Forensic Experts Involved:
Handwriting Expert- The Son of Sam wrote numerous letters to various people throughout his time being a killer. After a few murders, he began to leave letters for the police, taunting them and telling them how deranged he is and that he is going to continue killing. He wrote letters the main people in the media trying to achieve a celebrity status among the city of New York, while also making everyone aware of his presence, envoking a sense of fear in the eyes of potential victims. He wrote notes to people he lived with and knew about satanic things and other irrelevant, random things, in which he actually confessed to committing the murders. Some of these letters assisted in the arrest when the handwriting experts studied the samples and realized they came from the same person.
Ballistics Expert- David used the same gun for every murder he committed, and this helped create the profile for him. He used the same .44 caliber gun which linked him to many murders and attempted murders throughout the city of New York. Even though the slugs were damaged and they could not trace the exact gun back to the source, they had an idea of the man they were dealing with and the exact gun that he used, so they could locate links and hopefully get back to the source.
Handwriting Expert- The Son of Sam wrote numerous letters to various people throughout his time being a killer. After a few murders, he began to leave letters for the police, taunting them and telling them how deranged he is and that he is going to continue killing. He wrote letters the main people in the media trying to achieve a celebrity status among the city of New York, while also making everyone aware of his presence, envoking a sense of fear in the eyes of potential victims. He wrote notes to people he lived with and knew about satanic things and other irrelevant, random things, in which he actually confessed to committing the murders. Some of these letters assisted in the arrest when the handwriting experts studied the samples and realized they came from the same person.
Ballistics Expert- David used the same gun for every murder he committed, and this helped create the profile for him. He used the same .44 caliber gun which linked him to many murders and attempted murders throughout the city of New York. Even though the slugs were damaged and they could not trace the exact gun back to the source, they had an idea of the man they were dealing with and the exact gun that he used, so they could locate links and hopefully get back to the source.