FAIR LAWN, N.J. (AP) — One of the New York City area’s most notorious serial killers has confessed to another killing.
Police in New Jersey announced Tuesday that Richard Cottingham, known as the “Torso Killer,” admitted killing Alys Eberhardt in 1965.
The 18-year-old was found dead in her family’s home in Fair Lawn, a suburb about 12 miles (19 kilometers) northwest of Manhattan.
Investigators reopened the cold case in 2021, and “through countless interviews” over several years, extracted a full confession from Cottingham, “including details that were never publicly known,” the department said in a statement.
Fair Lawn Police Chief Joseph Dawicki said Cottingham will not face additional charges as the department closes the case.
