There is very little information available about Cottingham, particularly in his early years. We know he was born in 1946 to an everyday New York family and led a relatively uneventful life. As the oldest of three siblings, Cottingham seemed to go through the motions. He went to school every day and eventually landed a good job with a well-known insurance company. Nothing about his past life really seems to set him up to be a serial killer.

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