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Online Hooker Assaulted By John In Midtown Hotel
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Jen Chung
Published Feb 25, 2011
Modified Feb 25, 2011
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A hooker who set up a tryst with a man who answered her ad on Backpage.com was assaulted by him earlier this week. The Post reports, "the 37-year-old prostitute from San Pablo [California] met the unidentified john in a room at the Candlewood Suites late Monday afternoon... After asking the woman how much she charged, the madman pulled a hammer from his jacket and began bashing her over the head."
The victim allegedly tried to fight back, but then the man took out a knife and threatened, "Now I'm going to kill you." She was slashed in the left biceps and tried to flee, but the Post says, "it was the man who dashed out and left a bloody trail in the stairwell."
Recently, the bodies of four prostitutes were found in a Long Island beach—the women apparently met the same john (or johns) on Craigslist. The unsolved murders, as well as the Craigslist Killer case, have prompted some prostitutes to be more cautious.
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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