COTTINGHAM, RICHARD: Born to Kill? TV - The Torso Killer TV - People Magazine Investigates TV -
In the late ’70s a merciless serial killer began to strike in New York and New Jersey. His methods heinous and extreme. He killed with callous confidence. But who was this serial sadist and was he born to kill? Born to Kill s6e6: Richard Cottingham, Really 2017
A successful New York computer operator – Richard Francis Cottingham … A tale of terror and torture had only just begun. ibid.
These young women were being plucked from the city streets and brutally assaulted. The victims were being drugged, beaten and dumped in an area just across the river in New Jersey. ibid.
Each woman’s head and hands had been cut off before the beds were ignited. ibid.
The body of another young working girl was found. Both breasts had been sliced off and taken away. ibid.
One week later the killer would make an uncharacteristic mistake and reveal himself for the first time. ibid.
Despite being virtually caught in the act Richard Cottingham professed his innocence. ibid.
This is Richard Cottingham. By all accounts he’s dying. Perhaps I think he’s like a cockroach and lives for ever. In the world of serial killers I would rank Richard Cottingham up there with the worst of them. It could be up to 100 women he’s killed. The Torso Killer I II, Sky Crime 2023
From 2004 to 2022, New Jersey Detective Robert Anzilotti spent hundreds of hours interrogating serial killer Richard Cottingham about a series of unsolved murders. ibid.
In 1980 Richard Cottingham had been convicted of killing 5 women … 12 cold-case homicides that I’m investigating. ibid.
‘For every one I killed there was ten I let go.’ ibid. Cottingham
A serial killer who earned many names over the years. People Magazine Investigates s7e11: The Times Square Killer, QuestRed 2023
‘There were two dead girls, their heads and hands removed.’ ibid. news
One of the most prolific killers in US history. ibid.
COULTHURST family murders: People Magazine Investigates TV -
September 6th 1982 Craig Alaska: 8 bodies … Investigators fear the crew and the Coulthurst family has perished in a tragic accident [boat fire] except for one small detail … The bodies had bullet holes in them … Police also discover signs of arson … People Magazine Investigates s2e6: Murder at Sea, Discovery 2017
‘Alaska state troopers have been looking at [John] Peel for quite a few months … taken into custody without incident.’ ibid. television news
The jury finds John Peel not guilty. ibid.
COURTIER, RUSSELL: A Black & White Killing: The Case that Shook America TV -
‘I’m calling you from the 7-Eleven on Burnside. Two people are fighting and they’re beating each other. One is white, one is black.’ A Black & White Killing: The Case that Shook America I, BBC 2019, 9-1-1 call
Midnight outside a convenience store in Portland, Oregon. Two men get into a fight. One of them runs off. The other gets into his jeep and runs him down. The young man lying dead on the pavement is black. His name is Larnell Bruce. The man in the jeep is white. His name is Russell Courtier. The killing sent shockwaves across America. Not just because of its brutality but because of the question at its heart: did Russell Courtier kill Larnell Bruce because he is black? ibid.
It’s about decades of racial tension rather than what happened to one young black man. ibid.
He [Russell] was a member of a violent white supremacist gang. ibid.
It started as a fight outside a convenience store in Portland, Oregon, and ended in a killing that shocked America when a young black man, Larnell Bruce, was mowed down by a jeep. The driver was Russell Courtier, a known member of European Kindred, a white supremacist prison gang. A Black & White Killing: The Case that Shook America II
Larnell was revealed to be more than an innocent victim … ‘in his right hand is a machete.’ ibid. brief
COUTTS, GRAHAM: Britain’s Most Evil Killers TV -
In April 2003 the emergency services were called to a strange-looking fire on Wiggenhall Common in West Sussex. Police found the burning body of missing 31-year-old special educational needs and teacher Jane Longhurst. Britain’s Most Evil Killers s8e2: Graham Coutts, Sky Crime 2023
Jane had been strangled by her best friend’s boyfriend, Graham Coutts. ibid.
COUZENS, WAYNE: Wayne Couzens: Killer in Plain Sight TV - Faking It: Tears of a Crime TV - Sarah Everard: The Search for Justice TV -
‘A serving Metropolitan police officer has been arrested in Kent on suspicion of murder.’ Wayne Couzens: Killer in Plain Sight TV, news, Channel 5 2022
In 2021 serving police officer Wayne Couzens raped and murdered Sarah Everard. In the six months after Couzens was sentenced more than 1,500 police officers and staff were accused of violence against women and girls. ibid. captions
In the last 4 years 500 police officers and staff have been reported for sexual assault. 351 are still serving. ibid.
6 years before the murder of Sarah Everard a man is reported for exposing himself whilst driving. The number plate is registered to Wayne Couzens. ibid.
2,715 police officers and staff have been reported for sexual offences in the last 5 years. ibid.
In the last 5 years 1,694 police officers and staff have been reported for domestic abuse. 78% are still serving. ibid.
‘Thousands of Whatsapp groups have been shut down.’ ibid. ex-copper
‘Carrick was the serial rapist in a police uniform.’ ibid.
‘The higher the rank the greater the level of protection.’ ibid.
‘PC Stephen Mitchell from Northumbria police was sentenced to two Life sentences. This is a serial rapist.’ ibid.
Kidnapped, raped and murdered … Her abductor and killer a serving policeman. Could he have been stopped before he struck? Faking It: Tears of a Crime Special, Discovery+ 2023
One of the most appalling liars. ibid. Daynes
Wayne Couzens was 48 and married with 2 children. But what of his life before his arrest? ibid.
Somebody known as The Rapist has been entrusted with a gun … He was a ticking time bomb. ibid. Daynes
March 3rd 2001: A 33-year-old woman left her friend’s house after dinner. She didn’t make it home. Her name was Sarah Everard. Sarah Everard: The Search for Justice, BBC 2024
A serving officer has been charged with the kidnap and murder of Sarah Everard. ibid. news
‘Put my foot straight in the door and showed him my warrant card and he just went grey …’ ibid. rozzer
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COX-POWELL, SUSAN murder: The Disappearance of Susan-Cox Powell TV -
The most tragic horrible case I’ve ever seen reported anywhere. Susan Cox Powell, you know, she was beautiful, she had these young boys, she came from a great family and she just disappears. The Disappearance of Susan Cox Powell I, Susan’s attorney, Stephanie Bauer reporting, Sky Crime 2019
What could possibly have happened to Susie and why? ibid. Stephanie Bauer reporting
Josh was very loud. Very overbearing … I look at Josh and I see darkness. ibid. Susan’s friend
Domestic violence is such a complicated situation for people … so private, so stigmatised, so embarrassing. ibid. Utah domestic violence specialist
We decided to call the police. ibid. Susan’s friend
When police officers entered the house, the couch had been freshly cleaned and two box-fans were blowing on it. ibid. Stephanie Bauer
Did Josh drug her? ibid. rozzer
He [Josh’s father] was infatuated with her … He would video her … walking to and fro from buildings … It progressively gets worse and worse … He was responsible for her disappearance. ibid.
If I die, it may not be an accident, even if it looks like one. ibid. Susan’s documented evidence
Could Steve be the mastermind behind Susan’s disappearance? Can a father’s influence prove deadly? ibid.
There was something off about every member of the Powell family. ibid. reporter
Steve was into pornography. He was turning away against the Church [Mormons]. ibid.
He [Steve] would mentally shock it out of us [e.g. ice baths]. ibid. Steve’s daughter
My father’s mental state: there was a lack of feeling to other people and to their situations and their needs. He just had this focus. He just wanted to do what he wanted to do … He was just tearing our family apart. ibid.
After discovering indications of human decomposition in Michael Powell’s trunk, the West Valley City police sent swabs to the Utah State Crime lab for DNA analysis. ibid.
Results come back nothing. ibid. rozzer