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   Why is Richard Cottingham called the 'Torso killer'?

   • Not only was Times Square filled with porn shops and peep shows, but it also became a hunting ground for serial killer Richard Cottingham. Known as the “Times Square Ripper” and the “Torso Killer,” Cottingham arguably got both of his infamous nicknames from a particularly brutal crime he committed in a motel room near Times Square in 1979.

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   How did the Torso killer start?

   • The story of the Torso Killer seemingly began on December 2, 1979, when firefighters were called to the Travel Inn Motor Hotel near Times Square. As they burst into the burning room 417, they saw two bodies on the twin beds. A firefighter grabbed one in hopes of saving a life and carried the body out of the smoky room.

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   Who was the torso Ripper?

   • This grisly scene led to Cottingham’s nickname of “The Torso Killer,” and later the “Times Square Torso Ripper.” But he wasn’t a suspect at the time; he had checked in under the fake name of Carl Wilson and left no evidence pointing back to him. Months later, on May 4, 1980, another sex worker was found dead in a Quality Inn motel in New Jersey.

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   Where were torso murderers found?

   • Most of the bodies were discovered in or near the KINGSBURY RUN area—a creek bed that ran from E. 90th St. and Kinsman Rd. SE to the CUYAHOGA RIVER. Torso Murderer Body parts of what was thought to be 7 men and 5 women were discovered; most victims were dismembered and all were decapitated.

   TORSO MURDERS | Encyclopedia of Cleveland History | Case Western

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   How many women did Torso killer kill?

   • For a while, authorities believed his total number of killings stood at 11. But then, in 2022, the Torso Killer confessed to murdering five additional women: 21-year-old Mary Beth Heinz in 1972, 23-year-old Laverne Moye in 1972, Sheila Heiman in 1973, 18-year-old Maria Emerita Rosado Nieves in 1973, and 23-year-old Diane Cusick in 1968.

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   How did the Torso Murders compare to other dismemberment murders?

   • Body parts continued to pile up. Lead police investigator Peter Merylo noted similarities between the Torso Murders and other dismemberment killings in western Pennsylvania, theorizing that the killer might be hopping trains and hiding bodies in boxcars (Kingsbury Run and the city of Cleveland had plenty of railroad tracks).

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   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 ...

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   Dec 12, 2021 · Known as the “Times Square Ripper” and the “Torso Killer,” Cottingham arguably got both of his infamous nicknames from a particularly brutal crime he committed in a motel room near Times Square in 1979.

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   Sep 29, 2020 · On June 5, 1936, two boys who had cut school to go fishing found a rumpled pair of pants under a tree on the city’s east side. Tied up in the pants was a man’s severed head. The nude,...

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   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...

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   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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   The torso killer. New York, NY: Pinnacle Books. Richard Cottingham of Lodi (NJ) is sentenced to 173-179 years in prison. (1981, June 25). The New York Times, p. 26. Retrieved April 2nd, 2007, from Factiva database. Richard Cottingham, convicted of murdering prostitute and kidnapping three. (1981, June 16). The New York Times, p. 2.

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   The TORSO MURDERS, committed between Sept. 1935 and Aug. 1938, were believed to be serial killings. Most of the bodies were discovered in or near the KINGSBURY RUN area—a creek bed that ran from E. 90th St. and Kinsman Rd. SE to the CUYAHOGA RIVER.