Rifkin's lawsuit seeks $50,000 for each of his 1,540 days in solitary confinement (totaling $77 million). Evens had been the daughter of a civil court judge and had once attended Sarah Lawrence College. (In fact, the latter name is spelled Aholah.) Rifkin called his plan a way of paying back a debt, I guess, and while the idea drew praise from some quarters --including prosecutor Fred Klein-- most objected to Rifkins inclusion of a Motivation Room where residents would be scared straight with photos of hookers murdered on the job. The case was open-and-shut but it was far from simple. Poor hygiene, chronic absenteeism and general ineptitude blocked the road to advancement. Mary Catherine Williams: Mary Catherine Williams, 31, was linked to Rifkin after some of her credit cards were found among Rifkins belongings, according to a Newsday article from 1993. Mary Ellen DeLuca: DeLuca, 22, lost her life on Sept. 1, 1991 after she allegedly complained about having sex with Rifkin after he had bought her cocaine, according to ThoughtCo. The couple adopted another child, a daughter, three years later. Instead of fighting back, Rifkin invited them to watch TV and drink beer at his house. Years of pent-up anger and humiliation craved release. A failure in athletics, Rifkin joined the yearbook staff, and promptly had his camera stolen. He is referenced in a "Seinfeld" episode in which Elaine, played by Julia Louis Dreyfus, is embarrassed to be dating a man who shares a serial killer's name. From the Mouth of the Monster. He never really displayed that. Joel Rifkin, 34, is transferred to District Court 29 June, 1993 in Farmingdale, NY after police said he confessed to killing as many as 17 women. At some point in the litany, Rifkin asked DeLuca if she wanted to die, and she allegedly said yes. Although the magazine takes this subject very seriously and in no way attempts to glorify the crimes describe in it, it also provides a unique collection of rare treats (including mini biographical comics, crossword puzzles and trivia quizzes). Rifkin had dated Williams twice and enjoyed a great time before the final pickup on October 2, 1992. Before the trial, Lawrence said, Rifkin established a better rapport with the prosecution psychiatrist, serial killer expert Eliot Park Dietz, than he did with his own mental health expert, forensic psychologist Barbara Kirwin of Huntington. Rambo: The Franchises 10 Most Brutal Kills. But he accelerated, speeding down the next off-ramp, into the streets of Wantagh. Afraid to drag the corpse out in broad daylight, he drew inspiration from Hitchcocks Frenzy and went out to purchase a cheap steamer trunk, squeezing DeLuca inside it. From the motel, he drove upstate to Orange County and left DeLucas body at a rest stop outside Cornwall, near West Point. He was confined to his cell at the Attica Correctional Facility for 23 hours per day. They trade suggestions for a possible new name, and of course, they cant come close to agreeing. Oxygens Serial Killer Week brings viewers inside the minds of the most notorious criminals of all time. He picked Sanchez up in broad daylight, driving her to a Manhattan housing project down by where Macys has the fireworks. After strangling Sanchez during sex, he drove her corpse across the Brooklyn Bridge, seeking a drop-off point. [Sex workers are]easy because they travel a lot. Barbara Jacobs: Jacobs was killed on July 14, 1991. This guy couldnt even count to 10. In his down time, idling between jobs and classes, Rifkin dreamed of becoming a famous writer, churning out fragments of bleak poetry. This addictioncrippled him, as he had to to leavecollege before finishing and was unable to ever really hold down a job. His fantasies about strangling women became more frequent. It was nearly 8 p.m. when authorities presented Jeanne Rifkin with a search warrant, scouring her two-story house for evidence against the man who appeared to be New Yorks most prolific serial killer. Now, hes claiming that he once didnt believe he could kill. Credit: Newsday/Alejandra Villa. Abandoned by the father of her two children, Evens found solace in drugs and worked the streets to keep herself well. Rifkin found her tricking on February 27, 1993, stopping for sex in an abandoned parking lot. You just wonder about how someone could do what he did and not have any feeling for it, Ahearn said. Rifkin had just arrived home when his mother demanded her car keys and embarked on a 30-minute shopping trip, with the corpse still in the trunk. 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. Eugene Corcoran, shown onJune 18, was one of the lead investigators in the Joel Rifkin case. In his mind, the grim task was reduced to biology class. To foil identification, Rifkin severed Susies fingertips and pulled her teeth with pliers, then jammed her severed head into an old paint can. It was the smell of death, and it would linger long after the source had been removed. Theyre never disturbed by the sounds of murdering, just stereo. Three were in oil drums. 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. And police weren't aware that one man was specifically targeting sex workers in the area. Rifkins father was chronically ill. A heavy smoker, already afflicted with emphysema, Bernard was diagnosed with prostate cancer in fall 1986. Evens started to undress, then balked, demanding greater privacy. Legal Statement. Joel Rafkin is still alive. Joel Rifkin Fred Klein, shown in his office at Hofstra Universityon June 13, was the lead Nassau County prosecutor in the Joel Rifkincase. "And a lot of them are dangerous people. While 2008s Rambo had John end his wandering, Last Blood sends him back out into the world. Leah Evans: 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. June 29, 1993. Jane Doe #1: Rifkin killed an unidentified woman in December 1991 by strangling her to death during sex. Despite his history of morbid fantasy, Rifkin would later claim he had to plan the murder of his first victim, in March 1989. He killed mostly prostitutes and drug addicts; he was convicted of nine murders, although he is believed to have killed many more. Next, he drove to a recycling plant in Westbury, where he had once worked part-time, and helped himself to a 55-gallon oil drum. June 27, 1993. New York State Police escort Joel Rifkin, 34, a landscaper from East Meadow, to a holding cell after charging him with second-degree murder in East Farmingdale, L.I. ", "If I didnt kill them, they would have died anyhow. "Water is harder to investigate than land because it washes everything," he said. She was missing one earring, later found in Rifkins bedroom stash. . New York State's most prolific serial killer might not have been discovered on a hot summer night 25 years ago if the license plate on his pickup truck had not fallen off, authorities say. The argument over whose killings were better reportedly ended when Ferguson punched Rifkin in the mouth. Rifkin planned to offer a defense in Suffolk that being adopted made him what he was, but ultimately he ended the case with the first of numerous guilty pleas to his crimes. Featuring specials about fearsome and fascinating serial killers, its a cant-miss event for true crime fans. What I found the most interesting was when he said they could also learn how to protect themselves from people like me. He described himself as a wolf in sheeps clothing. Still, it would take years for authorities to formally identify her, as "Susie" wasn't her real name. They also found a blood-stained wheelbarrow and chainsaw at the residence. This is a savings of over $100! Rifkins victim was identified as Tiffany Bresciani, a 22-year-old Louisiana native, tricking in Manhattan the past two years to feed her drug habit. "Joel was very calm about it," Mladinich continued. Known as Joel the Ripper, he murdered and dismembered at least nine women in New York. Known as Joel the Ripper, he murdered and dismembered at least nine women in New York. In 1988 Rifkin enrolled in a two-year horticulture-study program at the State College of Technology in Farmingdale, New York. Distinctive for its long balletic action sequences, 77 people are killed onscreen in the first John Wick, a massive 128 in John Wick: Chapter 2 and a slightly more sensible 94 in John Wick: Chapter 3 Parabellum. 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. In addition to Rifkin, the episode discusses the phenomenon of serial killers in one of Jerry Seinfelds stand-up routines. Hopewell Police Chief George Meyer tells The Times of Trenton that New York authorities have no interest in prosecuting the case because Rifkin is already behind bars. After a struggle to get the car started and moving, Rifkin drove Williams to Yorktown, a Westchester suburb, where she was found on December 21, 1992. Lorraine Orvieto, age twenty-eight, was strangled by Rifkin a few days before Christmas, jammed in a 55-gallon oil drum and dropped into Coney Island Creek, where her body would remain undiscovered for over six months. Chainsaws, people screaming, fine. "There are a lot of damaged people out there," he said. Sale waived application for bond, knowing it was hopeless, but won a two-week postponement of formal arraignment. I want to show these girls, these prostitutes, have families who care. He took really terrific photos and had an attractive artistic side. Currently, Joel Rifkin is 64 years, 1 months and 12 days old. If theres a serial killer loose in your neighborhood, it seems like the safest thing is to be the neighbor, he says. For the first time in his life, he made straight As for two consecutive semesters, rewarded by selection for an internship at the prestigious Planting Fields Arboretum in Oyster Bay, New York. Family (1) Spouse Iva Rifkin ( 28 August 1966 - present) Trivia (10) The oil drum worked so well for Rifkin that he purchased several more for use as makeshift coffins. A telephone call from police told 71-year-old Jeanne Rifkin that her son had been detained after a traffic accident. He said he disposed of the bodies in threes. she suggested, inspired by O.J. Serial killer Joel Rifkin 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, airingSaturday, April 10 at 7/6c on Oxygen. Pittsburgh woman missing for 31 years found alive in Puerto Rico, School shooting survivor has emotional audition on "American Idol", exclusive 2011 interview with CBS-2's Mary Calvi. This is someone whos trying to show you to be a sadistic killer., Joel Rifkin listens to the guilty verdict against him in Nassau County Court in Mineola on May 9, 1994,in the killingof Tiffany Bresciani. It's like my own little nightmare scenarios.". Joel Rifkin Death Fact Check Joel is alive and kicking and is currently 64 years old. She had pieces of skin under her fingernails, her sister Margarita Gonzales told The Associated Press in 1993. This perfect bound Serial Killer Calendar book includes detailed facts and trivia about serial killers for every day of the year. 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. 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. His reign of terror came to an end on June 28, 1993 after he was pulled overfor a routine traffic stop by New York State Police, who discovered the decomposingbody of 22-year-old Tiffany Bresciani in the back of his pickup truck. By March 1994 Wexner had heard enough to reject the various defense motions outright and hold Rifkin for trial, scheduled for mid-April. They called him The Turtle, mimicking his slouched posture and slow footsteps, seldom missing a chance to make him the butt of cruel jokes. His memory was far from perfect. 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. "You know, I first learned he was accused of being a serial killer while I was on the Long Island Expressway," he recalled. 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. Rifkins first two victims have never been found or identified. After exchanging letters, the former cop, who served the NYPD from 1983 until 2003 when he retired with the rank of Detective Second Grade, decided to visit Rifkin at Attica Correctional Facility.