THE latest three attacks linked to the elusive Washington area sniper were carried out near major highways that would have allowed the killer to come and go quickly.

Police were today trying to determine whether a man shot dead while pumping petrol in Virginia was the latest victim of the sniper who has terrorised the Washington area for a week.

SON OF SAM serial killer David Berkowitz told a New York state parole board this week that he only "vaguely" remembers gunning down six people in a crime spree that terrorised New York City in 1977.