For years, a savage murderer called the “Torso Killer” dribbled out confessions to a New Jersey detective, closing cold cases into the deaths of four women.
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NEWARK A New Jersey serial killer known as the Torso Killer admitted he kidnapped and raped two teenage girls and murdered them in a hotel room a few days later, closing the mystery of those cold-case deaths from nearly 47 years ago.
Richard Cottingham pleaded guilty Tuesday to killing 17-year-old Mary Ann Pryor and 16-year-old Lorraine Marie Kelly in August 1974.
The two had left their North Bergen homes on Aug. 9, 1974, for a trip 13 miles north to a Paramus mall. They had planned to take a bus there to buy bathing suits for a trip to the Jersey Shore.
The 74-year-old appeared in prison garb at a court appearance Tuesday with his attorney and Bergen County prosecutors in their office.
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(Photo : Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images) A 47-year-old New Jersey murder mystery was solved after a serial killer pled guilty to killing the two victims who were teenage friends.
A 47-year-old New Jersey murder mystery was solved after a serial killer pled guilty to killing the two victims who were teenage friends. The serial killer confessed to kidnapping and killing the two teens. In 1974, Mary Ann Pryor, 17, and Lorraine Marie Kelly, 16, went missing on a scheduled trip to a Paramus mall.
New Jersey man pled guilty in 1974 murder case
According to witnesses, the girls were hitchhiking and had taken a ride in a man s vehicle. Richard Cottingham, 74, also identified as the Torso Killer, pleaded guilty to kidnapping and raping the girls before drowning them in a motel room bathtub at a court appearance Tuesday.
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