Up to 13 prostitutes have been murdered in Long Island and Atlantic City – now police believe two more murders may be connected to the killings, including a mother of three whose dissected body was found in a suitcase. The dismembered body of 39-year-old Tanya Rush, a prostitute from East New York, was found in Bellmore in June 2008. This case, along with another that the police are refusing to identify, is being reviewed, according to the New York Post.
If they are connected, it would bring the total number of killings in the so-called 'Craigslist Ripper' case to 15.
News that the investigation is being widened further follows the revelation by the paper that two NYPD police officers are under suspicion in connection with the case.
Parts of the victims’ bodies have been found along a secluded section of Long Island beach over the past several months.
Criminologists had said it was possible the killer or killers worked in law enforcement, or at least was familiar with police procedures. Recent estimates have put the number of alleged killers at two to four.
The New York Post reports that one of the officers being looked at by Suffolk County detectives had been forced out of his NYPD job in the 1990s 'when his supervisors learned he spent time pursuing hookers and paying street walkers and down-and-out women for sex while he was supposed to be on patrol'. Read More
