As investigators spent years looking for a suspect, a key clue was buried in their files. Could they have solved the case years earlier? Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Serial Murders”
Gilgo Beach Suspect’s House Becomes a Macabre Tourist Attraction
By Gotham Rex on July 20, 2023
On Long Island, the fascinated and obsessed come to gawk at the house where the suspect lived. Some bring the children. Source: New York Times
‘Torso Killer’ Admits to ’68 Strangling and 4 More Cold-Case Murders
By Gotham Rex on December 5, 2022
The serial killings of five women had gone unsolved for decades until a breakthrough in one case tied Richard Cottingham to all five. Source: New York Times
‘Torso Killer’ Charged in Strangulation of Long Island Woman in 1968
By Gotham Rex on June 22, 2022
DNA evidence linked Richard Cottingham to the killing of Diane Cusick, prompting Nassau County prosecutors to review 13 years of unsolved murders of women. Source: New York Times
As Police Hunt for Gunman, Fear Rattles Homeless People in 2 Cities
By Gotham Rex on March 14, 2022
The shootings came at a charged moment in the relationship between New York City and the thousands of people who live on the streets here. Source: New York Times
Serial Killer Gets 160 Years After Victim’s Sister and Friends Help Solve Case
By Gotham Rex on October 9, 2021
Khalil Wheeler-Weaver, 25, a former security guard from Orange, N.J., was sentenced for murdering three women and kidnapping and attempting to murder a fourth. Source: New York Times
Rodney Alcala, the ‘Dating Game’ Serial Killer, Dies
By Gotham Rex on July 24, 2021
A longhaired photographer who lured women by offering to take their picture, Mr. Alcala, 77, had been convicted of five murders in Orange County, Calif., and two in New York, all in the 1970s. Source: New York Times
The Gilgo Beach Murders Were a Cold Case. Then a New Police Chief Arrived.
By Gotham Rex on September 25, 2020
After a decade of little movement in a series of killings on Long Island, a new sense of urgency. Source: New York Times