theshadow45
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Patricia was found 48 years ago today.
Identified! CT - East Haven, Frontage Rd behind former Bradlees store, WhtFem 18-28, UP10796, Wrapped in Paint-Spotted Tarp, Aug'75 - Patricia Meleady Newsome
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Crime Junkie's Podcast just released an episode about the identification of Patricia Newsom. A little background on trying to find out who the Jane Doe was and Patricia's sister looking for her. it's worth a listen
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Crime Junkie Podcast
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theshadow45
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Bumping, today is Patricia’s birthday.
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I still can't believe Patricia Newsome was this Jane Doe and vice versa. I wonder if she was actually living in Maine during the 2 years between her disappearance and death.
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We can link local fox outlets. Its just the actual fox news site we cant.
Letter to a killer: Relative of Connecticut cold case victim thinks Richard Cottingham killed her sister
Maryann Collette, the sister of Patricia Newsom, believes the ailing serial killer Richard Cottingham has answers.
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'Maryann Collette, the sister of Patricia Newsom, believes the ailing serial killer Richard Cottingham has answers regarding Patricia's killing nearly a half-century ago. Maryann spoke recently with FOX61 reporter Matt Caron about her sister's death and a possible suspect, the notorious murderer.'
''That person is Richard Cottingham - a notorious American serial killer dubbed ‘"The torso killer". He was convicted of 16 murders across New England in the 1970’s. ''
“She was found fairly easily,” remarked Collette. “A trucker found her looking out the cab of his truck. Richard Cottingham has said that he would leave his victims where they would be found.”
By Lisa Backus,Staff WriterAug 2, 2024
''EAST HAVEN — East Haven police Capt. Joseph Murgo and the sister of Patricia Newsom are seeking to talk to convicted serial killer Richard Cottingham about her decades-old murder.''
''The man who East Haven police long considered a suspect in the case, Glenn Askeborn, also known as Samantha Glenner, died in October 2022, Murgo said. He served prison time for a similar killing of a woman in Maine and was living in East Haven when Newsom's body was found, police said.''
''EAST HAVEN — East Haven police Capt. Joseph Murgo and the sister of Patricia Newsom are seeking to talk to convicted serial killer Richard Cottingham about her decades-old murder.''
''The man who East Haven police long considered a suspect in the case, Glenn Askeborn, also known as Samantha Glenner, died in October 2022, Murgo said. He served prison time for a similar killing of a woman in Maine and was living in East Haven when Newsom's body was found, police said.''
An unsolved murder from 1975 out of East Haven is taking new twists nearly 50 years later.
ETA Ws thread.
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Aug 11 2024
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Maryann explained to DailyMail.com why she wrote to the man she thinks is responsible for her sister's death - notorious 'Times Square Killer' Richard Cottingham (pictured)
''Maryann described her painstaking search for answers about what happened to her beloved sister - while explaining why she wrote to the man she thinks is responsible - notorious 'Times Square Killer' Richard Cottingham.
'Writing to a serial killer is not something I saw coming up on my cards,' Maryann told Dailymail.com. 'But I was looking for my sister for 47 years. If I got a confession, it would mean I was done with that chapter of my life.'
'You have to take your emotion out of the situation,' she added. 'I'm a very direct person. He's alive. I wanted to know, did he kill my sister? Does he remember anything about my sister?
'Because he's old and I don't know how much he will remember, I basically explained to him a little bit about who my sister was, why I was writing to him, and why I thought he may have been responsible.'
'Maryann said she believes Cottingham, also known as the 'Torso Killer' is the killer because of similarities between how Patricia was found and several other of the murderer's victims.
'There are some similarities with some of his other crimes: the way the bodies were left, the manner of murder - and the things he didn't do to them,' she told DailyMail.com.
'I have been able to rule out so many other serial killers. I can't rule him out.'
NJ - NJ - Richard Cottingham, Torso/Times Square Serial Killer, 1968-1980
June 23 2022
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Aug 11 2024
Chilling update in murder of teen girl found dead five decades ago
Maryann Collette, 59, spoke with DailyMail.com about the murder of her sister, Patricia Newsom, who went missing aged 18 in 1974, and her extraordinary quest for answers ever since.
Maryann explained to DailyMail.com why she wrote to the man she thinks is responsible for her sister's death - notorious 'Times Square Killer' Richard Cottingham (pictured)
''Maryann described her painstaking search for answers about what happened to her beloved sister - while explaining why she wrote to the man she thinks is responsible - notorious 'Times Square Killer' Richard Cottingham.
'Writing to a serial killer is not something I saw coming up on my cards,' Maryann told Dailymail.com. 'But I was looking for my sister for 47 years. If I got a confession, it would mean I was done with that chapter of my life.'
'You have to take your emotion out of the situation,' she added. 'I'm a very direct person. He's alive. I wanted to know, did he kill my sister? Does he remember anything about my sister?
'Because he's old and I don't know how much he will remember, I basically explained to him a little bit about who my sister was, why I was writing to him, and why I thought he may have been responsible.'
'Maryann said she believes Cottingham, also known as the 'Torso Killer' is the killer because of similarities between how Patricia was found and several other of the murderer's victims.
'There are some similarities with some of his other crimes: the way the bodies were left, the manner of murder - and the things he didn't do to them,' she told DailyMail.com.
'I have been able to rule out so many other serial killers. I can't rule him out.'
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Patricia was found 49 years ago today.