A 75-year-old serial killer serving a life sentence in New Jersey state prison for murdering women over a decades-long span now is accused of strangling a woman in a Long Island mall parking lot more than 50 years ago, Nassau County prosecutors say.
Richard Cottingham was indicted by a grand jury in the February 1968 killing of Diane Cusick, prosecutors said Wednesday. Cusick was a 23-year-old dance teacher and mother of one when she was found beaten, raped and duct-taped in her car in Valley Stream's Green Acres Mall parking lot that year. It was two days after Valentine's Day.
Cottingham allegedly pretended to be a security guard or police officer to get Cusick -- and others -- to go with him, Det. Captain Steven Fitzpatrick said at a news briefing. Fitzpatrick said authorities had reviewed all homicides of women in the area at the time Cusick was killed and may have found other cases linked to Cottingham.Stay informed about local news and weather.
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