David Bullock

VICTIMS: 6

David Bullock was born in New York in 1960. From early on in life Bullock was in trouble with police, mostly for stealing stuff.

February, 1977, was when he started getting into real trouble. He was arrested for criminal mischief and petty larceny. Five months later he was in even more trouble, grand larceny. This lead to him being placed in a home for delinquents. He was soon out though. This experience didn't put him off crime, he was arrested time after time over the next few years for mostly theft related crimes. He had also turned to the streets for money, working as a male prostitute.

On December 4, 1981, Bullock graduated to murder. He said that he shot James Webber, a 42-year-old actor, while he was walking through Central Park in New York.

On December 13, 1981, Bullock was having sex with female prostitute Edwina Atkins. Apparently he felt that he needed to boast about the murder to her, but when he told her about it she "laughed in my face," calling him a liar. This must have really killed the mood for David because he took a pillow and covered Edwina's face, picked up his gun and blew part of her head off. He then set fire to the apartment.

On December 15, 1981, Bullock struck again. He was picked up by Stephen Hassell, a 29-year-old businessman, for sex. Unluckily for Hassell he picked up the wrong rent-boy. Bullock followed the same M.O. as the Edwards murder - covering poor Stephens face with a pillow before destroying his face, brain, sheets and mattress. Bullock said later that there was "no particular reason" for the murder. He said that it was done as "something to amuse myself."

The next to fall to David Bullock was his flat mate. Micheal Winley was shot in the head on December 23 and dumped into the Harlem River. Winley's body was never discovered, so we are going to have to take David's word for it. I don't think he's lying though.

Two days later, December 25, 1981, Heriberto Morales, 50, must have been lonely because he picked up a cute young rent-boy for the holidays. Unluckily for Morales this rent boy wasn't as nice as he looked. According to Bullock, "He started messing with the Christmas tree, telling me how nice the Christmas tree was. So I shot him." Before he left he set fire to the place.

By January 4, 1982, Bullock was broke. He needed cash fast, and what better way to get money than by theft. He went out with a sawed-off shotgun (all the previous victims were killed with a .38 revolver). He ran into Eric Fuller, who happened to run into a shotgun blast. It was soon after this attack that David Bullock was arrested.

Once arrested David Bullock didn't take long to admit to all his crimes. He described murder in this way, "It's fun." He also said that hunting and killing people "makes me happy."

He also told of four other shootings, but he said that he didn't hang around long enough to find out if the victims were dead or not. Police had no records of any of these extra attacks, but Bullocks seemed quite sure about them. I guess we will never really know if they were real or not, but it is my opinion that they never happened.

Not surprisingly he was found guilty of all six murders, with the judge stating that the sentence , "guarantees you never get out of jail as long as you shall live."
 


MY OPINION

Well, I don't really like David Bullock, but I have always got a laugh out of the 'Christmas tree' quote. it seems odd that someone would use that as a reason to murder someone. Anyway, I don't really think of his as a great, his murders all seemed to be more out of monetary gain that I usually like, so that really counts against him. But he did kill six, which is a fair effort for a thief, so I do rate him. Unfortunately he has very little written about him, with Michael Newton the only one that seems to give him recognition. That's a shame. I would have liked to know more.