‘Torso Killer’ Will Cop to Five More Murders: Report

‘Torso Killer’ Admits Killing 5 Women Decades Ago Near NYC

© Peter Karas - The Record/USA TODAY Network MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — A serial slayer already serving a life sentence for murder has also admitted to killing five women on Long Island decades ago. Richard Cottingham was

US: 'Torso Killer' admits killing 5 women in New York

A serial slayer known as the "Torso Killer" already convicted of 11 homicides admitted on Monday that he also killed five women on Long Island in the late '60s and early '70s. Richard Cottingham was sentenced Monday to 25 years to life for the slaying of 23-year-old Diane Cusick, who was killed in February 1968 after buying shoes at the Green Acres Mall in Nassau County.

US ‘Torso Killer’, convicted of 11 homicides, admits to five more killings

Richard Cottingham sentenced to 25 years to life for killing Diane Cusick in February 1968

Notorious 'Torso Killer' Pleads Guilty After Making Disturbing Confession on Camera

A 76-year-old man serving a life sentence in a New Jersey prison for multiple murder convictions admitted to five more killings Monday. Richard Cottingham, 76, pleaded guilty to a second-degree murder count in connection with the 1968 slaying of Diane Cusick on Long Island. He also admitted to killing four other women on Long Island in the early 1970s — Laverne Moye, Mary Beth Heinz, Sheila Heiman and Maria Emerita Rosado Nieves, according to CN…

‘Torso Killer’ admits killing 5 women decades ago near NYC

MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — A serial slayer known as the “Torso Killer” already convicted of 11 homicides admitted on Monday that he also killed five women on Long Island in the late ’60s and early ’70s. Richard Cottingham was sentenced Monday to 25 years to life for the slaying of 23-year-old Diane Cusick, who was […]

‘Torso Killer’ admits killing 5 women decades ago near NYC

MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — A serial slayer known as the “Torso Killer” already convicted of 11 homicides admitted on Monday that he also killed five women on Long Island in the late ’60s and early ’70s. Richard Cottingham was sentenced Monday to 25 years to life for the slaying of 23-year-old Diane Cusick, who was…