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  1. The Boston Strangler. From June 1962 through January 1964, 13 single women between the ages of 19 and 85 were murdered throughout the Boston area. Many people believed that at least 11 of these murders were committed by the same individual because of the similar manner in which each murder was committed. It was believed that the women, who all ...

  2. The Boston Strangler is the name given to the murderer of 13 women in Greater Boston during the early 1960s. The crimes were attributed to Albert DeSalvo based on his confession, on details revealed in court during a separate case, [1] and DNA evidence linking him to the final victim. [2]

  3. The case and DeSalvo’s life were portrayed in the 1968 film The Boston Strangler. DeSalvo was murdered in Walpole State Prison in 1973. DeSalvo was viewed as a textbook case of a sexually motivated serial murderer, a seemingly ordinary man who was nevertheless capable of outbursts of savage violence. Yet DeSalvo’s guilt was controversial at ...

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  4. Jul 11, 2013 · When it was over, the Boston Strangler had killed 11 women. The case baffled the five separate District Attorney's offices investigating the murders because of the spread-out locations of the victims.

  5. Mar 5, 2023 · Starring Keira Knightley and Carrie Coon, the new movie tells the story of two journalists attempting to connect the Boston Strangler’s crimes. Decades after the killer stalked the city of Boston, the fear he left in his wake remains potent. Maybe the Boston Strangler was Albert DeSalvo; maybe it was someone else.

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  6. Mar 16, 2023 · The first victim, 55-year-old Anna Slesers, was found strangled with her bathrobe belt on the kitchen floor of her apartment on June 14, 1962. Within a few weeks, two women in their 60s were also ...

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  8. Apr 2, 2014 · Convicted criminal Albert DeSalvo was in and out of trouble with the police from an early age, but nothing as gruesome as the “Boston Stranglercase. DeSalvo admitted to murdering 13 women in ...