The elusive serial killer, nicknamed the West Side Strangler by the media in January after the second body had been found, appeared to have both a pattern and a purpose. After months, the method to his madness still continued to mystify the police.

They knew the very personal act of slow strangulation, the Upper West Side locations and even the choice of women selected were part of the killer’s pattern. The police suspected that nothing was random and that each monthly event had been carefully choreographed, each victim specifically chosen.

THE NEW YORK ECHO—February 15, 2020

WS STRANGLER STRIKES AGAIN—THIRD VICTIM FOUND

by Tommy Devlin