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Diane Cusick

Case from Valley Stream, NY dated Feb 15, 1968

Victim Details

Diane Cusick

Female

White / Caucasian

Valley Stream

NY

1968-02-15

23

Diane

Cusick

07/17/2026

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Diane Cusick was a 23-year-old white woman who left home on the evening of February 15, 1968, telling her family she was heading to Green Acres Mall in Valley Stream to buy dancing shoes after her day revolved around teaching and caring for her young child. As the hours stretched on and the familiar rhythm of her return never came, worry hardened into dread. By around 10:30 p.m., her parents could no longer sit with the silence, and they drove into the mall parking lot themselves, scanning rows ...
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  • Richard Cottingham confesses to 1968 killing of Diane Cusick, 4 ...
  • 'Torso Killer' Charged in Strangulation of Long Island Woman in 1968
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