Killer: Long Island Serial Killer - The Gilgo Killer, The Craigslist Ripper profiled on Killer.Cloud (2024)

Active for 21 years
(1996-2016) in United States

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1. Summary
2. Serial Killer Profile
3. Serial Killer Type
4. General Information
5. Characteristics
6. Childhood
7. Cognitive Ability
8. Incarceration
9. Death
10. 2 Timeline Events
11. Serial Killers Active During Spree
12. Boolean Statistical Questions
13. 24 Books Written About Long Island Serial Killer
14. 2 External References
15. Internal References

Long Island Serial Killer The Long Island Serial Killer is currently unidentified. Also known as The Gilgo Killer, The Gilgo Beach Killer, The Seashore Serial Killer and The Craigslist Ripper. Believed to have murdered 10 to 16 people associated with the sex trade, all victims were strangled and most bodies wrapped in burlap sacks after being dismembered. It has been suggested that the serial killer is most likely a white male in his mid-20s to mid-40s who is very familiar with the South Shore of Long Island and who has access to burlap sacks which he uses to contain the bodies. A&E The Killing Season (2016) follows this case. Joel Rifkin and John Bittrolff are possible suspects in the Long Island serial killer case.

Profile Completeness: 42%

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Books that Mention Long Island Serial Killer

The Long Island serial killer (also referred to as LISK, the Gilgo Beach Killer or the Craigslist Ripper) is an unidentified suspected serial killer who is believed to have murdered 10 to 16 people associated with prostitution, over a period of nearly 20 years, and dumped their bodies along the Ocean Parkway, near the remote Long Island, New York beach towns of Gilgo and Oak Beach in Suffolk County, and the area of Jones Beach State Park in Nassau County. The remains of four victims were found in December 2010, while six more sets of remains were found in March and April 2011.

External References

1. Long Island serial killer on en.wikipedia.org, Retrieved on Sep 18, 2018.
2. Q1138748 on www.wikidata.org, Retrieved on Oct 23, 2018.

Internal References

Long Island Serial Killer is included in the following pages on Killer.Cloud the Serial Killer Database

1. #28 of 59[ Page 2 ] of Recent Serial Killers sorted by Most Recent
2. #45 of 651[ Page 3 ] of serial killers sorted by Years Active
3. #70 of 327[ Page 5 ] of Serial Killers active in the United States
4. #83 of 250[ Page 6 ] of Serial Killer Stranglers sorted by Confirmed Victims
5. #186 of 651[ Page 13 ] of serial killers sorted by Confirmed Victims
6. #304 of 651[ Page 21 ] of the A-Z List of Serial Killers
7. #491 of 651[ Page 33 ] of serial killers sorted by Profile Completeness

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Serial Killers Statistics, charts Long Island Serial Killer is included in: Active Serial Killers by Country, Active Serial Killers by Year and Statistical Boolean Questions.

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