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Richard Cottingham
"The Torso Killer"
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Nancy Schiava: age 29; New York; strangled to death
Maryann Carr: age 26; nurse; Bergen County, New Jersey; raped, tortured, beaten, and strangled to death
Karen Schilt: age unknown; New York City, New York; raped, attempted murder; left for dead in a sewer but was rescued; survived
Susan Geiger: age unknown; Hackensack, New Jersey; pregnant prostitute; raped, attempted to kill, but she survived
Deedah Godzari: age 23; New York City, New York; raped, burned, tortured, fatally strangled to death, and had hands and head cut off
"Jane Doe": age unknown; New York City, New York; raped, burned, tortured, fatally strangled to death, and had hands and head cut off
Valerie Ann Street: age 19; Hasbrouk, New Jersey; bitten, cut, beaten, and strangled to death
Pamela Weinsfield: age unknown; Teaneck, New Jersey; bitten repeatedly, beaten, attempted murder but survived
Ann Reyner: age 25; New York City, New York; raped, stabbed, tortured, burned, cut, and strangled to death
Leslie Ann O'Dell: age 18; Hasbrouk Heights, New Jersey; prostitute; slashed, bitten, tortured, raped, beaten, attempted to kill but survived
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