Recently, Investigation Discovery has been airing a show called PEOPLE Magazine Investigates: The Long Island Serial Killer. We're two episodes in (of I don't know how many installments) and I'm riveted.
I remember hearing about this a while back when the body count had risen sufficiently for it to make national news. There's a stretch of highway out there that someone or someones has made a perfect dumping ground. It's horrific. And my opinion is that there is more than one killer using that area to dump bodies.
My main point: There are two different sets with different MOs. Yes, all of the bodies seem to have been involved in 'escort' work (with the exception of one that I'll come to in a moment). But some of the bodies were strangled, wrapped in burlap, and buried, while others were dismembered and scattered. The newer bodies seem to have been the ones wrapped in burlap. There was some talk that the killer had evolved to the burlap and the burial, but that seems like a de-evolution to me. Then they added in a third set of bodies down by Atlantic City, which seems to me to be a third killer. Killed and lined up precisely above ground.
Oh, it could be one killer, but that seems improbable.
Another thing they said was that the killer had broken with his MO because he killed a child. This is where my theory gets a little unpalatable. The mother of the toddler was an escort. The little girl and her mother were both wearing similar jewelry. My theory is that the mother took the kid with her on her appointment... gross, but not outside the realm of possibility.
They also said the killer had broken with his MO because one of the victims was a male who had been beaten to death. BUT, said male was a young Asian man whose body was found dressed in women's clothing. My theory is that the killer picked up his escort thinking that he had a date with a woman, and when he discovered the truth, he beat the young man to death in a a rage.
Of course, the authorities probably already thought of all this, but they didn't put it into the series. (They tend to leave a lot out of these shows.) Still, my mind gets whirring and things start falling into place for me.
They still haven't caught any of the perpetrators. I suspect they've moved on. If it is only one killer, perhaps he died some other way - a car accident, a heart attack, a stroke, etc. Or perhaps he's incarcerated for some other crime.
What do you think? Have you watched that show?
I remember the case when it first broke. I agree. I think there is more than one. Also, Long Island has been a dumping ground for the mob for decades. They just buried them deeper and with lye so not so much left to find. If the crimes are ever solved, it'll be interesting to see who the perp(s) is/are and why there have been such gaps.
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