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Richard Cottingham
American serial killer
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alive
- born
- 1946
- died
- no date on record
- age
- 79
- known for
- criminal, serial killer
born 1946

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who richard cottingham is
Richard Francis Cottingham is an American serial killer who committed ten murders in New York State between 1972 and 1980, plus a further ten murders in New Jersey between 1965 and 1980. He was nicknamed by media as the Torso Killer and the Times Square Ripper, since some of the murders he was convicted of included acts of mutilation and dismemberment.
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