Posted on 07/19/2025 2:46:47 PM PDT by george76
A woman shot by “Son of Sam” killer David Berkowitz nearly 60 years ago found herself in the crosshairs again this week when she was confronted by a friend of the serial killer who lectured her about the murderer’s innocence.
Wendy Savino was at Valley Cottage Library in Rockland County Wednesday when Frank DeGennaro — who became friends with the heartless killer 30 years ago — confronted her and insisted Berkowitz did not shoot her
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Savino was shot three times as she sat in her brand new silver Jaguar XJS on April 9, 1976, in the Bronx.
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She played dead when she realized the killer was still outside, but was shot twice more in the back. Bleeding profusely, she crawled down a street and into a restaurant.
NYPD investigators determined last year that Savino was the first of the .44-caliber killer’s victims — he killed six and wounded eight victims, most of them women — in a series of shocking crimes that paralyzed the Big Apple from 1976 to 1977.
Berkowitz was never charged with shooting her because the statute of limitations had run out.
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The mother-of-two sons lost an eye in the attack and went into hiding in England, where she is from.
After listening to DeGennaro boast about his friendship with Berkowitz, the terrified but quick-thinking Savino asked the man to write his name down so she could share it with her son, she said.
She and her son, Jason Savino, immediately reported the incident to the Clarkstown Police Department
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Savino was shaken by this week’s encounter.
“I’m very nervous,” she said. “I was always afraid someone would come to me and say ‘I’ll finish you off for David.'”
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Most are innumerate for sure.
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