I figured he'd work his way up here. I'm kind of scared but you can only be

scared for so long. I've been raped before I've been choked and had a gun and a

knife pulled on me. I know how to handle the victims as prostitutes or drug users. The attacks have taken place in abandoned homes and vacant lots.

You're just so scared all the time, but you have to survive.

It's bad enough the things that you have to do while you're out here.

Then you have this going on, it's even

worse. It's crazy that they contact us immediately. So any forensic

evidence that we can recover, we can recover any additional information.

Every neighborhood has a bad side and this neighborhood has a really bad side.

On December 9th in 2010, a headline in the Philadelphia Daily News read

For Hookers, Fear of Attack is a in the

fear of attack is a constant companion.

Hookers.

Not women, not sex workers, but hookers.

If you read the article you found a thoughtful, concerned tone, a meaningful

story about women who were sex workers, the struggles they faced trying to support their

families, their habit, and often both, almost always trying to feed their

addictions.

But this headline reduced them to nothing more than their jobs, something I doubt would have happened if they were administrative assistance,

retail associates, or corporate executives. These women worked the stroll,

a section of Kensington Avenue under the L train near one of the worst areas of North Philadelphia,

and they were being hunted. By the time that article was published, two women were murdered.

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