‘Torso killer’ accused of murdering woman at New York shopping centre in 1968

Nassau County district attorney Anne Donnelly holds a photo of Diane Cusick during an interview with The Associated Press (Mary Altaffer/AP)

A serial killer has been accused of killing a woman whose body was found in the car park of a shopping centre on New York’s Long Island over 50 years ago.

Richard Cottingham was charged on Wednesday in connection with Diane Cusick’s death in 1968.