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  1. 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.

  2. Mar 8, 2023 · Richard Cottingham’s Family Relocated to Poughkeepsie in Mid-1980. While in his thirties, Richard was convicted of murdering five women in New York and New Jersey, bringing to an end his double life. He has since been convicted of several more following his own confessions.

  3. Mar 8, 2023 · Richard Cottingham is Serving His Jail Time. At three different trials in New Jersey as well as New York, Richard was convicted of murdering Deedeh Goodarzi, Jane Doe, Jean Reyner, Valerie Street, and Maryann Carr (who was killed in 1977).

  4. Dec 16, 2021 · In this image taken from a New Jersey Courts virtual hearing, Richard Cottingham, center, known as the "Torso Killer," pleads guilty April 27, 2021, to two 1974 murders, finally closing the cold case deaths of teenage friends who had left home for a trip to the mall and never returned.

  5. 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...

  6. 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 at...

  7. Dec 6, 2022 · Cottingham, 76, known in New Jersey as the "Torso Killer" after a string of murders, confessed to the 1968 slaying of Diane Cusick, a 23-year-old dance teacher who was found strangled to death...

  8. Dec 6, 2022 · Richard Cottingham is found guilty of the 1977 murder of 27-year-old Mary Ann Carr of Little Ferry, N.J., at the Bergen County Courthouse in Hackensack, N.J., on Oct. 12, 1982.

  9. Dec 5, 2022 · Richard Cottingham has pleaded guilty to killing Diane Cusick. He's confessed to multiple murders since his 1980 capture in New Jersey.

  10. Jun 22, 2022 · The suspect, Richard Cottingham — believed to be one of America's most prolific serial killers — was arraigned Wednesday on a second-degree murder charge in connection with Cusick's 1968...

  11. Dec 5, 2022 · Richard Cottingham, 76, pleaded guilty to one count of murder in the second degree for the 1968 killing of Diane Cusick, and told the court he caused the deaths of four other women decades ago...

  12. Jun 22, 2022 · Notorious convicted serial murderer Richard Cottingham — known as the “Torso Killer” for the way he dismembered some of his victims — was charged Wednesday with the 1968 slaying of a Long...

  13. Dec 5, 2022 · A serial killer known as the "Torso Killer" admitted Monday to killing a 23-year-old woman outside a Long Island shopping mall in 1968 and four other women decades ago.

  14. Apr 27, 2021 · Until now. On Tuesday, Richard Cottingham, 74, sat in a wheelchair in beige prison scrubs as he pleaded guilty to kidnapping the teenage girls and raping them for days before he drowned them in a motel room bathtub. The teenagers were last seen on Aug. 9, 1974, in North Bergen.

  15. Dec 28, 2021 · Cottingham was convicted of five murders and numerous counts of kidnapping and sexual assault and sentenced to 173 to 197 years, which he is serving in Trenton’s New Jersey State Prison.

  16. Jun 29, 2022 · A Bergen County judge has sentenced Richard Cottingham, the imprisoned North Jersey serial killer known as the "Torso Killer," to life in prison for drowning two North Bergen girls in a motel...

  17. Jun 23, 2022 · As CBS2's Jennifer McLogan reported, Richard Cottingham, who is now hospitalized, claims he is not responsible for a brutal Long Island cold case killing that has gone unsolved for more than 50...

  18. Dec 29, 2021 · Cottingham stood trial and denied the killings, but was ultimately found guilty in August 1984 of all five slayings and was sent to a state prison in New Jersey, sentenced to more than 200 years...

  19. Mar 8, 2023 · Thankfully, the serial killer is still doing time in Trenton's New Jersey State Prison, where he's been for the last several decades. According to The New York Times, Richard was sentenced to more than 200 years in prison after being found guilty of five murders in 1984.

  20. Dec 6, 2022 · Appearing virtually from a New Jersey prison for the Nassau County Court hearing, Cottingham was sentenced to 25 years to life behind bars for Cusick's slaying.

  21. Feb 5, 2022 · Richard Cottingham claims he murdered dozens of women. Now, with the help of a cop, a serial killer expert, and even the daughter of one of his victims, his crimes are coming to light. By...

  22. May 2, 2021 · Richard Cottingham, serial killer from New Jersey operating in New York between 1967 and 1980. Now 74, Cottingham, who claims responsibility for dozens of murders, has confessed to a handful...

  23. Jan 4, 2022 · Is The Serial Killer Still Alive? Yes, the ill-famed man is still alive. His death was just a piece of rumor news. He is alive but in jail. However, that is not true; instead, he is sentenced to a lengthy prison sentence. He will take his last breath in his jail cell given his prison sentence.

  24. Jun 1, 2024 · `Richard Cottingham’s arrest in May 1980 closed the doors on one of the most violent crime sprees to have ever occurred. He killed several women over five months and injured many more. ... New York, in mid-1980, and we believe they are still alive today. The couple’s divorce was seemingly finalized in 1981, and all of them have preferred to ...

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