#richard cottingham

[magicallysweetshelter]

If you found out that Richard Cottingham and Rodney Alcala worked in the same office of the same health insurance company, you might change your mind about getting one ;) As long as you're not A) German🇩🇪 B) German speaking Swiss🇨🇭or C) Austrian🇦🇹

[elisabethloxx]

17 year old Mary Ann Della Salla disappeared on January 24, 1967, after leaving her shift at the ShopRite on Essex Street in Hackensack New Jersey. A hardworking high school senior, she chose to walk home on what was described as a pleasant night, but she never arrived.

Despite being a responsible student who never stayed out late, Mary Ann was missing for 80 days before a factory worker discovered her body along the Passaic River in Hawthorne. She had been strangled and placed in the water, though her belongings, including her purse and her boyfriend’s class ring, were still with her. Investigators believe she may have traveled toward the Paterson/Hawthorne area by bus, and her last known location was the Hackensack bus terminal.

In March of 2023, serial killer Richard Cottingham confessed to Mary Ann’s murder.

[truecrimeguru]

N.J serial killer now linked to 9 victims, but will his murder toll rise? The timeline of the ‘Torso Killer.'

Richard Cottingham's official murder victim list grew from 6 to 9 last week.

[dissectedangel]

I have a problem with women.

Richard Cottingham, aka the Times Square Torso Ripper

[dahm-its-jeff]

Richard Cottingham is probably one of the scariest serial killers I've ever researched. He's 68 years old now and will spend the rest of his life in New Jersey state prison. He was apprehended in 1980 , and was charged with 6 murders. Although in an interview he claimed to have commit 85-100. Cottingham is a psychopath , he doesn't respect nor have feelings for his victims or their families saying that 'they're nothing' to him and that he doesn't have a personal attachment. He looks like Santa Claus, but he mutilated women in severe ways. He would cut them superficially while they were still alive as to induce great fear into them of what was going to happen. Then after killing them , would mutilate their bodies , cut off their hands and head to prevent identification. He had a family and children , but fails to show remorse.

[dahm-its-jeff]

I wanted to do something different , something to be sensationalised. It’s not hard , it’s just a body. I put myself into a zone to do something like that.

'The Torso killer' Richard Cottingham speaking about mutilating a victim by cutting off her breasts. He is serving 5 life sentences , but claims he murdered up to 85-100 more women.