According to the linked article, the 50 victims were involved in sex work and were habitual illegal drug users. Still victims and their murders need to be solved, but I’m not so sure the victim in this case fits that description and would be included with this possible serial killer. That being said, I know pretty much nothing about the victim here except her age, so please let me know if I am wrong about this.
From all I've seen so far (there may be other information not yet shared), she doesn't seem to fit this profile, as you said. Articles reported her occupation as teacher's aide and that she was a college student.
The People Magazine article about her murder had this quote from family:
"She's just somebody that we believed in, that had our future in her hands, just like most of our kids here," Alejandro Villegas, her uncle, told CBS Chicago. "She was a sweet child that was humble, smiled, shy. She was a good person. And she just didn't deserve anything of this."
Edited to add: I'm not implying a victim of any background deserves anything bad to happen to them. Just that from what is currently known, Vanessa's victimology seems to be very low risk as pertains to lifestyle factors.
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