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US serial killer confesses to 1965 murder of 18-year-old woman in New Jersey

Police close murder case of Alys Eberhardt after confession from Richard Cottingham, known as the ‘Torso Killer’

The Guardian - US · Jan 8

Notorious New York City ’Torso Killer’ confesses to another murder years later

The 79-year-old has been imprisoned since his arrest in 1980

The Independent UK · Jan 7

Serial killer, 79, admits to murder of New Jersey teen over 60 years ago

Richard Cottingham, also known as the ’Torso Killer,’ has confessed to multiple murders since his arrest

The Independent UK · Jan 6

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Her sister was murdered nearly 50 years ago. Now she’s turning to the ‘Torso killer’ for answers

In 1975, Patricia Newsom’s slain body was found in a Connecticut drainage ditch, but she wasn’t identified until 2023. What happened to the 18-year-old remains a mystery, but her sister tells Andrea Cavallier she believes a convicted serial killer known as the ‘Torso Killer’ could have the answer. So she…

The Independent UK · Aug 11, 2024

The 'Torso Killer' struck terror in New York City in the 1970s. But one detective suspected his secrets went far deeper

Richard Cottingham seemed like an average American dad. But when night fell, his ghoulish violence began. WARNING: Readers might find some of the details in this story distressing.

ABC News · Dec 31, 2022

‘Torso killer’ behind bars for killing six pleads guilty to five more cold case murders

Richard Cottingham, who is known as ‘Torso killer’ or ‘Times Square Killer’ claims to have killed up to 100 women

The Independent UK · Dec 6, 2022

US ‘Torso Killer’, convicted of 11 homicides, admits to five more killings

Richard Cottingham has been sentenced for Diane Cusick’s 1968 murder

Evening Standard · Dec 6, 2022

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‘Times Square Killer’ Richard Cottingham admits to murdering 5 Long Island women 50 years ago, families lash out in court

NEW YORK — A convicted serial murderer known as the “Times Square Killer” whose savage string of sexually charged murders stretched from New Jersey to Manhattan for nearly 15 years confessed Monday to the half-century-old homicides of five women on Long Island.

Tribune News Service · Dec 5, 2022

'Torso killer' who chopped off hands and heads of victims admits to five more murders

Serial killer Richard Cottingham, 76, was convicted of killing six women between 1967 and 1980 after carving up his victims and leaving the mutilated bodies in New York and New Jersey, US

Daily Mirror · Dec 5, 2022

‘Torso Killer’ admits killing 5 women decades ago near NYC

A serial killer known as the “Torso Killer” has admitted to killing a 23-year-old woman outside a Long Island shopping mall in 1968 and four other women decades ago

The Independent UK · Dec 5, 2022

Richard Cottingham: Infamous ‘Torso Killer’ charged in cold case murder of New York woman

Richard Cottingham has been convicted for killing 11 women across the country

The Independent UK · Jun 23, 2022

Decades later, ‘Torso Killer’ charged in killing at NY mall

More than five decades after Diane Cusick’s lifeless body was discovered in the parking lot of a mall on New York’s Long Island, authorities have linked her death to the so-called “Torso Killer."

The Independent UK · Jun 22, 2022

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