The Eastbound Strangler is an unidentified serial killer believed to be responsible for the murders of four women near Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States, in 2006.
[1] Four dead bodies of women identified as sex workers were found in a drainage ditch[2] filled with shallow water on November 20, 2006[3] behind the Golden Key Motel[4] on the Black Horse Pike in Egg Harbor Township, situated on the outskirts of Atlantic City, New Jersey.
41-year-old repairman Terry Oleson, who was being allowed to stay for free at the Golden Key Motel in exchange for repairs when the murders took place, was implicated by his girlfriend as the killer.
[9] In 2010, law enforcement officials investigated a possible connection between the Eastbound Strangler and the Gilgo Beach serial killings[10] but later ruled it out.
[11] In 2023, the theory on a connection between the two cases was revisited following the arrest of a suspect in four of the Gilgo Beach killings, according to Suffolk County police;[12] prosecutors later ruled it out again.