he may have murdered as many as 17 prostitutes. his crimes come to light in june 1993 when he is 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. they 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 met 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 with her, which agitated him.