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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.
Notorious N.J. ‘Torso Killer’ pleads guilty to 2 murders from 1974
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Richard Cottingham, the notorious serial killer dubbed the “Torso Killer” for his gruesome modus operandi, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to two murders from 1974, authorities announced.
Cottingham, 74, who is currently serving a life sentence in New Jersey State Prison after admitting to six killings in New York and New Jersey, pleaded guilty to killing Mary Ann Pryor, 17, and Lorraine Kelly, 16, back in August 1974, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said in a statement.
Early January 2020, it was discovered that Cottingham had previously confessed to the murders of three Bergen County teenagers in the late 1960s - each a cold case for over 50 years. Although he was not charged with the teens’ murders, the prosecutor’s office said the cases were “exceptionally cleared.”
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