Great work, Peter! Thank you for your efforts to bring justice for these victims. I hope we see more DNA matches, too.Breaking News: Richard Cottingham has been charged in a twelfth murder - a case that Jennifer Weiss and I coaxed out of him. This one was in Long Island New York, in Nassau County near the border with Queens off the Sunrise Highway. This is the first case back in New York since the three 1979-1980 murders he stood trial for. His recent confessions were all in New Jersey, but Jennifer and I are circling back with Cottingham to Bergen County and several other jurisdictions in New Jersey. And more to come in New York.
'Torso killer' linked to 1968 cold case murder at NY mall: sources
NEW YORK (PIX11) — More than 50 years after the body of Diane Cusick, 23, was found duct-taped in the back seat of her car at the Green Acres Mall, a notorious serial killer from New Jersey, Richar…pix11.com
Heinz’s body was found in 1972 in Rockville Centre on Long Island. Her body was found floating face down in a muddy stream, also strangled. She was 21 at the time.
Laverne Moye, then 23, was found in the same area later that year, also strangled to death. She was the mother of two children, authorities said.
In 1973, Sheila Heiman’s body was found bludgeoned to death in her home on Long Island. Her husband had left the house that morning to go to a department store, and when he came back, he found her dead in the bathroom. Her kids were away at summer camp.
In the winter of 1973, Nieves was discovered in a weeded area of Jones Beach. Nieves, 18 at the time, had also been strangled to death. Park maintenance workers found her covered in plastic bags and wrapped in a gray blanket.
He was first arrested in 1980 for the attempted murder and rape of an 18-year-old prostitute Leslie Ann O'Dell at a Quality Inn motel in Hasbrouck Heights.
A motel maid heard a woman screaming inside his room. Authorities found her alive but bound with handcuffs and suffering from bite marks and knife wounds.
O'Dell later testified at trial that Cottingham told her during the attack, 'You have to take it. The other girls did, you have to take it too. You’re a *advertiser censored* and you have to be punished.'
Very little info so far, wish there was a photo of Marita. rbbm.Does anyone here have more information on Marita Emerita Rosado Nieves? I can’t find her in newspapers.
Very little info so far, wish there was a photo of Marita. rbbm.
''Cottingham also admitted to strangling Marita Emerita Rosado Nieves, 18, two days after Christmas in 1973. Her body was found covered in plastic bags and wrapped in a gray blanket near a bus stop on Ocean Parkway by Jones Beach.''‘Times Square Killer’ Richard Cottingham admits to murdering five L.I. women 50 years ago, families lash out in court
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 Monda…www.nydailynews.com
''Police and prosecutors appealed for the public's help in finding relatives of Marita Rosado Nieves, an 18-year-old from Puerto Rico who strangled on or about Dec. 27, 1973. Her body was found on Jones Beach. Authorities haven't been able to locate living loved ones to share this news. The victim's mother once lived Bayamón, Puerto Rico''Man admits to killing five women in infamous Long Island 'Torso Killer' slayings
Richard Cottingham pleaded guilty to a 1968 killing and confessed to four other homicides.www.nbcnews.com
'' He said he strangled Nieves, leaving her body near a Jones Beach bus stop, also in 1973.'Torso Killer' Admits 5 More Long Island Killings, Pleads Guilty To 1
On Monday, Richard Cottingham admitted to 4 more killings on Long Island, and pleaded guilty in 1968 murder of a young Nassau mother.patch.com
Prosecutors have been unable to locate Nieves' family, Donnelly said.''
do we believe theres that many?yet he has claimed up to 100 victims
Most serial killers are serial liars as well. If you asked this guy what time it was, and he told you, you would want to look at your watch to be sure.do we believe theres that many?