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Barbara Jacobs, a 31-year-old woman, was tragically murdered on July 13, 1991. She was known to have struggled with addiction and had prior arrests for auto theft and sex work. On the night of her death, she encountered Joel Rifkin, a serial killer who preyed on vulnerable women in New York. Rifkin took Jacobs to his home in East Meadow, where he brutally attacked her. While she was asleep, he struck her with a table leg and then strangled her to death.
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Barbara Jacobs
Female
White / Caucasian
New York City
NY
1991-07-13
31
Barbara
Jacobs
11/22/2025





