The murders of four women and the careful staging of their bodies give the film the feel of a ghost story rather than an actual criminal case.
In the fall of 2006, a serial killer hunted women in Atlantic City, killing at least four women: Kim Raffo, Barbara Breider, Molly Dilts, and Tracy Ann Roberts.
Their bodies were left along Black Horse Pike in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, with their arms outstretched in the water and their heads facing east, giving them the ominous nickname “Eastbound Strangler.” Ta.
However, nearly 20 years later, the culprit remains a shadowy boogeyman. Various theories that tried to give a face to this ghost have collapsed.
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STALK – The System to Capture Lethal Murderers – offered a $25,000 reward leading to the arrest of the murderer. (stem)
The A&E special is aptly titled “Will the Eastbound Strangler be Revealed?” It was broadcast in February.
Criminal profiler John Kelly and his team At Stoke Co., Ltd. There is a $25,000 reward up for grabs in the case, but he said his team is still receiving tips, including some that are under investigation, but “our confidence level is not high.”
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“When this first happened, there was frenzy and panic,” Kelly told FOX News Digital. “There was a guy who was killing one girl a week, one girl every 10 days. It was like, ‘Wow, he’s got a live wire here.’
In November 2006, several women accidentally discovered the body of 35-year-old Raffo behind the demolished Golden Key Motel.
Law enforcement found the bodies of Roberts, 23, Bridor, 42, and Dilts, 19, in the same hole. The women were dumped individually over five weeks in a hole in a stream behind a motel called “Hell’s Motel.”
Golden Key Motel, Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, November 21, 2006. (AP Photo/Mary Godlewski)
The victim was fully clothed except for his feet, and the killer used his legs to pin them to the side of the ditch to keep them from floating. They were placed approximately 320 feet apart in the water, arms outstretched and heads facing east.
This led to the theory that Kelly and the STALK team may be looking for a man with a foot fetish or someone who committed the murders as part of some kind of religious ritual. It became.
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“For me, this was someone who was worried about DNA, worried about some kind of ritual, worried about the possibility of coming back. Most serial killers do it to relive the situation.” said Kelly.
“It’s not a story about someone trying to hide a body, because if you really wanted to hide a body, there are many places you could hide it. And all of the women were found uncovered. I did.”
The complete Eastbound Strangler crime profile compiled by John Kelly and the team at STALK. (stem)
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Kelly and his team ruled out the popular theory that the Eastbound Strangler and Long Island serial killer LISK were the same person, as the victims’ bodies were enthusiastically displayed in the open.
This theory became popular after the bodies of the “Gilgo Four,” all sex workers, were discovered at Gilgo Beach along Long Island’s south coast in late 2010.
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But the methods never matched. Kelly ruled out LISK’s involvement in 2011 or 2012 because the Gilgo Beach victims were covered in linen and hidden.
Kelley said even after the alleged Long Island serial killer was identified as Rex Heuerman, who was charged with the “Gilgo 4” murders, no definitive evidence was found to link him and his Atlantic City victims. There’s nothing to connect it to.
The Suffolk County district attorney also said there was no evidence linking Heuerman to the Eastbound strangulation murder.
Rex Heuerman appears in Judge Timothy P. Mazzei’s courtroom with Atty. Michael Brown on Tuesday, January 16, 2024, at the Suffolk County Courthouse in Riverhead. (James Carbone/Newsday Via Pool)
Kelly’s profile: Eastbound Strangler is a ‘narcissist’
Eastbound’s Strangler may not have a face, but Kelly built a personality profile based on evidence.
“This deadly predator is a local man who is familiar with the Atlantic City area and the disposal site for his victims,” he wrote in the latest update to his website.
“He has a very organized personality, which affects his personal and daily activities, including his work. He is very strict and structured in his daily life.”
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Kelly said he is probably antisocial and narcissistic, with a foot fetish and a collection of women’s shoes and socks.
“In his pre-offense demeanor, he may have talked about the sinful nature of prostitution and expressed financial concerns about prostitutes destroying Atlantic City’s values and reputation.” wrote.
“In his demeanor after the attack, he said things like “They got what they deserved” and “Good job.”
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According to the profile, the perpetrator was likely following news about his murder, had a history of sexual or physical abuse of women, was separated from his father, and was likely abused as a child. That’s what it means.
But none of the crime scenes Kelly examined matched a deliberately thought-out placement of the victim, Kelly told FOX News Digital. There has also been no update on what potential DNA was recovered from the scene or whether it was tested using the latest advances.
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What’s even more troubling is that Kelly believes the killer likely killed these four victims before they were found, and likely went on to kill others.
“This wasn’t his first rodeo,” Kelly said. “I really believe he’s killed people before, because it’s rare for people to evolve this quickly, and it’s very rare. And I believe he’s killed people before. I have to believe that I killed him.
“And I believe it’s very likely that he later murdered. And why I can’t say with certainty that he did so is because we believe that some of these people have had a cooling off period. Because I’ve seen it go through.”
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Kelley said murders stop for a variety of reasons, ranging from the suspect not wanting to get caught to the suspect settling into a relationship with someone they truly care about.
That assumes the murders were caused by drug abuse, like serial killer Ted Bundy, who basically committed murder every time he drank, Kelly said.
This is the distance between the Eastbound Strangler murderer’s hometown and where he was found. (Google Maps)
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Kelley said killers like the Eastbound Strangler often recruit sex workers, which could be in Atlantic City, somewhere in New Jersey or another state.
That doesn’t mean he murdered all the prostitutes, but according to Kelly, the prostitutes “routinely habituated” sex workers, which could be the key to solving this particular case. It is said to have a high level of sexuality.
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“They’re always with prostitutes and some of them know him,” Kelly said. “And if it’s because they all have a fetish, whether it’s a foot fetish or something ritualistic, that might be why he got caught.”
Tips can be sent to johnkelleyprofiler@gmail.com, your local police department, or atlantic city police department (609) 347-5780.
