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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. [1]

  2. 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.

  3. Dec 5, 2022 · Ailing serial killer Richard Cottingham — a.k.a. the Torso Killer — pleaded guilty to the 1968 murder of Long Island mother Diane Cusick Monday in front of a Nassau County, New York judge, as...

  4. Dec 12, 2021 · He was initially convicted of five murders and three assaults in 1984 and sentenced to life in prison. But as time has gone on, Cottingham has confessed to many more killings, and now the Times Square Ripper claims to have murdered more than 100 women.

  5. 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...

  6. 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...

  7. Dec 6, 2022 · Convicted serial killer Richard Cottingham confessed to killing five more women in Nassau County, New York, between 1968 and 1973.