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Oct 4, 2024 · Richard Cottingham, also known as the "Torso Killer," committed heinous crimes, targeting sex workers and showing a lack of empathy. His capture highlighted the importance of thorough investigation and inter-agency cooperation in solving serial crimes.
He was nicknamed by media as the Torso Killer and the Times Square Ripper, since some of the murders he was convicted of included mutilation. Cottingham's confirmed killings resulted in nine convictions and a further eight confessions under non-prosecution agreements, leading to him serving multiple life sentences in New Jersey prisons. In 2009 ...
Jan 1, 2023 · Despite arranging a secret, night-time court appearance so he could plead guilty away from the glare of the spotlight, local reporters still found out what was going on.
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Mar 9, 2023 · Robert Anzilotti, who retired as the Chief of Detectives for the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office in 2021, elicited a confession from Richard Cottingham, known as "The Torso Killer." The...
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Jun 13, 2021 · The newspapers called the murderer “The Torso Killer.” Then on May 22, 1980, a worker at a Quality Inn in Hasbrouck Heights, N.J., heard a woman screaming. Her attacker was caught as he ran...
Dec 12, 2021 · 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.
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Feb 5, 2022 · A particularly sadistic killer, Cottingham raped and tortured his victims before murdering them. After decades of evading the suspicion, Cottingham was arrested on May 22, 1980, after picking up...
