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DNA Leads To Arraignment Of Serial Killer For 1968 Murder Of Nassau Woman DNA Leads To Arraignment Of Serial Killer For 1968 Murder Of Nassau Woman
DNA Leads To Arraignment Of Serial Killer For 1968 Murder Of Nassau Woman A 75-year-old convicted serial killer has been charged with the 1968 murder of a woman on Long Island in the parking lot of a popular mall thanks to DNA technology. Richard Cottingham, of the South Woods State Prison in Bridgeton, New Jersey, was arraigned virtually on Wednesday, June 22, on a grand jury indictment, charging him with one count of murder, said Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly. According to the investigation, Diane Cusick, age 23, then a resident of New Hyde Park, was an instructor at a dancing school in Oceanside.  Diane CusickNassau County District Attorne…

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Detectives Say They've Solved Case Of 20-Year-Old Bay Shore Woman Killed Decades Ago Detectives Say They've Solved Case Of 20-Year-Old Bay Shore Woman Killed Decades Ago
Detectives Say They've Solved Case Of 20-Year-Old Bay Shore Woman Killed Decades Ago Police announced they have solved a decades-old murder mystery on Long Island using innovative DNA technology. Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney and Suffolk County Commissioner Rodney K. Harrison announced on Wednesday, March 30, the solving of the murder of 20-year-old Eve Wilkowitz, whose body was found 42 years ago in Bay Shore this month. “We tackled this case as soon as I got into office and figured out a way to legally expedite the exhumation of Ms. Wilkowitz’s suspected killer in order to truly confirm what investigators knew all along,” said Tierney…

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by Kathy Reakes