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It wouldn't have been anything unusual. Do you recall if you ended up sexually assaulting her or we had sex? We had sex? Ok. Again, was that under the threat of a knife or her hands tied? Do you remember that? Hope that's what doesn't come in now and you just don't remember. I just don't remember right now. But what you remember you rock solid taking this girl from road, a rock solid. Well, I'm sure I did every girl from the and that, that girl and I killed that girl. Ok? And no one's that she might have been found and one of the areas I always use, you know, le convinces me that that's the girl, but the actual, tell me what that means. What it, what do you mean by an area you used to use? Meaning an area you used from? Yes. Where, where are we talking about? Several areas? The Mont area? You know, if I pick somebody up and, or try and stick to this case? No. Stick to this case. Do you, do you have any recollection of where you've done, sir? No, but if I told you that she was found which you already did right off of the street. That's why I know. Correct. Oh, it's, it was me. But I don't, I see. Yeah. It's very hard to explain certain things to you when I would do these things. It was almost like a different person doing it. And I was going to what I used to call the zone and it wasn't me. And the closest thing way I can explain it. I, I was like by remote control, I would do things. I would know what had to be done. What almost, almost everyone is the same, same way right down the line. I knew what had to be done. What had, how to hide this. Witted it, dump it in a different place, go and so forth. But it wasn't me. It was, it was like being drunk, you know, and you know, you did something but sometimes the whole block isn't there and then something will remind me and then the, then everything starts to click right in place. It could be a color of panties or, you know, it could be an earring or something, but something will jump in and right now nothing is jumping in. Ok. So yeah, in this, just in this particular case, you're not remembering some of the facts, correct. Most of so, and, and you've explained this to me in the past that there are some, there are some victims that stand out in your mind with more detail than others for whatever reason, the case of Irene blaze that we just talked about before. It's because you started seeing this Shirley Apple on the TV show. Correct? Well, that, that I had forgotten completely about that. Right. That's what I said. Every once in a while I remember the case that I never, I say holy shit. I forgot it for 40 years. I haven't even thought about it but there's some, you know, some little thing or, or look like like soon as I seen, she, I said, God damn it, that would, but I couldn't remember which girl it was. At first I said, had to look at the girl I killed and I kept watching the show because she reminded that I remember, you know, that was the girl from I can OK? You, do you remember any of the details about the girl from? Not, not right now? I will try to remember, you know, like I said, it might, something might set it back because I haven't even thought to this kid if I could, I didn't even think about it, you know, for the last 25 years ago. But when I heard that that actually sent out for it. But I, and, and for the record just, I wanna be clear about how we got the old road. I did not tell you about anybody being on road. No, no. You told me yesterday that you remember taking a girl up on road and I think you were talking about close coast or something and that connected me in my mind. That's what I'm saying. Something like that connected me right away to older because I never went to close to, you know, the bus, the bus would go down, you know, down that, that way when I, if I had to take the bus to the city. Ok. But I didn't know, you know, I hadn't, I never went out and close. I never went to a bar in close or anything like that. But when you say close to that lead me right to all up. And then I remember I didn't want anything else. Like I said, it may come to me and then not be able to give you any fact. You know, you might not because I won't. Like I, I, I told you before. I remember bits and pieces. Sometimes they, it's almost like it's like a mosaic pi time pile of mosaics until you connect three or four pieces. They keep linking, linking and we'll send everything because, but until I get to that point, sometimes I got a strong, that's fine. Serge you have any questions? No. OK, Richard, the one thing I forgot to do was swear in you just raise your right hand. Please. Do you swear that the statement that you gave to us just now is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. So help you God. Yes, I do. The time now is 2 58 PM. The statement is included. Let's see.

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On the surface, Richard Cottingham was a typical family man.  However, he was leading a dark and sadistic double life as one of the area's most notorious serial killers. 

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KILLER AMONG US

'I strangled her.' Family man Richard Cottingham's double life as serial killer

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Nothing made sense. Nothing was understandable for five decades. She couldn't get answers. There was no evidence, no suspects. I was told to move on until a serial killer started talking about the women. He killed. I strangled her. And I had to figure out where Richard Cottingham has been called many things remorseless heinous, despicable. Gone by several names, the torso killer, the Times Square killer. But what led the prolific serial killer to the suburbs of Long Island? He likes to take long wandering drives. This is the story of the killer among us. He led a double life. He was going home to his wife and kids and how one local community's resolve brought closure to five grieving families. A homicide never gets closed unless it's solved.

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