They believed it could have been more than one killer when they found the young 18 mos. child and the male, but if you watched the two hour special last night on BRAVO tv, it was said that some prostitutes bring their infants along with them to work. The Asian male who was found was of slight frame and dressed as a female, so now they believe it may all be sex trade related and one killer who has evolved his method over time.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/05/ar...nt&tntemail0=y
Some of the early victims were found as only body parts, some parts of a victim were found in one place at one time and other parts of the same body, somewhere and someplace else.
Some of the dead girls had left for the meetings with the john without their cell phones, leading to the belief that the perpetrator was known to them or had come across as being very safe.
The police; when first called by a victims family, in an attempt on their part to file a missing person's report after 3 days; hung up on the family member. Later, the police said they did not accept reports on prostitutes who were missing until 10 days had passed.
There may be a tie in to similar cases that had occurred in the New Jersey shore area.
Some, I forget-perhaps all, of the girls were free lancing and not using an escort service. Those services, it was said, logged certain information about the customers. I think most, or all, of the girls advertised through Craig's List.
Some of the bodies were wrapped in burlap, leading to the possibility of the perp being involved in fishing or perhaps a garden nursery business. Some of the crimes were in or near a retirement village.
The girls were amazed at how lucrative the work was, how after their ads were posted online for just a short time, many calls from prospective customers came in.
I wonder, with college tuitions being so high, and it being so hard to find work, whether increasing numbers of young women will be turning to this line of work.
Some of the girls had been enticed to New York with the lure of a career in modeling, which were/seemed legitimate jobs. The escort services cruised these business establishments looking for fresh new faces to recruit into their line of work.
One of the sisters of a victim was also in that line of work, and rather than getting out of the business, took self defense classes and was trying to lure the s.o.b. who did this into being one of her customers. She swore that at some point the guy would get caught - that one of his victims would escape.
Most of these girls lied to their parents regarding the business they were in.
One of the girls left prostitution and was looking for jobs to help support her two kids. She was trying out as supermarket clerks or fast food workers. I think her home was threatened with foreclosure and she went on a 'date' to raise money to keep her house and later, was found dead.
No matter what they did to raise money, I don't think the police should delay their response. Every girl is somebody's daughter, perhaps a mother. Yeah, I agree if you are ready to say that maybe in a risky line of work you should not be having kids.