New Jersey Woman Befriends A Man Who Committed a Horrific Crime Against Her

How He Was Caught

Cottingham was arrested in 1980 after a maid heard a woman screaming from a motel room. She called the police, who barged into the room to find Cottingham with an 18-year-old woman who had handcuffs on her ankles and a knife wound on her chest. His rampage was over.

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