. >> rifkin's rampage began and ended at the home he shared with his mother and sister in east meadow, long island. >> your mother's still alive, right? >> yes. >> does she ever visit you? >> yes. they come up once a year, my mom and my sister. spoke to my mom last night. >> did you? oh, good. she know you're doing this interview? >> yes. she's not happy about it, but -- >> why? >> she thinks it just stirs the pot, brings all the old stuff back up. >> 34-year-old joel rifkin is a self-confessed serial killer on new york's long island. he may have murdered as many as 17 prostitutes. >> his crimes come to light if june 1993 when he is apprehended by new york state troopers patrolling long island's southern state parkway. >> approximately 3:00 in the morning. we came across a pickup truck traveling eastbound. they had no license plates on the vehicle. >> rifkin is on his way to republic airport on long island to dump the body of his 17th victim, tiffany bresciani. >> tiffany was a runaway from louisiana. a lot of girls come to the big city and get lost and get caught up in the underbelly