After Jeremy Rifkin admitted to murdering seventeen women, mostly prostitutes, his lawyer identified the reason: he was rejected by his biological mother. Rifkin apparently believed that his biological mother, who gave him up for adoption as an infant, may have been a prostitute, explaining why "he sought refuge in the world of prostitutes." The reason he killed them, alas, was that "He strangled women to ease his suffering."

Dr. David Kirshner, who testified on Rifkin's behalf, identified the following symptoms common to sufferers of "adopted child syndrome": "pathological lying, learning problems, running away, sexual promiscuity, an absence of normal guilt and anxiety, and extreme antisocial behavior."

[Ed.: Rifkin is not related to the noted environmentalist and beef critic.]

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