This dude is Sick: "Kensington Strangler" suspect Antonio Rodriguez: I had sex with victims after they were dead

Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for the man who allegedly has confessed to being Philadelphia’s dreaded Kensington Strangler, officials said Wednesday.

The announcement was made during a preliminary hearing in which police read confessions signed by the suspected killer, Antonio Rodriguez. In the statements he admitted to killing three women, as well as having sex with at least two of them after they were dead.

The Kensington Strangler is believed to have murdered Elaine Goldberg, 21, Nicole Piacentini, 35, and Casey Mahoney, 27, between November and December of last year. The slayings sparked fears of vigilante justice in Philadelphia’s Kensington area, where outraged residents had vowed to catch the killer.

In the confessions, Rodriguez allegedly claims to have approached the women as if they were prostitutes. They agreed to have sex with him, but each encounter took a violent turn.

Rodriguez said he didn't mean to kill Goldberg. The nursing student was found dead in early November.

"I asked her if she liked to be choked, and she said yes," the confession said, according to the Philadelphia Weekly. “I began to choke her with my left hand, and she told me to use both hands."


Shortly after that, it states, she stopped moving. "She didn't let me know ... she couldn't breathe."

When he realized the woman was dead, Rodriguez allegedly panicked and ran, although the confession suggests he may have continued to have sex with her body after she died.

As for Piacentini, who was found dead less than two weeks later, the confession states Rodriguez didn't stop even after he was "pretty sure" she was dead from the choking.

"I wasn't done with her," he said.

Mahoney was found dead on Dec. 15. Rodriguez allegedly admits he punched her several times, choked her until "she wasn't moving anymore" and violated her body.

Rodriguez is charged with three counts of murder and rape. The 22-year-old was arrested in January after an anonymous caller tipped off police to his location minutes after a press conference naming him as a suspect.

Along with his confessions, prosecutors said DNA evidence links him to the crimes.

RIP TO THE VICTIMS...