Yet the recent breakthrough, and the rekindling of public interest, only highlights a painful truth: Many similar cases – like the one in Atlantic City - remain open. The arrest earlier this month of a man charged with killing three women whose remains were found on a Long Island beach in 2010 has breathed fresh life into another long-dormant case with obvious parallels the Gilgo Beach serial killings involve a total of 11 victims, most of whom were young, female sex workers.
Casino guests worried about safety, and the victims’ fellow sex workers began carrying hidden knives.īut as the years passed, the public’s attention and fear faded, and the case of the “Eastbound Strangler” – so named for the direction the victims’ heads were facing – remained unsolved. More than 100 detectives and prosecutors were assigned to investigate.
International media flocked to the seaside gambling resort. The discovery of four dead women in a drainage ditch just outside Atlantic City was shocking news in 2006.
