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Lodi Serial Killer Confesses To 1960s Bergen Schoolgirl Murders Lodi Serial Killer Confesses To 1960s Bergen Schoolgirl Murders
Lodi Serial Killer Confesses To 1960s Bergen Schoolgirl Murders Decades-old murders ordinarily require DNA evidence to solve, but not with a notorious New Jersey serial killer who authorities said admitted slaying three teenage schoolgirls in Bergen County more than 50 years ago. “Dogged investigation and relentless interviews” by BCPO Chief of Detectives Robert Anzilotti and Detective Capt. James McMurrow over the course of nearly 15 years got the confessions from Richard Cottingham, said author Peter Vronsky, who’s writing a book about a slew of cold-case New Jersey female killings. SEE: New Jersey Girl Murders Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella c…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Prosecutor: 2005 Palisades Park Gunpoint Rapist Identified, Caught Trying To Flee Country Prosecutor: 2005 Palisades Park Gunpoint Rapist Identified, Caught Trying To Flee Country
Prosecutor: 2005 Palisades Park Gunpoint Rapist Identified, Caught Trying To Flee Country A Bronx man wanted in the 2005 gunpoint rape of a Palisades Park woman was nabbed at the gate as he tried to board a flight at JFK Airport carrying a one-way ticket to Jamaica and thousands of dollars in cash, authorities said. The arrest of Roydell Cameron, 39, in the nearly 14-year-old assault was announced Thursday during the official expansion of the North Jersey Regional Cold Case Task Force. The victim had parked her car at a borough apartment complex when Cameron attacked her on April 15, 2005, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. A DNA hit produced by the New Jersey St…

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by Jerry DeMarco