Atlantic City Eastbound Strangler 4 Women Found Dead behind Motel Egg Harbor Twp, Nov 2006

I sure wish Harrison would let the NY Post and the rest of us in on the secret clue that tells them he isn’t connected.
Doesn't it seem likely that the reason he is excluded is that his DNA doesn't match? Wasn't the handyman who was reported by his girlfriend as a possible suspect for the Atlantic City murders ruled out after his DNA sample didn't match? (I assume that man's DNA was taken after the conviction for invasion of privacy - related to surreptitiously taking a video recording of his girlfriend's teen daughter undressing.).

So, they must have DNA from at least one of the AC victims (perhaps from the rope/cord ligature used to strangle KR...?) and I would guess they have offender DNA from more than one victim if they are certain it can be depended upon to rule anyone out.
 

By Wayne Parry • Updated 57 mins ago​

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A car drives past a vacant lot, Wednesday, July 27, 2023, in Egg Harbor Township, N.J., where a string of seedy motels used to stand. The discovery of four dead women in a drainage ditch behind the motels just outside Atlantic City was shocking news in 2006.

''The arrest earlier this month of a man charged with killing three women whose remains were found on a Long Island beach in 2010 has breathed fresh life into another long-dormant case with obvious parallels; the Gilgo Beach serial killings involve a total of 11 victims, most of whom were young, female sex workers. Yet the recent breakthrough, and the rekindling of public interest, only highlights a painful truth: Many similar cases – like the one in Atlantic City -- remain open.

The FBI would not say how many killings of sex workers in the U.S. remain unsolved. Media accounts and statements from local authorities show a long trail of open cases, from nine women whose bodies were found along highways in Massachusetts, to 11 found dead in New Mexico, and eight more found amid the crawfish farms and swamps of southern Louisiana. The killings of other sex workers in Chicago, New Haven, Connecticut and Ohio, among other places, also remain mysteries.''
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''The $15-a-night motel in Egg Harbor Township behind which the four bodies were found is long gone. It was torn down in an attempt to clear a seedy area known for crime, drugs and disturbances – and the murders of Barbara Breidor, 42, Molly Jean Dilts, 20, Kim Raffo, 35, and Tracy Ann Roberts, 23.

Because it is near the ocean, like Gilgo Beach, the location has prompted much speculation by amateur detectives about a single killer, but some other online sleuths have pointed out that oceanside areas are often the remotest locations after hours on the densely packed East Coast. Gilgo Beach is about 3.5 hours drive from Atlantic City.''
 
From the days of London’s Jack The Ripper in the 1880s, serial killers, particularly those preying on sex workers, have often gotten away with it, in part because their victims were easy targets living on the margins of society.

Gary Ridgway, the so-called Green River killer convicted of 49 killings in Washington state, said at during a 2003 court hearing in which he pleaded guilty that he chose sex workers as victims because he knew they would not be missed quickly, if at all.

“I picked prostitutes because I thought I could kill as many of them as I wanted without getting caught,” he said.
 
Doesn't it seem likely that the reason he is excluded is that his DNA doesn't match? Wasn't the handyman who was reported by his girlfriend as a possible suspect for the Atlantic City murders ruled out after his DNA sample didn't match? (I assume that man's DNA was taken after the conviction for invasion of privacy - related to surreptitiously taking a video recording of his girlfriend's teen daughter undressing.).

So, they must have DNA from at least one of the AC victims (perhaps from the rope/cord ligature used to strangle KR...?) and I would guess they have offender DNA from more than one victim if they are certain it can be depended upon to rule anyone out.



If AC detectives have the killers DNA, then they should run a familial genealogy test & will know exactly who he is......just like they ran with LISK & GSK.
 
In a media statement over the summer, Reynolds said investigators from Atlantic City met with their New York counterparts to “compare timelines, dates, methodologies, etc. of both cases” and “there does not seem to be a connection.”

“All the initial suspects have been ruled out,” Kelly says. “We believe it had to be someone who knew Atlantic City. The Gilgo Beach Killer would have needed to travel more than 150 miles from Long Island to Atlantic City.”

Phelps believes the Eastbound Strangler case is solvable if police officials would go back and conduct new interviews with the sex workers he met after the four victims were discovered, he says. He theorizes the suspect may be someone who was trafficking the victims.

“What you have is a group of women murdered because their killer no longer has any use for them,” Phelps speculates. “Who would that be? The person who oversees them. Generally speaking, that is the most logical answer.”
 

By Wayne Parry • Updated 57 mins ago​

View attachment 437862
A car drives past a vacant lot, Wednesday, July 27, 2023, in Egg Harbor Township, N.J., where a string of seedy motels used to stand. The discovery of four dead women in a drainage ditch behind the motels just outside Atlantic City was shocking news in 2006.

''The arrest earlier this month of a man charged with killing three women whose remains were found on a Long Island beach in 2010 has breathed fresh life into another long-dormant case with obvious parallels; the Gilgo Beach serial killings involve a total of 11 victims, most of whom were young, female sex workers. Yet the recent breakthrough, and the rekindling of public interest, only highlights a painful truth: Many similar cases – like the one in Atlantic City -- remain open.

The FBI would not say how many killings of sex workers in the U.S. remain unsolved. Media accounts and statements from local authorities show a long trail of open cases, from nine women whose bodies were found along highways in Massachusetts, to 11 found dead in New Mexico, and eight more found amid the crawfish farms and swamps of southern Louisiana. The killings of other sex workers in Chicago, New Haven, Connecticut and Ohio, among other places, also remain mysteries.''
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''The $15-a-night motel in Egg Harbor Township behind which the four bodies were found is long gone. It was torn down in an attempt to clear a seedy area known for crime, drugs and disturbances – and the murders of Barbara Breidor, 42, Molly Jean Dilts, 20, Kim Raffo, 35, and Tracy Ann Roberts, 23.

Because it is near the ocean, like Gilgo Beach, the location has prompted much speculation by amateur detectives about a single killer, but some other online sleuths have pointed out that oceanside areas are often the remotest locations after hours on the densely packed East Coast. Gilgo Beach is about 3.5 hours drive from Atlantic City.''
I agree
 

I didnt realize how close together these killings happened.

Would this be considered a spree killing
I think these killing are closer than the police would like , I do not believe anyone wants to place these serial kills with the New York Long Island kills but there are ties from these girls to LISK . It is always played down . Why ? Again not sure but in time it will surface
 
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FRANCISCO ALVARADO
''The victims were sex workers who likely met the serial killer in Atlantic City’s red-light district, says John Kelly, founder of S.T.A.L.K. (System To Apprehend Lethal Killers), a New Jersey-based criminal profiling firm. Kelly’s organization assisted law enforcement agencies in Atlantic City and Egg Harborduring the early stages of the investigation, he tells A&E True Crime.

Police officials believe whoever murdered Raffo, Breidor, Dilts and Roberts lured them away from Atlantic City to Egg Harbor, where they were killed and disposed of, Kelly says''.

All four women were fully clothed except for their feet. They had been placed about 320 feet apart in the water, Kelly says.

“The killer positioned his victims with their arms stretched out and their heads pointed east, toward Atlantic City,” Kelly says. “That’s why some people call it the ‘Eastbound Strangler’ case. He anchored the bodies to the side of a ditch using their feet. He tried his best for as long as he could to keep them from being seen.”


The dumping location had another benefit for the serial killer. “[He] really covered his tracks by putting [the bodies] in the canal,” Kelly says. “They eventually would have been found, but they were in the water long enough for very little evidence to be collected.”
 
In a media statement over the summer, Reynolds said investigators from Atlantic City met with their New York counterparts to “compare timelines, dates, methodologies, etc. of both cases” and “there does not seem to be a connection.”

“All the initial suspects have been ruled out,” Kelly says. “We believe it had to be someone who knew Atlantic City. The Gilgo Beach Killer would have needed to travel more than 150 miles from Long Island to Atlantic City.”

Phelps believes the Eastbound Strangler case is solvable if police officials would go back and conduct new interviews with the sex workers he met after the four victims were discovered, he says. He theorizes the suspect may be someone who was trafficking the victims.

“What you have is a group of women murdered because their killer no longer has any use for them,” Phelps speculates. “Who would that be? The person who oversees them. Generally speaking, that is the most logical answer.”
And he probably did just that, we already know RH frequented AC. Unless LE actually comes right out and notes DNA has conclusively ruled out RH, I'm going to continue to believe that LE may suspect RH but cannot prove it's RH, especially after the Sandra Costilla charge.

Source: "'We don't believe that the sex workers killed in Atlantic City are connected to Rex Heuermann,' Suffolk County Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison told The Post, adding cops in Atlantic County think someone else was behind the seaside slaughter....Last week the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office released a statement to CBS News Philadelphia saying they could not confirm connections between Heuermann and the 2006 case."

JMO. That doesn't necessarily mean he's "cleared." It just means that with what they have, they can't tie him in. Quite possibly it's not him, but the conditional language sounds like LE wouldn't still be open to at least the possibility, especially post-"HK" doc. Again, jmo, though.
 
If AC detectives have the killers DNA, then they should run a familial genealogy test & will know exactly who he is......just like they ran with LISK & GSK.
I'm not sure if there's a link, but this should have investigators looking into/back into there being a group of serial killers amongst the tri-state area. I just remember as a younger kid, driving by those motels, and just it being so dark and seedy. The energy when you drive by the motel used to be so heavy. It still is. I hope they can make a connection soon.
 
Here's something curious I spotted after watching YouTuber Nathan Adams' video about the Bone Collector. Albuquerque PD had actually been watching things unfold with LISK with great interest, although they never said RH was (even potentially) directly linked. But as I researched different events that might have brought an out-of-towner to that area, I found out a couple of interesting things (including the enormous influx of sex workers annually for the New Mexico State Fair.) But I was extremely struck by something I read about a structure of architectural significance located I believe about 15 minutes from the West Mesa murder site. It's called West Mesa House, designed by Antoine Predock, 2001. It's a very modern structure, and I see this noted of it: "...the residence takes advantage of the topographical features particular to its location. By opening to the east, the Rio Grande foregrounds the city and the Sandia Mountains beyond. This siting allows the house to turn its back to the western desert sun, dust and wind." That's very interesting with this idea of that structure opening to the east. So this got me thinking in another vein, and I found this, relating to Icelandic traditions: There is evidently "an old custom when people get up in the morning to go outside, turn east and make the sign of the cross. This was called collecting the day. This is why churches have been built facing east since ancient times."

When I picture Shannan Gilbert near that ditch, I always think of AC. I still wonder if RH's hand was at work both with Shannan Gilbert and AC.
 
This is such a good point. I do think with serial killers who are established in their field; their "work" shows up in the way they approach and interact with their victims. I definitely am going to look into this deeper. I wonder with all of the child trafficking things taking place in the media and with other celebs, if there will be any correlation or intersections between LISK, and some of the missing folks in the area. The 2000's and the tri-state area were insane with the amount of missing and exploited people.
 

By Wayne Parry • Updated 57 mins ago​

View attachment 437862
A car drives past a vacant lot, Wednesday, July 27, 2023, in Egg Harbor Township, N.J., where a string of seedy motels used to stand. The discovery of four dead women in a drainage ditch behind the motels just outside Atlantic City was shocking news in 2006.

''The arrest earlier this month of a man charged with killing three women whose remains were found on a Long Island beach in 2010 has breathed fresh life into another long-dormant case with obvious parallels; the Gilgo Beach serial killings involve a total of 11 victims, most of whom were young, female sex workers. Yet the recent breakthrough, and the rekindling of public interest, only highlights a painful truth: Many similar cases – like the one in Atlantic City -- remain open.

The FBI would not say how many killings of sex workers in the U.S. remain unsolved. Media accounts and statements from local authorities show a long trail of open cases, from nine women whose bodies were found along highways in Massachusetts, to 11 found dead in New Mexico, and eight more found amid the crawfish farms and swamps of southern Louisiana. The killings of other sex workers in Chicago, New Haven, Connecticut and Ohio, among other places, also remain mysteries.''
....

''The $15-a-night motel in Egg Harbor Township behind which the four bodies were found is long gone. It was torn down in an attempt to clear a seedy area known for crime, drugs and disturbances – and the murders of Barbara Breidor, 42, Molly Jean Dilts, 20, Kim Raffo, 35, and Tracy Ann Roberts, 23.

Because it is near the ocean, like Gilgo Beach, the location has prompted much speculation by amateur detectives about a single killer, but some other online sleuths have pointed out that oceanside areas are often the remotest locations after hours on the densely packed East Coast. Gilgo Beach is about 3.5 hours drive from Atlantic City.''
Again. This place is DARK. If you ever take the drive to AC, you know exactly what im talking about.
 
Eddie Davis December 18, 2024 Gallery Credit: Eddie Davis rbbm

''The Four Women Found Murdered in West Atlantic City 2006​

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Kim Raffo, Molly Dilts, Barbara Breidor and Tracy Roberts
(Kim R) ''She was the first victim discovered when her body was located by two women out for a walk. Raffo was believed to be the last of the four victims to be killed and was strangled with a rope or cord.''

''Molly Dilts, of Black Lick, Pa., had arrived in Atlantic City just weeks before her death. She was the only victim not to have a record of prostitution but was believed to be working as one.''

''Breidor had summered at the Jersey shore as a teen and then later waitressed at the Tropicana. She developed a severe crack habit which led her to work as a prostitute on the Black Horse Pike.''

''A native of Bear, Del., Tracy Roberts dropped out of high school at 16 and eventually began studying to become a medical assistant. But after bearing a child and breaking up with her boyfriend, she began using cocaine heavily, drifting between Philadelphia and Atlantic City.''
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The drainage ditch behind the Golden Key Motel where the bodies of the four prostitutes were found runs parallel to the Black Horse Pike was five feet deep and ten feet wide.
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The Golden Key Motel has been demolished on the Black Horse Pike in West Atlantic City.
 
On here to correct myself, I've always thought Foxwoods (where Maureen Brainard-Barnes at one point worked) was in Atlantic City, NJ, but it's actually in Connecticut. This point notwithstanding, I still think enough of connections between Heuermann and AC have emerged. Valerie Mack did work at points in Atlantic City, and Heuermann's own statements note trips to Atlantic City with his family. And he had those timeshares In Las Vegas. Aside from his other interests, I've wondered if he doesn't enjoy at least some gambling. If his spouse genuinely did not know where his money was going (since he was frequenting hundreds of sex workers over decades), perhaps he used gambling as the supposed source of his financial problems.

Nobody can "know" he was involved in these murders. But I would hope he's not prematurely ruled out.
 
Possible re post.
''Buried with feet facing east
It's worth a lot, according to Sam Stoltzfus, of Gordonville, who says the headstones and feet of all those buried in Gordonville's Amish cemetery face east.

"When the Lord comes the second time," he explains, "he'll come from the East."

So the dead will rise correctly in greeting.

The husband lies on the left, but would rise on the right. That's opposite from East Petersburg Mennonite.''
 

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