcctor
Titnotlly Doyd, to courdinatc
tllc scarch for tllc man Kccnan
brightest and bcst, clcctcd for.lndubbcd
"Son of Sa1n"-front a cryp- spcctor Dowd's task force.
tic rcfurcncc in the killer's notc. TIICY answercd tllc tclcol~oncs~
and soitcd tips and lookcd'at the
policc artists' skctcllcs of Sam, Thcy
Born Jrrne I, 1953, he nrvrr knew drank too mucl~ colfcc and didn't get
hu real parents. The chiM rum 17 cnougl~ slccp and tl~y
felt tllc prcsnron~hsoldriltmadoptionpa
rrriwrc sure build. Tllc tclcplloncs kept
1151cd and he kcantc Davi f Richard ringing-four calls cvcry minute at
Bcr&oruitz, son of 'Nar and I'ntrl times.
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; .' \ ; At tltc bc innin of junc it began
1 IIeii~ac rq ri~hn, kr.arldikf, andhe . to look goo!. A wqlcr from a Mancrid
openly at hrrjirnrral. Bj! hr;plr hattan cullc~c had given tllcm a
.chool Damif ruac having trorrble. tnamc, one of the students, who was a
'There? al~i~aj~swrnrgrrj~ in class hat natural for Son of Sam.
ewq~body thitt&s ,i rucird "rays one Thc .guy fitted tllc pllysical dc-
Jnncr classmate at Colrrnrlris HI, scription. I-lc wns brilliant, articu-
Schoolit, the Bronx. ';lndDawidruac latc, but also weird, a loner, vcry
- intcnsc. Hcliad hccn arrcstcd several
tinics for bank robbery, and convict-
;HEY CAMF. PROM PRECINCTS across cd once; each casc involvcd tllc usc
thc fivc boroughs, front the allcys, of a notc and a gun. I-lc took part in
strcct corners and bars tltat wcrc class discussions of fatnotts murders,
tllcir hunting grounds. Thcy wcrc sontctirncs lcading tltcn~. Yet wlrcn
Ncw York City dctectivcs-tllc tl~c.qqkillingscan~cup,l~crctnaincd
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