Marita Nieves

Death by Force

Marita Emerita Rosado Nieves, an 18-year-old Latina woman, tragically lost her life on December 27, 1973. Her death was the result of strangulation, and her body was discovered near the East Bathhouse bus stop on Ocean Parkway, close to Jones Beach. This heinous crime was later linked to Richard Cottingham, a notorious serial killer known as the "Torso Killer" due to the brutal manner in which he mutilated some of his victims.

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