The mere thought of the existence of serial killers and criminals living around us seems a horrific thing that some of us cannot even imagine, but the most terrifying is the presence of this type of human being in the form of normal people who have families and are far from suspicious, and a model of these American serial killer who was nicknamed "The Trunk Killer" He terrorized New York City for years until he was arrested.

In its latest documentary series, Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer, Netflix presents the horrific murder stories of a psychopathic serial killer who specifically preys on women. his victims and maiming them intolerable.

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The 3-part documentary deals with the murders that began to follow in 1979, when firefighters were called to a hotel in Manhattan, where a fire broke out in one of the rooms described as "hell", and after searching through the smoke, rescuers found two bodies, and when they reached them they found two women , but there was a bigger problem, their bodies were without heads or hands.

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This psychopathic killer was also clever, and investigators noted that the crime scene was completely devoid of evidence and they were unable to identify the victims at the time, but one of them was known later, and it turned out to be a 22-year-old "night girl" named Didier Godarzi, and to this day she is not known. The other girl.

And in May 1980, his luck began to fade when he left an imprint on the handcuffs that tied one of his victims, and the crime was similar to the murder of a nurse who was found dead in the same hotel 3 years ago. His crimes more than a decade ago.

A week later, he targeted a woman in another hotel, a 25-year-old mother who works as a prostitute, and here the police knew she was facing a serial killer, not single crimes.

On the 22nd of the same month, the serial killer picked up a 19-year-old girl named Leslie Ann Odell, and after he took her to the same hotel, and proceeded to assault her, a maid heard her screaming. The "stump killer" was targeting sex workers in Times Square.

criminal in disguise

The documentary, directed by Academy Award nominee Joe Berlinger, explains how the sexual and crime-ridden environment in Times Square in the late 1970s and early 1980s allowed Cottingham's killer to commit murders for 13 years.

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"I've done a lot of work on serial killers, but Cottingham was not like them, and he managed to escape capture because of the way he chose his victims; they were prostitutes in Times Square who were Almost outlaw.

"just a game"

Before his identity was revealed, Cottingham was a successful, married computer operator and father of three in New Jersey who loved his children, and his appearance and normal, uncharacteristic life were the most shocking and horrific thing in his story.

After his arrest, investigators realized that there were many cases of sexual assault in the same manner, and he was convicted of 5 murders and several other charges, and sentenced to 173 to 197 years in prison.

Who is Times Square killer Richard Cottingham – and where is Torso Ripper now?

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And in 2009, he caused a sensation in the media, when he gave a chilling interview with journalist Nadia Fezzani about his motives and the number of his victims, describing his horrific crimes as “just a game” in his eyes, adding, “It makes you like gods. You are in complete control of a person’s fate. What, and I never thought I'd get caught."

Cottingham claimed he had committed "at least 80 murders" that no one knew about, and then confessed to committing more murders, including Nancy Fogel, whom he killed in 1967, and five New Jersey teenage victims, none of whom were in the sex trade. He was accused of committing 11 murders in all.

Netflix produced as part of the documentary series "Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel", which tells the story of the Cecil Hotel in Los Angeles, which witnessed gruesome crimes, including murder, missing persons and cases. Suicide and death by drug overdose.