Jul 17, 2016 · Nineteen-year-old nursing student Jody Valenti had just spent a night dancing at a disco in New Rochelle with her friend Donna Lauria, 18, when, back in The Bronx, their car suddenly exploded...

Born in Brooklyn, New York, the middle child of three, and the only daughter of Rose and Michael Lauria. At 18, she was in training to become a New York City emergency medic.

Jul 29, 2016 · Donna Lauria was dead, the first victim of the “Son of Sam” killer. “Forty years. It feels like it happened yesterday,” Donna Lauria’s mother, Rose, now 82, told PIX11. “I’ve...

May 4, 2021 · Two women, Jody Valenti and Donna Lauria, 18, were sitting in Valenti’s double-parked Oldsmobile when a man approached the car and fired three bullets. Lauria was killed instantly and Valenti...

Jun 10, 2024 · David Berkowitz Strikes Again, This Time Killing 18-Year-Old Donna Lauria. Donna Lauria was only 18-years-old the last time she saw her parents, Rose and Michael. Her life ended on the evening of July 28th, 1976.

On July 29, 1976, shortly after 1 a.m., Donna Lauria and her friend Jody Valenti were sitting in a double-parked, two-door, blue Oldsmobile Cutlass, in Pelham Bay, Bronx, chatting about their evening at the disco and discussing their summer plans.

May 20, 2022 · In the early morning hours after a night out at a disco, Donna Lauria, an emergency medical technician, 18, and her friend Jody Valenti (pictured above), a nurse, 19, were sitting in Valenti's double-parked Oldsmobile talking, according to The New York Times.

Aug 10, 2017 · Shots rang out shortly after 1:10 a.m., and Donna Lauria, 18, and her friend, 19-year-old Jody Valenti, were both struck by bullets while sitting in Valenti's car. One bullet killed Lauria...

Aug 10, 2017 · July 29, 1976: Jody Valenti and Donna Lauria, 18, pictured, were shot as they sat in a parked car in Bronx, N.Y. Lauria died instantly from a gunshot wound to her neck. Valenti survived.

Jun 27, 2017 · Forty years after the Son of Sam terrorized New York City, leaving six dead, a survivor is breaking her silence. Jody Valenti was only 19 years old when she and her friend Donna Lauria...