The Murder of Krista DiFrancesco

Published: July 17, 2023, 7 a.m.

In 2003, South Jersey became a serial predator\u2019s hunting ground.\xa0 Attempted assault escalated to murder when 24-year-old Krista DiFrancesco was discovered brutally raped and stabbed on her front lawn, just feet away from the home where her husband and baby were sleeping.\xa0 It would take a year and two more assaults before police finally caught her killer.\xa0 \xa0