Serial killer Joel Rifkins LI murder home finds new owners after 3 months for sale: Theyre so excited
A Long Island home with a dark past is officially off the market.But for now, it’s not clear if the forthcoming owner got a killer deal.The East Meadow house where notorious serial killer Joel Rifkin slaughtered several of his victims is under contract, Pinpoint Realty listing agent Marc Kaplan confirmed to Newsday.
Listing sites like Zillow and Redfin slapped a “pending” tag on the property this week.Its final sale price won’t be known until the sale closes.“It’s a great buyer for the property,” said Kaplan, who didn’t respond to The Post’s request for comment.
“They’re so excited.”Clocking in at 1,675 square feet, the house was described in its listing as a “well-maintained home” that sits on a “beautifully maintained” 7,000-square-foot corner lot on a leafy, tree-lined street, Realtor.com previously reported.The two-story gray and white ranch-style house with four bedrooms and two bathrooms required some serious price-slashing. The Cape Cod-style house first hit the block in April for a hefty $825,000.After sitting frozen on the market, the price was chopped to $799,999 in May, before getting cut down to $780,000 in June.Rifkin grew up in the 1951-built two-story suburban home, transforming it into a house of horrors between 1989 and 1993, when he murdered multiple female sex workers under its roof.
He murdered some of his victims in the home’s basement and in one of its bedrooms, he told authorities.He also stashed a corpse in its garage.Rikin, 67, was sentenced to 203 years in prison after a conviction for killing nine women between 1989 and 1993.
He confessed to a total of 17 victims. He was arrested in 1993 when police saw his pickup truck didn’t have a license plate.He failed to pull over and led cops on a 20-minute chase, which ended when he lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a light pole.
Cops found his final victim’s body in his truck.The killer’s mother reportedly continued to reside in the Long Is...