Richard
Cottingham is an America serial murderer from New Jersey who terrorized the
part of New York during the period of 1967-1980. He was also known as the torso killer due to
his bizarre ways of dismembering the victim and leaving nothing but the
torso. He was also known to drink the
blood of a prostitute in one case. Later
it was discovered that Cottingham is responsible for killing more than 6
women. In most cases he would bite them
and drink their blood.
On the 2nd
of December, 1979, firefighters responded to a reported fire incident in a
small hotel which is near Time Square.
When the fire fighters forced their way in, they discovered more than
just fire in one of the rooms. Two
headless corpses was lying on the bed, their hands was also severed. It seems that the victims was doused with a
fluid lighter and was set on fire.
Whoever did this seems to be deliberately removing the evidences. The missing body parts of the victim were never
seen again. Thanks to the x-Ray one of
the victims was identified as Deedeh Goodarzi, a prostitute. The other victim was never identified.
Police were
able to link the crime to a previous incident that happened on the Time Square
that concerns another hooker. Her body
was also discovered in the same manner as the two victims. It was later revealed that they have a
lunatic serial killer on a loose.
May 5,
1980, another prostitute was found dead in a motel room. Based on the investigation, the victim
suffered a terrible beating on the hands of the serial killer before being
strangled to death. She was then stuffed
under the bed.
The
incident was followed on May 15, Jean Reyner was stabbed to death by an unknown
killer. Her breasts have been sliced off
and her body was burned. A week later,
the police were again summoned in a motel, but this time it is due to the
screaming of one of their guests. The
scream of the girl appears as if she was being tortured. When the police arrived they caught a glimpse
of a man fleeing the scene. They also
saw a woman handcuffed inside the room who seems to be in terrible state. The suspect stabbed her and bit her
nipples. She claimed she was beaten,
sodomized and raped.
Richard
Francis Cottingham was arrested in connection to the crime. He seems to be a well respected man; he was
working for a major insurance firm and has a great family. But after the police searched his house, they
were able to find a trophy room where he kept most of his souvenirs from his
victims.
He was
proven guilty and was sentenced to 197 years in prison.
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