It was 1967 when the body of 17-year-old Mary Ann Della Sala was discovered in New Jersey’s Passaic River – and it would not be until 2022 when her family learned the identity of her killer.
Robert Anzilotti, who retired as the Chief of Detectives for the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office in 2021, elicited a confession from Richard Cottingham, known as “The Torso Killer.” The revelation has been kept a secret from the public until now.