Robert Anzilotti retired as Chief of Detectives for the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office in 2021. But, as exclusively revealed in the upcoming A&E documentary “The Torso Killer Confessions,” Anzilotti has now closed his seventh cold-case linked to serial killer Richard Cottingham: the murder of …

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HACKENSACK — The city has hired a consultant to examine the workings of its Police Department, which has undergone reform after a recent history of turmoil. Robert Anzilotti, the retired chief of detectives for the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office, is …

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For decades, a string of killings of teenage girls haunted suburban New Jersey. A local investigator began to wonder: Could there be a link to a series of infamous Times Square murders? A woman walking to her car found them: …

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Robert Anzilotti, chief of detectives for the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office, announced his retirement this week, ending a 29-year career that saw him rise from a Woodcliff Lake patrolman to the upper echelons of county law enforcement.  Anzilotti, who joined the office …

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