You've made a few valid and interesting points. For starters I'll just address the one point that I believe we can both agree on. Namely the stalking. In fairness, others on this thread, and another related one, came to the same conclusion a few years back. The most recent article addressing this subject on NJ.com (link below) only appears to confirm everyone's suspicions. That three of the victims possibly knew their killer and unknowingly stepped into his trap.
According to the last people who saw the respective victims alive, they were each leaving on an errand that would take no longer than an hour or two. Two of the three stated their intention to return.
Victim #2: Barbara Breidor
By mid-October, her behavior had become so unpredictable that when she failed to return from a two-hour errand, friends waited weeks before notifying the police.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/05/nyregion/05slay.html
Victim #3: Tracy Ann Roberts
Sometime in mid-November, a street hustler named Dante said he went clothes shopping with Tracy Roberts. She bought the outfit she was wearing when her body was found. 'She said, I'll be back in like a hour,' Dante remembers. 'She never came back.'
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/beyond-the-boardwalk/4/
Victim #4: Kim Raffo
One day before her death, Raffo was with a customer, a North Jersey doctor, who had a room at the now-shuttered Trump Taj Mahal. At about 5 a.m. on Nov. 19, the law enforcement official said, Raffo told the man she was going out to buy drugs and would return. When she did not, the doctor called her several times, receiving *no answer.
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2016/11/10_years_later_the_atlantic_city_serial_killer_rem.html
One conclusion that I've reached after reading these articles is that not only were the victims being stalked but that they may have been meeting up with the killer at a prearranged time and location. All three suddenly stopped what they were doing to run a one or two hour errand. Why?
Now these women are street smart, right? I find it hard to believe that all three would meet up with an individual who would supply them with their drug of choice simply for the pleasure of their company. Something else had to be involved.
To me, a commonality between the three scenarios listed above suggests the possibility of a quid pro quo arrangement. Of course sex would be the first thing that comes to mind. But I don't think that's the answer. I'm getting the feeling that each of the three women had something in their possession, besides money, that they were exchanging for drugs/alcohol. An exchange that had been planned in advance.
As always, just my opinion.
