Richard Cottingham: Difference between revisions

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|crimes = [[Murder]] [[Torture]] Rape Mutilation [[Arson]] Theft [[Kidnapping]] Aggravated assault Sodomy

|goals = Get away with his murders (failed)

|hobby = Killing and mutilating girls}}{{Quote|You have to take it. The other girls did, you have to take it too. You’re a whore and you have to be punished.|Cottingham to one of his victims.}}'''Richard Francis Cottingham''' (born November 25, 1946) is an American serial killer who operated in the New York City between 1967 and 1980. He was also known as '''the Butcher of Times Square''', '''the New York Ripper''', '''the Times Square Ripper''', and '''the''' '''Torso Killer''' due to his ''modus operandi'' of [[Dismemberment|dismembering]] his victims and leaving only their torsos behind. His victims were exclusively female, with most of them being prostitutes. He would usually take them to hotel rooms where they would have sex, after which he would brutally murder them and cut up their bodies. On several occasions he lit the bodies on fire, with one such occasion nearly burning down a hotel. Cottingham is officially known to have killed ~~nine~~ people, but he claims to be responsible for 85 to 100 murders.

|hobby = Killing and mutilating girls}}{{Quote|You have to take it. The other girls did, you have to take it too. You’re a whore and you have to be punished.|Cottingham to one of his victims.}}'''Richard Francis Cottingham''' (born November 25, 1946) is an American serial killer who operated in the New York City between 1967 and 1980. He was also known as '''the Butcher of Times Square''', '''the New York Ripper''', '''the Times Square Ripper''', and '''the''' '''Torso Killer''' due to his ''modus operandi'' of [[Dismemberment|dismembering]] his victims and leaving only their torsos behind. His victims were exclusively female, with most of them being prostitutes. He would usually take them to hotel rooms where they would have sex, after which he would brutally murder them and cut up their bodies. On several occasions he lit the bodies on fire, with one such occasion nearly burning down a hotel. Cottingham is officially known to have killed 11 people, but he claims to be responsible for 85 to 100 murders.

==Biography==

Cottingham was born Richard Francis Cottingham on November 25, 1946, in The Bronx, New York City, the first of three children. In 1958, when Richard was 12, his family moved to River Vale, New Jersey. In 1964, Richard graduated from Pascack Valley High School, in Hillsdale, New Jersey. After graduating, Richard worked for his father at Metropolitan Life insurance company until 1966 as a computer operator, while taking computer courses.

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A strong case was built against Cottingham due to the testimony of three surviving victims. He was found guilty of murder drawing a sentence of 173 to 197 years in prison. In two following trials he was found guilty of four second degree murders.

In 2020, Cottingham admitted to killing an additional three women (Jacalyn Harp, of Midland Park; Irene Blase, of Bogota; and Denise Falasco, of Closter, all of whom were strangled in the late 1960s.) He is currently incarcerated in New Jersey State Prison in Trenton, New Jersey.

In 2020, Cottingham admitted to killing an additional three women (Jacalyn Harp, of Midland Park; Irene Blase, of Bogota; and Denise Falasco, of Closter, all of whom were strangled in the late 1960s.) In 2021 confessed and pleaded guilty in the double abduction rape/murders of Lorraine Marie Kelly, 16 and Mary Ann Pryor, 17.

He is currently incarcerated in New Jersey State Prison in Trenton, New Jersey.

[[Category:Modern Villains]]

[[Category:Elderly]]

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[[Category:Torturer]]

[[Category:Kidnapper]]

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 |crimes = [[Murder]]<br>[[Torture]]<br>Rape<br>Mutilation<br>[[Arson]]<br>Theft<br>[[Kidnapping]]<br>Aggravated assault<br>Sodomy
 |goals = Get away with his murders (failed)
-|hobby = Killing and mutilating girls}}{{Quote|You have to take it. The other girls did, you have to take it too. You’re a whore and you have to be punished.|Cottingham to one of his victims.}}'''Richard Francis Cottingham''' (born November 25, 1946) is an American serial killer who operated in the New York City between 1967 and 1980. He was also known as '''the Butcher of Times Square''', '''the New York Ripper''', '''the Times Square Ripper''', and '''the''' '''Torso Killer''' due to his ''modus operandi'' of [[Dismemberment|dismembering]] his victims and leaving only their torsos behind. His victims were exclusively female, with most of them being prostitutes. He would usually take them to hotel rooms where they would have sex, after which he would brutally murder them and cut up their bodies. On several occasions he lit the bodies on fire, with one such occasion nearly burning down a hotel. Cottingham is officially known to have killed nine people, but he claims to be responsible for 85 to 100 murders.
+|hobby = Killing and mutilating girls}}{{Quote|You have to take it. The other girls did, you have to take it too. You’re a whore and you have to be punished.|Cottingham to one of his victims.}}'''Richard Francis Cottingham''' (born November 25, 1946) is an American serial killer who operated in the New York City between 1967 and 1980. He was also known as '''the Butcher of Times Square''', '''the New York Ripper''', '''the Times Square Ripper''', and '''the''' '''Torso Killer''' due to his ''modus operandi'' of [[Dismemberment|dismembering]] his victims and leaving only their torsos behind. His victims were exclusively female, with most of them being prostitutes. He would usually take them to hotel rooms where they would have sex, after which he would brutally murder them and cut up their bodies. On several occasions he lit the bodies on fire, with one such occasion nearly burning down a hotel. Cottingham is officially known to have killed 11 people, but he claims to be responsible for 85 to 100 murders.
 ==Biography==
 Cottingham was born Richard Francis Cottingham on November 25, 1946, in The Bronx, New York City, the first of three children. In 1958, when Richard was 12, his family moved to River Vale, New Jersey. In 1964, Richard graduated from Pascack Valley High School, in Hillsdale, New Jersey. After graduating, Richard worked for his father at Metropolitan Life insurance company until 1966 as a computer operator, while taking computer courses.
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 A strong case was built against Cottingham due to the testimony of three surviving victims. He was found guilty of murder drawing a sentence of 173 to 197 years in prison. In two following trials he was found guilty of four second degree murders.
-In 2020, Cottingham admitted to killing an additional three women (Jacalyn Harp, of Midland Park; Irene Blase, of Bogota; and Denise Falasco, of Closter, all of whom were strangled in the late 1960s.) He is currently incarcerated in New Jersey State Prison in Trenton, New Jersey.
+In 2020, Cottingham admitted to killing an additional three women (Jacalyn Harp, of Midland Park; Irene Blase, of Bogota; and Denise Falasco, of Closter, all of whom were strangled in the late 1960s.) In 2021 confessed and pleaded guilty in the double abduction rape/murders of Lorraine Marie Kelly, 16 and Mary Ann Pryor, 17.
+He is currently incarcerated in New Jersey State Prison in Trenton, New Jersey.
 [[Category:Modern Villains]]
 [[Category:Elderly]]
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 [[Category:Torturer]]
 [[Category:Kidnapper]]
+[[Category:One-Man Army]]