Hed order pizza and play cards with the older man and other detectives. Maintenance workers found her body covered in plastic bags and wrapped in a gray blanket near a Jones Beach bus stop. There were similarities in the two cases: the girls ages, the apparently hasty disposal of their bodies, even their appearance, both with long, dark hair. I have done many shows about serial killers, and I have always marveled at the fact that [Ted] Bundy, [John Wayne] Gacy, [Jeffrey] Dahmer and Berkowitz were all household names, perversely, Berlinger told The Post. 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. 0000003183 00000 n On September 4, 1973, Cottingham was arrested in New York City for robbery, oral sodomy and sexual abuse on the complaint of a prostitute and her pimp. Canadian author Peter Vronsky is now writing his second book on the horrifying killing spree that culminated in May 1980 at a New Jersey motel, where cops arrested Cottingham after he handcuffed, stabbed and bit an 18-year-old woman. There were at least five unsolved killings of girls, each an open wound for families seeking resolution. [15], In 2022, Cottingham was arraigned from his prison hospital bed for the 1968 murder of Diane Cusick in Long Island, New York. Prosecutors will seek dual life sentences to run alongside his current lifetime term when Cottingham is sentenced on July 9 for what Musella said were the willful, deliberate, and premediated murders of Mary Ann Prior and Lorraine Kelly. Richard Cottingham was born in 1946 and grew up largely in New Jersey. 0000010308 00000 n South Hackensack, Richard Cottingham, Lorraine Kelly, Mary Ann Pryor, Bergen County Prosecutor's Chief of Detectives Robert Anzilotti, Ecuadorian National Pleads Guilty To Brutal Stabbing Death Of Popular Bergen County Chef, Franklin Lakes Driver Indicted In Teaneck T-Bone Crash That Kil, Paterson Non-Violence Activist Shot Dead In Police Standoff Was, Man Killed By Amtrak Train In Central Jersey Was Family Breadwi, WATCH: YouTube Video Shows Rapper Assaulting Bergen Shop Rite W, Motel Guest Covered In Lotion Rescued From Knife-Wielding Woman, DWI Suspected In Horrific Route 80 Crash In Bergen County. On May 4, 1980, the body of Street, a sex worker, was found at the same Quality Inn where Cottingham had dumped Carrs body. View Richard Cottingham's record in Manchester, NJ including current phone number, address, relatives, background check report, and property record with Whitepages. 0000003451 00000 n He married in 1970 and became a father of three. He was the Torso Killer. Two focused entirely on him: Rod Leith's The Prostitute Murders: The People vs. Richard Cottingham (Lyle Stuart Inc., 1983) and Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer (Netflix, 2021). In 1981, he was found guilty of her murder and sentenced to nearly 200 years in prison. Getting to that point wasnt easy, Anzilotti said. Neither complainant appeared in further proceedings, however, and the case was dismissed. What they want is an outright statement and a sign-off of Yes thats me,' Vronsky continued. Those old enough to remember can recall the fear that many felt after the bodies of two girls from North Bergen whod gone missing after a shopping trip to Paramus were found raped, beaten and drowned in Bergen County. Which, of course, I wasnt overly interested in, the former chief said. And last week, three more were added to his grisly toll. [6] The confession was extracted by Detective Anzilotti weeks before his retirement and was facilitated by historian Vronsky and by Jennifer Weiss, the daughter of Deedeh Goodarzi, one of Cottingham's later victims. But as he considered retirement, he kept returning to the two girls found dead in the woods. During a search of the house, investigators discovered personal items belonging to some of his victims. So he would remember something on the way: a racetrack or a shopping mall. Little more than a week after Street was found, Reyner was found butchered in the Seville Motel in New York City. He would occasionally remove and dispose of his victims heads and hands, presumably to make identification more difficult. 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved, Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters, Times Square Torso Ripper: Sex and Murder on The Deuce, cataloging 17,000 years of pathological homicide. After six years of visits, there was a break. Richard was arrested at a motel in Hasbrouck . In the thirteen-year period during which he is known to have committed at least seventeen murders, only one fingerprint belonging to him was ever recovered, from the ratchet mechanism of handcuffs left behind on Valerie Street. The series features interviews with former sex workers, including Barbara Amaya, who was raped and robbed at gunpoint by a man she believes was Cottingham, although she was inexplicably spared. 0000001001 00000 n Mr. Cottingham mentioned details of the killing that matched what Mr. Anzilotti knew from the case file. Her body was found the next morning by the side of a road next to a cemetery in Saddle Brook. Cottingham offered to give O'Dell a massage and she rolled onto her stomach. Years ticked past, 1974 into 1975, into the 1980s, the 1990s. Since his conviction, Cottingham has pleaded guilty to 12 murders. 0000001982 00000 n Falasca, 15, accepted. On Monday, July 13, 1969, at approximately 8:00 p.m., On March 1, 1970, a group of hikers came across a young woman's naked body in the woods to the west of Tweed Boulevard in, At approximately 7:00 a.m. on the morning of December 16, 1977, the body of X-ray technician, At 9:30 a.m. on May 22, 1980, police entered Room 117 at the same Quality Inn where Carr and Street were murdered and found 18-year-old, This page was last edited on 2 March 2023, at 15:20. [8] Vogel's nude and bound body was found on October 31, under a blanket behind the passenger seat of her car parked in nearby Ridgefield Park. 21 0 obj <> endobj The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. All rights reserved (About Us). document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Thanks for contacting us. In March, looking back on 25 years with the office, Mr. Anzilotti decided it was time to move on from the job. Cottingham didnt like the idea, apparently wanting to continue their dialogue. But he carried those cold cases with him literally, his thick files in cardboard boxes that he moved from office to office chipping away at the false leads, seeking similarities in the victims and in the crime scenes. 21 23 Its not something you can ever get over, Altman, 58, told The Post. Once, he outright explained his hesitation: He said, I know once I give you that case, Ill never see you again, Mr. Anzilotti recalled last month. Vronsky, whose works also include an authoritative tome cataloging 17,000 years of pathological homicide, said Cottingham scouted his victims before transforming from a family man into a ferocious monster. Mr. Anzilotti, by then a sergeant, arranged a surprise search of the inmates cell the day after the Super Bowl. [22][23] He pleaded guilty in a December court appearance, and also officially admitted killing four other women in Long Island: Mary Beth Heinz,[24] Laverne Moye,[16] Sheila Heiman,[25] and Maria Emerita Rosado Nieves.[26]. A third the killing of 13-year-old Jackie Harp seemed to be the work of another killer. But first, he wanted to return to those two murders from 47 years ago. He had been dubbed the Times Square Torso Ripper setting off Vronskys lifelong fascination of serial killers. He began to speak about a particular case, he said. That was roughly one month after his arrest. More Local News to Love Start today for 50% off Expires 3/6/23, Rodrigo Torrejon | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, discovery of a Ridgefield Park woman dead, nude and bound. Like two little dolls at Christmastime.. Their heads and hands had been cut off. Vronsky, who aided investigators in obtaining Junes indictment, is trying to coax as many confessions out of the aging, 300-pound serial killer as possible, but the clock is ticking since he suffers from diabetes and kidney disease, he said. I think it was just an evolution in his killing.. On April 7, 1969, Cottingham saw Blase, 18, shopping in Hackensack, Vronsky said. He described things only the killer would know, like where hed thrown her car keys afterward. I thought he could be responsible for some, Mr. Anzilotti said. The photographs are ordered from left to right and top to bottom. Irene Blase, aged 18, vanished on April 7, 1969, in Hackensack and was found face down in four feet of water in the Saddle River, strangled with a wire, a cord, or perhaps the chain of a crucifix she was wearing. They have also lived in Whiting, IN. Anzilotti and BCPO subsequently confirmed the "exceptional closures" of these three murders.[13][8]. Mr. Cottingham at his virtual hearing on April 27 in Bergen County Superior Court, where he pleaded guilty to killing Mary Ann Pryor and Lorraine Kelly 47 years later. The items included necklaces, broaches, earrings, and other pieces of jewelry. Hes embarrassed by this case, he said. 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. I just kind of looked at it and touched it and put it in a box where I had some dried flowers for my mother when she passed.. He said he would talk about other murders only on the condition that the revelations would be kept out of the papers. You are in complete control of somebodys destiny, he told Fezzani in footage shown in the series. At the time, Cottingham, who had not been arrested or identified, was dubbed the "Times Square Ripper.. Richard Cottingham, 74, appeared virtually in court Tuesday to admit to the slayings of 17-year-old Mary Ann Pryor and 16-year-old Lorraine Marie Kelly. Richard Cottingham pleaded guilty to murder in the death of one Long Island woman and admitted under oath to killing four others. He had pornographic artwork, adhesive tape, books about S&M, said Geberth. Cottingham, a Lodi man who moonlighted as one of New Jersey's most savage serial killers, had been convicted of murdering five women in New York and New Jersey. As the New Jersey press reported on Cottinghams arrest, the NYPD started to take notice. New documentary The 12th Victim: Is Fugate a Natural Born Killer or Starkweather victim? 0000006151 00000 n We use cookies to deliver personalized advertisements, improve your online experience, and to analyze our site's performance. No leads were forthcoming. As you can see, he didn't always look like Santa Claus. I was shocked that it was a serial killer, Moye said of his mothers confessed murderer. For a year, he refused to speak to Mr. Anzilotti. She agreed to have sex with him for money. [2], In 2010, he pleaded guilty to the 1967 murder of Nancy Vogel. After the hearing, the cameras off, Mr. Anzilotti approached Mr. Cottingham. This is a somber day as we revisit the horrific acts and terror this man brought upon Bergen County nearly 50 years ago, the prosecutor said Tuesday. Much like John Moye, Altman, who now lives in Ocala, Fla., said she struggled to process Cottinghams savagery. Sitting in a conference room, Mr. Cottingham calmly reached back more than 40 years and described how hed murdered a woman whose name he couldnt remember, a 29-year-old mother found strangled in her car in Ridgefield Park, N.J., in 1967. He also claims that his true victim count is at least 85. Blase was 18 when she was found strangled in Saddle River in 1969. trailer 0000006081 00000 n As he moved through Midtown undetected, Cottingham, a successful computer operator at Blue Cross Blue Shield in Manhattan, was also committing sadistic sexual assault and sometimes murder at the Quality Inn, a motel in Hasbrouck Heights, NJ. The back and forth went on for weeks. Again, he knew details from Ms. Falascas file. In 1948, Cottingham's family moved to Dumont, New Jersey, and in 1956 to River Vale, New Jersey, where he began his fascination with bondage pornography. Cottingham was not charged with this murder until June 2022, when he was implicated by DNA.[10]. The case also had parallels to a previously unsolved murder of nurse Maryann Carr, who was found dead in the same motel three years earlier. God rest their souls," Bergen County Prosecutor's Chief of Detective Robert Anzilotti said Tuesday after Richard Cottingham of Lodi admitted killing both in 1974. . This story has been shared 151,197 times. His yearbook photo shows a cross-country runner with blond hair slicked back. Over decades, through his rise from sergeant to detective to chief of detectives, Robert Anzilotti plugged away at cold cases in New Jersey involving young womens murders.CreditBryan Anselm for The New York Times. Cottingham was convicted of five murders in a series of three trials between 1981 and 1984 (two in New Jersey and one in New York). It was pure evil. A real sick bastard did this, retired NYPD detective Jim Riegel, who was working as a beat cop that day, recalls his sergeant telling him in the new Netflix series Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer, out Wednesday. Boyfriends, ex-boyfriends, family members all were questioned and cleared of suspicion. After years in prison, Mr. Cottingham began to open up to the detective about past unsolved crimes. Fifty years after his mother was strangled and thrown from a Long Island bridge, John Moye finally got a glimpse of the wickedness that altered his life forever. On one occasion, he dismembered two sex workers and set fire to their torsos at a hotel near Times Square. Knowing better, Harp, just 13 years old, refused. To this day, their remains have never been recovered. . Hes younger when all this is going on in Bergen County, he said. If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. The schoolgirl murder confessions increased that to to nine. The New York Times, p. 26. For more details, please read our Privacy & Cookie Policy. He called his detectives and gave the word: Bring in Cottingham. His "justification" for doing this was that he "didn't like anyone getting one over" on him. Berlinger said well never truly know how many women died at Cottinghams hands, but his story had long fascinated the director, who sees a social justice component aspect to telling his story. This is possibly due to the fact that he got married in 1970. Authorities believed it to be, thus far, the oldest criminal case to be solved and prosecuted by direct DNA evidence. Her glasses, a ring, a necklace, Ms. Mulder said. He had three children, two boys and a girl, with his wife. About a week later, Big Apple authorities would find Reyners body, but still, no one in New Jersey connected them to the Times Square killer, says former NYPD detective Malcolm Reiman in the series. It could only be Jackie Harp.. He also claimed to have committed 80 perfect murders no one knows about. On Thursday, authorities told NJ Advance Media that Cottingham confessed to the murders of three Bergen County teenagers in the late 1960s - each a cold case for over 50 years. 0000005253 00000 n But Cottingham had other victims, and he would later boast of killing 85 to 100 people. His search for a killer led him to a man already locked away, in New Jersey State Prison, 75 miles from his office. These include the Times Square Killer, the Torso Killer, and the Times Square Torso Ripper. Cottingham, who is already serving a lifetime state prison sentence for killing several other women and girls, was brought to the office of Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella in Paramus to enter his pleas before Superior Court Judge Keith Bachmann in Hackensack. On February 15, 1968, Cottingham killed his second known victim. Long-Buried Secrets: The Serial Killer and the Detective, https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/13/nyregion/new-jersey-serial-killer-cottingham-anzilotti.html. Inmates were wagering everything from cash to cigarettes. xb```"VV~g`0pt 9mzQ[2fXar9XcK',6=3Yb%^)= RZlr$:kX;e =_i& ` ?# After nearly 15 years of interviews by Anzilotti and Detective Capt. Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters, List of serial killers in the United States, List of serial killers by number of victims, "New Jersey's 'Torso Killer' admits murdering 3 teenage girls over 50 years ago", "Justice Story: 'Times Square Ripper' revealed to be mild-mannered husband from suburban Jersey", "Long-Buried Secrets: The Serial Killer and the Detective", "First of Three Trials of Jerseyan in Prostitute Slayings Nears End", "Killer of 2 Is Guilty of 3 More Slayings", "Legislator Gaynor Honors Detectives Who Solved 50 Year Old Cold Case", "Mineola Woman's Murder 48 Years Ago Still Unsolved", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard_Cottingham&oldid=1142468060. I believe hes killed between 85 and 100, as he claims, Vronsky told The Post. 0000005280 00000 n This is a "Then and Now" photograph of Cottingham's former house at 29 Vreeland Street. Richard Cottingham, Lorraine . [18], During the early 1980s, Cottingham was convicted of five murders in two separate New Jersey trials in 1981[19] and 1982,[20] and in a single New York trial in 1984 for three murders. He then left the scene with their severed heads and hands. When a worker came to check on her, ODell cracked open the door and gave a hand signal asking for help. Authorities executed a warrant on his Lodi home, which had a private room containing evidence linking him to the Torso Killer. Maywood, It was quite a shock to learn it was him.. He stood trial in New York and New Jersey in a coat and tie and denied everything, but he was convicted in all five killings. Later on, Richard took a job with Blue Cross Blue Shield in New York as a computer operator. She was a mother, she was a wife, a daughter and a grandmother taken far too early. endstream endobj 34 0 obj<>stream Unfortunately, we were unable to find a photograph of Jean Reyner. The little perks for the older man the pizza, the poker, the distraction from prison life were always in the service of the younger mans long game. [4], On May 3, 1970, Cottingham was married at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Queens Village, Queens. 0000007658 00000 n Therefore, you should be respectful and not step foot on the property without permission. [5] On May 15, 1980, Jean Reyner was strangled and her throat cut in New York's historic Seville Hotel. The house is close to Lodi High School, the Riverside Cemetery and Interstate 80. When Mr. Cottingham entered prison in 1981, Robert Anzilotti was not yet a teenager. [5][17], The charges listed in Cottingham's New Jersey indictment included kidnapping, attempted murder, aggravated assault, aggravated assault with deadly weapon, aggravated sexual assault while armed (rape), aggravated sexual assault while armed (sodomy), aggravated sexual assault while armed (fellatio), possession of a weapon (switchblade knife), and possession of controlled substances (secobarbital, amobarbital and diazepam). So we just stayed in the car and we kept talking to each other, getting to know each other and so forth., If the rain wasnt there, they would have just went to the mall and that would have been it, he said, And I would have went to work.. Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (each updated 1/26/2023). Cottingham has claimed in the past he. In other words, he may have been content and/or preoccupied. Cottingham, who is also nicknamed "The Torso Killer," moved into this rented three-bedroom house in February of 1975. You can set your cookie preferences below. ,X3ieG(>]/TUW#gI" p&gGgy`Un(aE6e#./"e3 One day in 2014, the chief and a partner were driving the inmate back to prison when, from the back seat, Mr. Cottingham, who by then had spent almost half of his 68 years in prison, began describing a girl he once spotted near a store in Hackensack. Then in exchange for immunity from prosecution, he confessed to murdering three New Jersey schoolgirls. Cottingham has confessed to murdering 12 women. Feech La Manna's house from The Sopranos. The chief agreed. [13][14] Anzilotti had spent 15 years interviewing Cottingham, working toward the confession. And thats what bothers me, because I probably didnt have to do anything to them., Mr. Anzilotti left the confession both exhausted and relieved. [7] In a 2009 interview, Cottingham admitted to the murders and claimed that he severed the heads and hands of the victims to prevent their identification, as he was acquainted with Goodarzi and had been seen with her in a bar the night before.[2]. The motel where Martin Luther King was assassinated. While some serial killers claim murders they have not committed, Mr. Anzilotti didnt believe Mr. Cottingham was that type, but still he meticulously lined up details of the admissions with facts that only the killer would know. The police believed they had given up on the bus and were trying to hitchhike to a mall. 0000000756 00000 n In October 1966, he became a computer operator for Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, where he worked until his 1980 arrest. The police hunted for leads, questioning prostitutes about suspicious men, examining the handwriting of the guest who had checked into Room 417: Carl Wilson of Merlin, N.J., a fake name from a fake place. To bring Mr. Cottingham back to court, where the case would certainly draw attention, would stop him from talking about other open cases, the chief explained. After their drink, Cottingham offered to bring Blase back to the bus station where they had taken the bus. Which is entirely possible, especially in those days.. We've received your submission. In a candid interview, the Bergen County chief who spent 20 years trying to wrangle new confessions out of serial killer Richard Cottingham revealed the 74-year-old prisoner has "regrets". xref (1981, June 25). When arrested, he had handcuffs, a leather gag, two slave collars, a switchblade knife, replica pistols, and a stockpile of prescription pills. The girls, Mary Ann Pryor, 17, and Lorraine Kelly, 16, had last been seen days earlier at a nearby bus stop. Then, with just days remaining before the chief retired, the inmate relented. Its been half my career, he said. It was like a game to him, Anzilotti recently said. In early December 1979, firefighters were called to the Travel Inn Motor Hotel on 42nd Street as a fire burned in room 417. No one could find any clues in the girls backgrounds: no drugs, no trouble with the law. Eventually, Mr. Cottingham began to loosen up, and he spoke about killing the prostitutes. The chief pressed ahead with his list. The Blase family agreed. Absolutely, its completely plausible. Follow him on Twitter @rodrigotorrejon. A woman walking to her car found them: two teenage girls, naked and dead in a sliver of woods behind an apartment parking lot. The investigators handed Ms. Mulder possessions of Jackies from half a century past. I never broke my promise to him, all these years later, the chief said. Vronsky, who frequently visits Cottingham in prison, said he had a freak, random elevator encounter with the serial killer on the early morning of Dec. 2, 1979, as he tried to check into the Travel Inn Motel near a seedy and sex-crazed Times Square. YouTubes privacy policy is available here and YouTubes terms of service is available here. In 2010, Bergen County authorities announced hed pleaded guilty to a sixth murder, a 1967 strangling in Bergen County. The inmate made it clear that pressure would not work. I was an immediate adult when it happened, she said later in an interview. Richard Cottingham, a family man who denied everything in court, was convicted of killing five women in the early 1980s. Anzilottihas spent all but 4 years of his law enforcement career with the prosecutors office after coming over from the Woodcliff Lake Police Department. In 1964, Cottingham graduated from Pascack Valley High School in Hillsdale, New Jersey. Cottingham, a former computer programmer whose wrath of terror spanned from 1967 to 1980, also copped on Monday to strangling Mary Beth Heinz, 21, in May 1972, three months before he killed Moye and dumped her body in the same creek. As Cottingham was fleeing the scene of the torso murders, he briefly encountered the 23-year-old Peter Vronsky, who was attempting to check into the Travel Inn while in New York on a film production assignment. Iran hangs protester in first execution over nationwide pr Canadian teacher with size-Z prosthetic breasts placed on paid leave, Buster Murdaugh got 'very drunk' with dad 2 months after mom, brother murdered: source, What's next for Buster Murdaugh after dad's murder conviction, life sentence, Prince Harry was scared to lose Meghan Markle after fight that led to therapy, Prince Harry says psychedelics are fundamental part of his life, Inside Scheana Shay, Raquel Leviss heated confrontation about Tom Sandoval affair, Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant allegedly flashes gun at a strip club, Tom Sizemore And The Dangerous Burden of Desperation, Kellyanne Conway and George Conway to divorce. Moye, 55, stared down serial murderer and rapist Richard Cottingham in a Nassau County courtroom Monday as the 76-year-old notorious Torso Killer admitted to five more sadistic slayings decades earlier, bringing his known tally to 17 although experts believe that figure could be as high as 100 victims. It was just shock all the way around.. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. startxref On May 5, 1980, a motel housekeeper found the body of 19-year-old Valerie Ann Street in the Hasbrouck Heights Quality Inn. He did not want his family hassled by reporters or the police, and he vowed to Mr. Anzilotti that he would never again allow himself to be thrust into the spotlight. Cottinghamss name came up several times, but it didnt fit for me, she said. He has been charged with 11 murders in all. Justice was served and thats the end of it case closed. A case based on his "signature pattern" was built against him, combined with the testimony of four surviving victims, as well as pieces of his victims' jewellery and other items found in his possession after his arrest. Peter Karas/The Record, via USA Today Network. For more information, please read our Privacy & Cookie Policy. He did not know the names of those he killed. He began torturing her, nearly biting off one of her nipples. He drove his car ahead of Harp, pulled over and walked back toward her, Vronsky said. Hed been a married father of three, but the Lodi resident - who would brutalize his victims bodies, cutting off limbs, heads and breasts - would later become known as the Torso Killer" for what he left behind. Twenty years later, he was reinvestigating several cold cases involving girls and young women who had been abducted, sexually abused and killed. He continued to live here until the police eventually arrested him on May 22nd, 1980. To this day, I dont even think they would have ever said anything. He kept these "trophies" in a locked room in the basement. Before his arrest, he was a successful computer operator who worked at the Blue Cross-Blue Shield insurance company in Midtown Manhattan. Here are the nine victims Cottingham has confessed to or been convicted of killing: On Oct. 28, 1967, Vogel, 29, told friends she was going to play bingo at a local church. The murders committed by the Torso Killer bore little resemblance to the ones Mr. Anzilotti was investigating, but their timing matched up with Mr. Cottinghams settling in New Jersey. Investigators noted the crime scene was devoid of evidence and they were unable to identify the victims. 0000000016 00000 n Five months later, the serial slayer struck again, strangling Maria Emerita Rosado Nieves, an 18-year-old Manhattan woman originally from Puerto Rico. Richard Cottingham, 76, pleaded guilty to the February 1968 murder of Diane Cusick, 23, and admitted to strangling four additional women in the 1970s in Nassau County. In April 1978, Cottingham's wife filed for divorce on the grounds of "abandonment" and "mental cruelty" (refusing to have sex with her after the birth of their third child, staying out until early morning, and leaving her with insufficient household funds). It represented the opportunity to let the entire world know that Laverne Moye was a human being. With Ms. Pryor and a judge watching on Zoom that day, Mr. Cottingham pleaded guilty to the two murders. Notably, none of his crimes took place on the property. His crimes were discovered in May 1980, when a maid at a Hasbrouck Heights motel heard. And later that same month, a fifth woman was found mutilated in the former Hotel Seville near Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. Did the old man kill those girls? Retrieved April 2nd, 2007, from Factiva database.
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