Joel David Rifkin is American serial killer

Joel Rifkin, whose full birth name is Joel David Rifkin was born in New York on 20th of January 1959. He is a famous serial killer of the United States who was sentenced to kill nine women but it is believed that around seventeen women were killed by him. Most of the women that were killed by him were prostitutes who were addicted of drugs.
Although most of the prostitutes were hired in Manhattan and Brooklyn but all these women were killed by Joel Rifkin in New York from 1989 to 1993. He was living in the area of East Meadow which is an uptown area of the Long Island. John Lawrence who is a Mineola based attorney had represented Joel Rifkin during his trial period in the court.
Still the names of his parents are unknown as Jeanne and Bernard Rifkin had adopted Joel Rifkin when his age was three weeks only. Another kid (a girl) was adopted by this couple around after three years. His family shifted to East Meadow in 1965 where most part of his life was spent by him. Adoptive father of Joel Rifkin was suffering from cancer and to get rid of this disease, he committed suicide in the month of February 1987.
His suicide increased depression of Rifkin and it was the time when he got grip with prostitutes, murder and violence. Joel Rifkin was arrested for the very first time on 22nd of August 1987 for soliciting a prostitute in Long Island. His family members were unaware of this arrest as he concealed it with them. First murder of this serial killer was committed in 1989 when a prostitute was killed by him.
Joel David Rifkin is an American serial killer convicted of the murder of nine women (although it is believed he killed as many as 17), mostly drug addicted prostitutes, between 1989 and 1993 in New York City. Although Rifkin often hired prostitutes in Brooklyn and Manhattan, he lived in East Meadow, a suburban town on Long Island.