I seldom post about such stories, but this one struck a nerve. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/rex-heuermann-gilgo-beach-serial-killer-long-island-b2375863.html

It took the police more than a decade to catch this guy, and I'll be one to say, "because all the known vicitims were sex workers".....When violence happens to us the police just aren't invested in finding our attackers, and seldom do they believe that we aren't the instigators.They seldom see us as vicitms, even with all the bullshit talk over the years with human trafficking, about how they are there to aide sex workers, to help us exit the profession.....What a bunch of crap!! They see us as criminals, and time and time again,  they  treat us in such a way that it makes us regret seeking out their help!

This suspected killer is typical to many clients we see, as far as his age, appearance, and professional standing......Although, I, like many other escorts, avoid  clients like him, who contact us via an app number or from a burner phone number, as he was using to contact all the women he is alleged to have murdered. Many guys who use these, use them for nefarious reasons, not just because they are wanting to hide their philanering from their partners or spouses. If a client becomes problematic, and we need to report him to the police, and we only have an app number, the problematic client becomes more difficult to track down, and that time could mean someone else"s life or death.

 This story should be a reminder to the "it's to risky for me to screen guys" why escorts who do screen, screen, and why part of that screening is insisting that you have a registered phone number to contact us from.This should also be a reminder to those escorts who allow clients to use app numbers/burner phones, why it's unsafe to do so....

Screen, screen, screen,  and ask for a registered phone number....  we have to be careful out there.

Edit....Of course after I made a comment about screening on twitter, I got a few ladies saying that screening isn't 100%, that instead of using this man as an example to screen, we should see this as a reason to realize that screening doesn't fully protect us....well okay, point taken. Yet my screening involves finding out if the client is using a real number, so in this instance I would have declined meeting that man, because for ALL his contacts he used a burner phone. And if we're going to speak about screening not being 100%, lets bring up condoms, they aren't 100% either. Medical practioners will tell you that you can still contract an sti/std while using them. And although you'll hear many in this industry promoting the importance of using them, and rightfully so, you'll not hear anyone saying that they aren't 100%.....My point..... Nothing we do is 100%. We all know this, to suggest this serial killer be an example that screening isn't 100%, imo, minimizes screening importance, and gives the "I won't screen guys" another reason to whine about and to justify not screening. The fact remains, it's better to screen than not, and it's better to use condoms than not. Some knowledge, some protection, is ALWAYS better than none at all!!