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NY NY/NJ - JOEL RIFKIN Pre 1994
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From the moment he stepped into kindergarten class, Rifkin was an outcast whose insecurities were amplified by learning disabilities, along with incessant teasing and harassment from other students. As he developed into adolescence, Rifkin’s resentment manifested into violent sexual fantasies about female classmates who rejected and mocked him, Mladinich says.
Bullies often targeted Rifkin to establish themselves as tough kids in elementary and middle school, according to Mlandinich’s book. To avoid them, Rifkin would regularly be the last student to line up for the opening bell. He would also show up late to his first class and wait until other kids had gone home when the school day ended.
In high school, Rifkin joined the track team in the hopes that being part of an athletic clique would soften the bullying he endured. Instead, his teammates picked on him too—dunking his head in a toilet bowl, stuffing a dead chicken in his mouth and filling his gym bag with eggs and shaving cream.
Rifkin believed he had gained some measure of acceptance by shooting photos for the yearbook club, according to Mladinich. But the female seniors overseeing the yearbook’s production didn’t invite Rifkin to the wrap-up party.
“He was so hurt by that,” Mladinich says. “He visibly winced when he spoke about that incident.”
The party snub, as well as having his camera stolen, had a profoundly negative effect on Rifkin.
“His mother told me that she had no idea he was being bullied,” Mladinich says. “But…the yearbook committee not inviting him [to their party] was the only time she saw him visibly shaken to his core.
Mladinich met Rifkin in the 1980s when both of them attended the same college in upstate New York. While they didn’t have classes together, the duo worked together on a paid assignment for a boxing magazine to cover a match one semester. They struck up a brief friendship, but they lost touch when Rifkin dropped out.
In addition to suffering from undiagnosed dyslexia, Rifkin stuttered, had a difficult time following instructions and was physically uncoordinated, which often frustrated his father, a structural engineer and mathematician.
“Joel wasn’t good at sports, wasn’t good at math and wasn’t good at basic learning,” Mladinich says. “Even though his father was a very patient man, he would get exasperated with his son’s academic and athletic failures. So it made Joel feel like an immense failure.”
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NJ - NJ - Hackensack, WhtFem, 30-40, UP1617, headless torso in dumpster, dismembered w/surgical precision, Jul '92
NamUs #UP1617 / DoeNetwork 1013UFNJ Photograph of the "7 SKYS" insignia found on the suitcase which contained the woman's torso Demographics Sex: Female Race/Ethnicity: White / Caucasian (news reports say she could also be Hispanic/Latino) Estimated Age Group: Adult - Pre 40 Estimated Age...
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NY - NY - Sayville, Wht/HispFem 25-39, UP11852, nude in dumpster, poss Joel Rifkin victim, Mar'92
Unidentified Person Case (namus.gov) Unidentified Person / NamUs #UP11852 Female, Multiple Date Body Found March 8, 1992 Location Found Sayville, New York Estimated Age Range 25-39 Years Case Numbers NCMEC Number-- ME/C Case Number1992-0798 Demographics Sex Female Race / Ethnicity White /...
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NY - NY - Bronx, Westchester Creek, Zerega & Randall Aves, UnkRace/Sex 18-99, UP7597, torso only, Apr'94
Unidentified Person / NamUs #UP7597 Unsure, Uncertain Date Body Found April 17, 1994 Location Found Bronx, New York Case Information Case Numbers NCMEC Number-- ME/C Case NumberB94-01499 Demographics SexUnsure Race / EthnicityUncertain Estimated Age Group Adult Estimated Age Range...
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Identified! - NY - Staten Island, WhtFem 16-27, UP2689, scorpion tattoo, ring watch, dress, sneakers, Sep'91 - Christine Belusko
Case File 645UFNY Unidentified White Female * The victim was discovered on September 19, 1991 in Staten Island, Richmond County, New York * Estimated Date of Death: 1 day prior * Cause of Death: Blunt trauma to head Vital Statistics * Estimated age: 20-27 years old * Approximate Height...
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Deceased/Not Found - NY - Manhattan, 'Number Six' UnkFem, UnkAge, SK victim in 55-gallon oil drum, not recovered, Dec'91
I am a bit unsure where this Jane Doe belongs to on Websleuths, for unlike most Does in this subforum, this particular Jane Doe, a.k.a, "Number 6", has never been found (or at least, not that we know of), which makes this case even sadder. I therefore trust the mods will move this thread to a...
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Peter Reiss won’t call serial killer Joel Rifkin a friend, but they have definitely forged a relationship over the years. That has led to the forthcoming A&E special “Cold Case Files: The Rifkin Murders” in which authorities attempt to learn the names of two of Rifkin’s unidentified victims.
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Lisa Respers France, CNN
Peter Reiss won’t call serial killer Joel Rifkin a friend, but they have definitely forged a relationship over the years. That has led to the forthcoming A&E special “Cold Case Files: The Rifkin Murders” in which authorities attempt to learn the names of two of Rifkin’s unidentified victims.
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Peter Reiss won’t call serial killer Joel Rifkin a friend, but they have definitely forged a relationship over the...
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NY - NY - Sayville, Wht/HispFem 25-39, UP11852, nude in dumpster, poss Joel Rifkin victim, Mar'92
Unidentified Person Case (namus.gov) Unidentified Person / NamUs #UP11852 Female, Multiple Date Body Found March 8, 1992 Location Found Sayville, New York Estimated Age Range 25-39 Years Case Numbers NCMEC Number-- ME/C Case Number1992-0798 Demographics Sex Female Race / Ethnicity White /...
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NY - NY - Brooklyn, Newtown Creek @ N Henry St, WhtFem 20-50, UP8295, inside oil drum, May'92
NamUs UP 8295 https://www.identifyus.org/en/cases/8295 Unidentified White Female Found May 13, 1992 in Kings County, NY Body Condition: Not recognizable- Decomposing/putrefaction Probable year of death: 1991 to 1992 Estimated postmortem interval: Months Vital Statistics Estimated age: 20-50...
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