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  2. Richard Francis Cottingham (born November 25, 1946) is an American serial killer who was convicted in New York of six murders committed between 1972 and 1980 and convicted in New Jersey of twelve murders committed between 1967 and 1978. [1] He was nicknamed by media as the Torso Killer and the Times Square Ripper, since some of the murders he ...

  3. Feb 20, 2024 · Premiering on Dec. 29, the three-part season explores the case of Richard Cottingham, a New Jersey man who was dubbed “The Torso Killer” and found guilty of killing 11 women between 1967 and...

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  4. Mar 8, 2023 · Netflix’s ‘Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer’ and A&E’s ‘The Torso Killer Confessions’ are two documentary series’ that explore the horrific crimes committed by serial killer Richard Cottingham. One of his killing sprees that lasted a few months eventually led to his arrest in May 1980, bringing to the fore previously ...

  5. Dec 29, 2021 · In December 1979, police discovered a horrific scene at a Travel Inn Motor Hotel in New York City, believed to be Cottingham’s first killing of this type. A hotel worker found the burned bodies...

  6. Jan 4, 2022 · The second season of Joe Berlinger's Netflix true crime series Crime Scene focuses on the horrific crimes of the serial killer, who was also known as the Torso Killer. The killer, whose real name...

  7. Richard Cottingham raped and killed two teenage New Jersey girls in 1974. Then he dumped their bodies face-down in a forest. On Tuesday, he finally confessed to those brutal cold case crimes.

  8. Dec 5, 2022 · The admissions came as the man, Richard Cottingham, pleaded guilty to murder in the killing of a fifth woman, Diane Cusick, a 23-year-old dance instructor who was found strangled in her car...

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