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	Convicted serial killer Richard Cottingham, known as the &ldquo;Torso Killer,&rdquo; admitted to fatally strangling a young dance teacher outside Green Acres Mall in 1968 and killing four other women. NewsdayTV&#39;s&nbsp;Cecillia Dowd reports.&nbsp;
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Serial killer Richard Cottingham admitted to killing five women in Nassau County

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