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Mary Ellen DeLuca, a 22-year-old white female from Long Island, New York, was last seen alive on the night of September 1, 1991. She had reportedly left a group of friends around 11:00 p.m. in Queens, New York, in search of money to support her drug addiction. According to later confessions, she encountered Joel Rifkin, a man who would later be identified as one of New York’s most notorious serial killers. Rifkin picked her up on Jamaica Avenue and drove her around the city throughout the nigh ...Read More
Victim Details

Mary DeLuca

Female

White / Caucasian

Long Island

NY

1991-09-01

22

Mary

DeLuca

11/25/2025