“My name is Richard Francis Cottingham (born November 25, 1946). I’m an American serial killer who I was convicted in New York of six murders committed between 1972 and 1980 and I’m convicted in New Jersey of twelve murders committed between 1967 and 1978. I was nicknamed by media as the Torso Killer and the Times Square Ripper, since some of the murders I was convicted of included mutilation.”