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Internet Sex Forum Raged Against Prostitute Found On LI Beach
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Ben Yakas
Published Apr 17, 2011
Modified Apr 17, 2011
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Having found more than ten bodies along Gilgo and Jones Beaches, many of whom have been identified as prostitutes, police are still trying to get to the bottom of the possible Long Island Serial Killer. Police have talked to Joel Rifkin, utilized spy planes, and extended their investigation from Long Island to Atlantic City. Now, there's been a strange new development in the case regarding one of the identified women: it seems that members of a Long Island internet sex forum discussed "revenge" plans against her.
"Humiliatrix69", a member of Longislanderotic.com, claimed he had been "suckered" by hooker Amber Lynn Costello; he said he paid $200 for sex, only to be robbed by men who barged into her home. Other members of the website rallied around him, and vowed revenge in various ways. "Italyrider" asked for her address: "No one from this board needs to be involved. I have friends who can take care of this s---." A self-declared ex-con known as "Morrie" wrote, "Tell her we are all coming over there with baseball bats."
The site's homepage says it is a place for "escorts, adult entertainment, massage parlors, strip clubs, sex." Costello, a twice-divorced addict who also advertised her services on Craigslist and other sex websites, described herself as a "Southern girl" named "Carolina," who was "short, sexy & a lot of fun" on the site. She disappeared on Sept. 2 last year, eight weeks after Humiliatrix69 wrote about his experience. Her body was found and identified in January, along with three other prostitutes.
Costello's sister, Kimberly Overstreet, said her sister knew the risks of the job, and had arranged to meet a john on the day she disappeared. Joseph Palminteri, who lived across the street from Costello, described the chaotic scene at her house: "It was always something. Lots of screaming. Lots of yelling. Lots of drugs. Sometime last July a naked man was banging on my door at 10 at night. He came from [Costello's] house. He was screaming: 'Don't let them kill me! He's going to kill me!'"
Humiliatrix69 wrote at the time that he had wanted to be spiteful and get revenge, but chickened out in doing anything for real. After "Morrie" posted that no one would "hear from those 2 girls anymore," Humiliatrix69 wrote, "Thanks for all the help." However, the day the bodies were found and identified, Humiliatrix69 wrote, "Hey, I posted my experience in frustration and anger cause I got ripped off, but I wouldn't wish death on no one. Hobbying [buying sex] is one thing, and [I] hate to say it ... karma is truly a b----."
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Ben Yakas is a former Gothamist reporter.
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