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Robert Yale Shulman: The Brookhaven Butcher

Early Life

Robert Yale Shulman was born on March 28, 1954, in upstate New York. He grew up in a Jewish family with three brothers in the middle-class neighborhoods of Long Beach and Westbury on Long Island. Shulman's childhood has conflicting accounts, with some sources describing it as relatively normal, while others hint at underlying issues.

Crimes

Shulman, a postal worker in Hicksville, New York, committed a series of brutal murders between 1991 and 1995. He targeted vulnerable women, often sex workers, and lured them to his apartment where he would engage in sex and drugs before killing them. Shulman used various methods to murder his victims, including hitting them with a hammer, beating them with a baseball bat, and using a set of barbells. After killing his victims, he dismembered their bodies and disposed of the remains in garbage bins around Long Island.

Victims

  • Lori Vasquez, 24 - Killed in 1991, body found in a Yonkers trash can.
  • Unidentified woman ("Jane Doe") - Killed in 1994, mutilated body found on a roadside in Medford.
  • Lisa Ann Warner, 18 - Killed in April 1995, body found at a Brooklyn trash recycling plant.
  • Kelly Sue Bunting, 28 - Killed in December 1995, body found in a trash bin in Melville, Long Island.
  • Unidentified woman ("Jane Doe") - Another unidentified victim, details unknown.
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Victims
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Confirmed Victims: (5)
  • Lori Vasquez Age: (24), Date of Death: 1991-08
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    Killer's Details

    Robert Yale

    Shulman

    March 28, 1954 Hicksville, New York, United States

    April 13, 2006 (aged 52) Albany, New York, United States

    Male

    White

    Death, commuted to Life imprisonment

    5

    1991 - 1996

    New York

    April 6, 1996

    07/03/2025