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100: Joel Rifkin: The Ripper of New York City

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The Death of a Prostitute

Joel rifkin killed his fourth prostitute in two days on June 20, 1993. He strangled her to death with a rope and tarp then put her body in the trunk of his mother's car. The next day he was stopped by state troopers for driving without a rear license plate. After an eight-hour interrogation they arrested him but never recorded what happened during it.

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