He Wrote Back
A month later, Weiss received a three-page letter from Cottingham. “I just don’t know what to say to you, or how to say it,” said Cottingham, in the handwritten letter. “I can only tell you what’s in my heart and pray that you believe me. I am truly and deeply sorry, so very sorry, for all the pain I have brought into your life.”
Two Months Went By
Finally, three months after Weiss mustered the courage to write to Cottingham, she was added to his visitation list. Cottingham was living out his life sentence at New Jersey State Prison, which housed the state’s worst criminals. Naturally, she was a little nervous, but ready to meet him face to face....