ESAD's Serial Killers/Psychology/Pathology Thread.

[Eat Shit And Die]

Richard Cottingham A.K.A.: "The Torso Killer"

Classification: Serial killer
Characteristics: Rape - Torture - Mutilation
Number of victims: 6
Date of murders: 1967 / 1977-1980
Date of arrest: May 22, 1980
Date of birth: November 25, 1946
Victims profile: Nancy Schiava Vogel, 29 / Maryann Carr / Deedeh Goodarzi and "Jane Doe" / Valerie Street / Jean Reyner
Method of murder: Strangulation
Location: New York/New Jersey, USA
Status: Sentenced to 173 to 197 years in prison in May 1981. Sentenced to 20 years to life in 1982. Sentenced to75 years to life in 1984

Richard Francis Cottingham is a serial killer from New Jersey operating in New York between 1967 and 1980. He was nicknamed 'the torso killer', due to his habit of dismembering his victims, usually leaving nothing but a torso behind. In one case, he dismembered two prostitutes in a motel room, taking the hands and heads with him before setting the room on fire. He was eventually convicted of murder in 1981 after being caught fleeing an attempted murder

Rather candid interview from Cottingham in it. Also has an interview from Elmer Wayne Henley, who was an an accomplice of Dean Corl and ultimately the man who killed Dean Corl

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http://dl.dropbox.com/u/57899541/Richard...Killer.flv
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