In 2013, DNA evidence confirmed that "Susie," his first known victim, was Heidi Balch, a 25-year-old New York City woman who was working as aprostitute. Seven years after he was sentenced to life in prison, an old college friend of Rifkin, unable to understand how a decent-seeming person hid such a twisted side,went to visit him at Attica Correctional Facility. Rambo: Last Blood is currently in theaters. At age 33, Anna Lopez had three children by three different fathers, but she worked the streets primarily to feed her own cocaine addiction. Rifkin!" When police later searched his mothers home, they found a treasure trove of mementos that Rifkin had saved from his victims,including drivers licenses, their underwear, jewelry, and other trophies, according to a 2018Newsdayarticle. This massive 8.5 x 11 perfect bound book contains over 150 pages of rare interviews, letters, documents, transcripts, art and articles about serial killer, John Wayne Gacy. Klein became chief of Nassaus Major Offense Bureau soon afterward. Joel delivered a eulogy at his fathers funeral, moving the mourners to tears, and his depression deepened. Simpson. Joel Rifkin is now serving 203 years to life in the Clinton, N.Y. correctional facility. He held down various odd jobs, spending much of the little money he made on prostitutes. (Photo by Andrew Savulich/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images). Because Kramer has no ID on him, the box office employee has to use the public address system. He then dismembered her body, leaving her head at a New Jersey golf course, where it was quickly found, according to the AP. "Three were dismembered. Next to him is his attorney, John Lawrence of Mineola. Joel Rifkin was born in the Year of the Pig. Pulitzer, Lisa, and Joan Swirsky. In June of that year, he murdered Bresciani, a 22-year-old who left Louisiana for Los Angeles before arriving inNew York. Rifkin told authorities he placed her body into a mattress and put it at an illegal dump site near the JFK Airport, according to ThoughtCo. I dont think I could now. Performance & security by Cloudflare. The son of unknown parents, he was adopted by Bernard and Jeanne Rifkin when he was three weeks old. The murders spanned four years, and all the victims were described as prostitutes by Rifkin, though surviving relatives of several vocally dispute his claim. He never relishedtalking about these horrible crimes. Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer Premieres Saturday, April 10th, At first he was telling us like he didnt know anything about the body in the back of the car and then he was basically saying that he knew she was there but he doesnt know what happened, former New York State Police Trooper Sean Ruane told, When police later searched his mothers home, they found a treasure trove of mementos that Rifkin had saved from his victims,including drivers licenses, their underwear, jewelry, and other trophies, according to a 2018. A 9 a.m. media report cleared up the mystery, and Jeanne phoned her lawyer, who referred her to criminal attorney Robert Sale. They enjoy helping others and are good companions until someone close crosses them, then look out! Fending off pleas from her sister and husband to move on with her life, not to mention a marriage proposal from a determined suitor, Rory holds fast to what she knows in her heartDawson is still alive. As per our current Database, Joel Rifkin is still alive (as per Wikipedia, Last update: May 10, 2020). June 29, 1993.
Joel Rifkin Strangled in Joels pickup after sex, she proved the toughest one to kill, he said, breaking all 10 fingernails as she clawed Rifkins face and neck. Rifkin transferred to the state university at Brockport, a Rochester suburb, in fall 1978. The other parts went into garbage bags and then into his mothers car. ", JOHN WAYNE GACY LIKED THE POWER OF DEATH, RETIRED DETECTIVE REVEALS IN DOC: IT MADE HIM FEEL LIKE A GOD, Oxygen's new documentary on Joel Rifkin is part of their 'Serial Killer Week" line-up. Briefly distracted by a man who passed the car walking a dog, he almost let Marquez escape. A motorist stopping to relieve himself found Lopez the next day. (Oxygen). Rifkin was dispassionate, referring to the murders as events or incidents, listing his victims by number. Some were dismembered, others were not. Despite his history of morbid fantasy, Rifkin would later claim he had to plan the murder of his first victim, in March 1989. She was found by a fisherman on July 11, 1992, two months before her family filed a missing persons report. He was confined to his cell at the Attica Correctional Facility for 23 hours a day. In fact, quite the opposite. After wrestling her body into a plastic trash bag, Rifkin cleaned up the blood and signs of combat in his living room, then lay down and slept for several hours as if nothing had happened. Rifkin consigned her remains to the waters surrounding Manhattan. We were out every night, her 16-year-old sister Jessy Olmedo said at the time.
But that all change in 1993 after Rifkin said he made a "25 cent mistake. "You know, I first learned he was accused of being a serial killer while I was on the Long Island Expressway," he recalled. "When I heard his name on the radio, I pulled over. "Joel was very calm about it," Mladinich continued. I stopped when I got tired.. He drove to the Hudson River, dropping her into the water near a cement plant. "There are a lot of damaged people out there," he said. Garden of Graves. The cocaine in her system prompted detectives to brand her a drug mule, killed accidentally by the rupture of drug-filled condoms in her stomach. Today, Joel Rifkin is 60 years old and serving his life sentence at the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York. "Back in the late 80s and early 90s, it really was not hard to get away with such crimes," said Mladinich. It worked. "None of them were throwaways.". Now, hes claiming that he once didnt believe he could kill. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. One girl duped him twice, using the same ruse both times to flee with his cash before sex. Jane Doe #1: Rifkin killed an unidentified woman in December 1991 by strangling her to death during sex. When its Joel Rifkin, the name of a notorious New York serial killer whose brutal four-year murder spree ended when he was caught in June 1993, it was grim grist for an episode of the hit NBC sitcom Seinfeld that premiered just five months after his arrest. "He said he wanted to feel some remorse or feel some humanity towards them. Seven months later, Simpsons name became connected to murder. Fred Klein, shown in his office at Hofstra Universityon June 13, was the lead Nassau County prosecutor in the Joel Rifkincase. Simpson. In February 1987, Rifkin's adoptive father committed suicide to end the pain of cancer, thereby increasing Rifkins depression. In March 1989, Rifkin, who admitted he had often fantasized about strangling women during sex, turned his disturbing ideas into reality. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, Bresciani, Julie Blackbird, Lauren Marquez, Mary Catherine Williams, Barbara Jacobs, Yun Lee, Maryann Hollomon, Leah Evens, Violet ONeill, Mary Ellen DeLuca, Lorraine Orvieto, Iris Sanchez, Jenny Soto, and Anna Lopez. The neighbor always survives to do the interview afterwards. In 1989, he killed his first woman. Lawrence said he paid an enormous toll, starting with the day of the conviction. On August 22, 1987, Rifkin was arrested in Hempstead, Long Island, for soliciting a prostitute. This massive 8.5 x 11 perfect bound book contains over 300 pages of rare interviews, letters, documents, transcripts and artwork from historys most notorious killers. Even the parents of his victims didnt seem to miss Rifkins prey. Orval was killed by John Rambo after he went into the mountains with his bloodhounds, which he went to use to hunt Rambo down. Known as Joel the Ripper, he murdered and dismembered at least nine women in New York. Please ignore rumors and hoaxes. Her body was discovered in Cornwall in October 1991, a month after she had been reported missing by her family. Police finally caught up to Rifkin in June 1993, when state troopers spotted his pickup truck without license plates on the Southern State Parkway.
Joel Rifkin His upstairs bedroom yielded 75 pieces of womens jewelry, photographs Rifkin had taken of several unidentified women, various items of feminine clothing, makeup cases, a womans curling iron, wallets and pocketbooks, plus a mixed bag of ID cards. Credit: Newsday/K. As much as I say I wanted to stop, there probably wouldve been others,Joel Rifkin said of the likelihood he would have continued to kill if he hadnt been caught in 1993. How did Rifkin become such a vicious murderer? Hes not the murderer, she reassures. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Growing up, he struggled with confidence and lacked a natural athletic ability, which frustrated his father. All rights reserved. He said he told Rifkin, This is someone who is not trying to work with you and help you. "But I was still an active police officer at the time. Aside from books and magazines (no more than 10 per isolation cell), Rifkin had lawsuits to amuse himself. To learn more about Rifkin's killing spree tune in to Oxygen's "RifkinonRifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer" airing Saturday, April 10 at 7/6conOxygenas part ofSerial Killer Week. He told investigators he dismembered her body, put it into various buckets filled with concrete, and dropped the buckets into the East River and Brooklyn canal. Iris Sanchez: Sanchez, 25, was reportedly killed on Mothers Day weekend in 1992. Her case remained unsolved until Rifkin confessed in 1993. At least 10 dead after winter storm slams South, Midwest, The Saturday Six: Dental device controversy, scientist's bug find and more, Indonesia fuel depot fire kills 18; more than a dozen missing, Biden had cancerous skin lesion removed last month, doctor says, Tom Sizemore, actor known for "Saving Private Ryan" and "Heat," dies at 61, Defense lawyers in Idaho killings case want gag order kept, Alex Murdaugh sentenced to life in prison for murders of wife and son. Rifkins bedroom reading material included a book on the unidentified Green River Killer and news clippings about the case of New York serial slayer Arthur Shawcross. Rifkin, who is the focus of Oxygen's upcoming special,"RifkinonRifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer" airing Saturday, April 10 at 7/6conOxygenas part ofSerial Killer Week,often targeted sex workers,who he was able to kill without calling much too much attention to their disappearances. These are not the kind of tiny paperback novels that you are accustomed to. The son of unwed teenage parents, born in 1959, Joel was adopted by Ben and Jeanne Rifkin at three weeks of age. All of our Serial Killer books are massive, 8.5" x 11" perfect bound editions. His mother chose that month to travel out of state, leaving Joel alone in the East Meadow house. Another suppression hearing failed to quash his confession, whereupon Rifkin pleaded guilty on both counts, receiving two more consecutive terms of 25 years to life in prison. Evens had been the daughter of a civil court judge and had once attended Sarah Lawrence College. Black-painted Bowie clip-point with 14 or 12 saw teeth, 1 Stick Around (Rambo: Last Blood / 2019), 2 Take A Bow (Rambo: First Blood, Part II / 1985), 7 The Grenade With A Real Kick (Rambo III / 1988), 8 Hammer Smashed Face(s) (Rambo: Last Blood / 2019). They also found a blood-stained wheelbarrow and chainsaw at the residence. They could learn life skills, like write a check, parenting skills just how to livetheir lives in a safe way. All rights reserved. WebSusie was still alive, however, and she fought back when he tried to move her, biting one of Rifkins fingers deeply before he strangled her to death. Her mother, Florence Orvieto,told The New York Times that she had been saving her Christmas presents for two years until she learned in 1993 that her daughters body had been discovered in a 55-gallon oil drum in Coney Island Creek in Brooklyn. He had picked up a sex workernamed Susie, according to a 2013The Associated Pressarticle. Buoyed perhaps by that effort, in August 1999 Rifkin unveiled his plans for Oholah House, a proposed shelter for prostitutes that would include drug treatment, counseling, medical care and job training. Joel Rifkin is currently serving a life sentence. O.J. According to Rifkins complaint, the reports prompted a series of inmate assaults that he suffered in January and February 1996, leading to his confinement in a solitary cell for personal safety. He said he disposed of the bodies in threes.
Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions Ahearn saidRifkins lack of concern for his victims haunted him for years and still does. Rifkin was never on authorities' radar. Three years later they moved to East Meadow, Long Island, and Joel entered first grade at Prospect Avenue Elementary School. There was ample room for Jane Doe in the barrel, safely hidden for their ride to the South Bronx, where Rifkin found a district rife with junkyards and rolled her into the East River. He struggled with confidence and lacked natural athletic ability, a trait that frustrated his father endlessly, according to "Rifkin on Rifkin.".
Joel Rifkin That one was easy.' The wild chase was on.
Joel Scattering the remains throughout New York also made it less likely for authorities to notice a pattern. Tragedy plus time equals comedy, so its been said. Driving into Manhattan, he consigned Blackbirds head and torso to the East River, then dropped her weighted arms and legs into a Brooklyn barge canal. Bored and restless, he cut classes habitually, completing only one course in the 1977-78 academic year. Actually, he later said, I thought I liked her.. (Photo by Vinnie Zuffante/Archive Photos/Getty Images). In February 1987, Rifkins father killed himself to end the pain of cancer, and Joel delivered the eulogy at his funeral. Back at the landscaping lot, Rifkin stuffed her into an oil drum, drove her body to Brooklyn and dropped it into Coney Island Creek. June 29, 1993. That may explain his failure to perform as Lee went to work. I saw him as artistically inclined. Joel Rifkin is a serial killer who went on a string of murders in New York in the 1990s. New York state troopers Sean Ruane and Deborah Spaargaren were patroling Long Islands Southern State Parkway at 3:15 a.m. on June 28, 1993, when they spotted a Mazda pickup truck with no rear license plate. By Becca van Sambeck & Oxygen Staff From 1989 to 1993, a In 1988 Rifkin enrolled in a two-year horticulture-study program at the State College of Technology in Farmingdale, New York. But other times, Lawrence said his client made him uncomfortable. Click to reveal They didn't realizeone man was targeting sex workers in New York City. In 1965, the family settled in East Meadow, New York, where Rifkin would spend most of his remaining years. The Seinfeld team wasted no time trying to churn laughs out of one of New Yorks most horrible mass murderers Rifkin is believed to have killed up to 17 women and is the subject of Oxygens upcoming special, Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer,, The whole city is talking about this monster. He was vague on dates, different reports placing the crime 14 months after Susies murder, or late in 1990. He concealed this arrest from his family. She had been the mother of two children. The Terminator could easily take out John Wick and he wouldnt even see it coming. An addiction to drugs would derail that dreamand influence herto enter the world of sex workand begin topless dancing, according to Newsday. SERIAL KILLER MAGAZINE is an official release of the talented artists and writers at SerialKillerCalendar.com. It is also packed with unusual trivia, exclusive interviews with the both killers and experts in the field and more information that any other resource available to date. The body of Evans, a 28-year-old mother of two, was discovered in May 1992 by a family hunting for dandelions off County Road 51 in Southampton, according to Newsday. When told his truck had no rear license plate, Rifkin assured the officers it had been present when he left his home, some 40 minutes earlier. Besides a broken neck, Marquez had fractured ribs, though Rifkin claimed he could not remember hitting her. The killing game was over, but the quest for justice had only begun. Why not? This perfect bound Serial Killer Calendar book includes detailed facts and trivia about serial killers for every day of the year. Her mother told the newspaper in 1993 that her daughter had been a happy and outspoken child, who later struggled with drug abuse and began to work as a prostitute. MURDER OF MICHAEL JORDAN'S FATHER EXAMINED IN NEW DOC, RAISING QUESTIONS ABOUT SHOCKING INVESTIGATION, Joel Rifkin, New York's most prolific serial killer, is the subject of a new true-crime documentary on Oxygen. Portions of her remains were later discovered inside an oil drum in New Creek in Brooklyn, according to ThoughtCo. When she was dead, he considered raping her corpse in conscious emulation of serial killer Ted Bundy, but the prospect repulsed him. I was completely numb. According to the documentary, Rifkin picked up hundreds of sex workersand he eventually left college before finishing. At about nine the next morning, Rifkin recalled completely bugging out, beating Blackbird with a heavy table leg before he strangled her. "The only difference is that within 20 minutes, we started talking about murder and mayhem. After listless sex, Susie again asked Joel to take her out in search of drugs. Legal Statement. Thats why he volunteered to have brain scans whenever they became available and he was willing to talk to mental health professionals. He enjoyed the photography club but turned in his usual lackluster academic performance over the next two years, before dropping out in 1980. WebJoel David Rifkin (born January 20, 1959) is an American serial killer who was sentenced to 203 years in prison for the murders of nine women between 1989 and 1993, though he is believed to have killed up to 17 victims in all. It is chock full of artwork, rare documents, FBI files and in depth articles regarding serial murder. He then dismembered Susies body and her remains were scattered throughout New Jersey. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Check out never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more! I was just in complete shock that someone like him could be arrested for these crimes. The Associated Press contributed to this report. In retrospect, a shockingly prophetic moment happens when Elaine comes up with a suggestion after reading a sports magazine. He rolled Soto into the Harlem River, near the spot where Yun Lee had been found 14 months earlier. Wexner gave Rifkin 25 years to life for murder, plus two and one-third to seven years on the lesser charge. The appointment was an honor, and it had an unexpected bonus. There was no emotion whatsoever. She would not be found until June 1993, when Rifkin drew detectives a map. It seemed like the only people who noticed him were his childhood tormenters,he thought. In 2000, a state appellate court determined that prison officials had not violated Rifkin's constitutional rights by housing him in isolation. The suppression hearing convened before Judge Ira Wexner on November 8, 1993, Soshnick and Lawrence picking up where Sale left off in the effort to quash Rifkins confession. Rifkin found Orvieto on December 26, 1991, in Bayshore, Long Island. Although never housed in the prisons general population, Rifkin created enough disruption by his mere presence that administrators moved him into IPC--involuntary protective custody--where prisoners spend 23 hours a day confined to their Spartan cells. Jenny Soto is one of Joel Rifkin's victims. You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked. MADHATTERDESIGN@GMAIL.COM, Like old school VHS Covers? With no money, Rifkin attempted to hold down a job, but that also became another unsuccessful moment in his life. According to astrologers, the presence of Aries always marks the beginning of something energetic and turbulent. From breaking news to special features and documentaries, the NewsdayTV team is covering the issues that matter to you. Joel Rifkin was an unemployed New York landscaper living a darkdouble life as a prolific serial killer claiming the lives of 17 women, a staggering total. Fred Klein described Rifkin as a sexual sadist who relished his victims suffering: He got caught red-handed, and now hes using and abusing the concept of mental illness. Lawrence called his client a paranoid schizophrenic who lived in the twilight zone, overwhelmed by violent, irresistible compulsions that took control of his life. Rifkin, for his part, snored through much of the prosecutions case, a performance Lawrence blamed on allergies to the bologna sandwiches he ate in jail. I function better in prison. DNA tests confirmed her identity. Soto also had a past record for prostitution, but her family insisted she had been getting her life together before she was killed. They had destroyed themselves through their lifestyle.
Serial killer Joel Rifkin Sale called the state police at 3:30 p.m. and ordered them to cease interrogation of his client, but the questioning continued in Sales absence for at least another hour, until Rifkin completed his grim recital of death. The 23-year-oldwas wearing only a T-shirt. We are happy to say that the Serial Killer Trading Cards are back! Through newly revealed interviews from Attica Correctional Facility, New York's most prolific serial killer, Joel Rifkin, reveals exclusive insights into the mind of a monster. Determined not to bungle the disposal this time, Rifkin went out to purchase cement and a large mortar pan. There was none of that.