>> 34-year-old joel rifkin is a self-confessed serial killer on new york's long island. he may have murdered as many as 17 prostitutes. >> rifkin's crimes come to light in june 1993 when he's apprehended by new york state troopers patrolling long island's southern state parkway. >> it was approximately 3:00 in the morning. we came across a pickup truck traveling eastbound that had no license plates on the vehicle. >> rifkin is on his way to republic airport on long island to dump the body of his 17th victim, tiffany bresciani. >> tiffany was a runaway from metairi metairie, louisiana. a lot of girls come to the big city and get lost and get caught up in the underbelly of it. she was one of those. she ended up surviving by being a prostitute. >> he picked her up in the east village and they drove down to what used to be the new york post parking lot. and he had trouble performing