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100: Joel Rifkin: The Ripper of New York City

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The Story of a Drug Overdose

On september first, 19 91, joel drove through queen's where he found mary ellen deluca on jamaica avenue. She was a 22 year old island native, and she was looking for her next fix. The police coroner blamed her death on a drug overdose, and the investigation was closed. So joe just kept on searching the streets of new york for his next victims. On another september night, he decided to return to a prostitute he had already met before. Her name was yun lee,. And she was a second prostitute. He beat her with a table eggul until she was black and blue. Then straddled her and

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