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Jul 11, 2013 · Tim DeSalvo – whose uncle Albert DeSalvo had confessed to being the internationally notorious Boston Strangler – gave police the DNA evidence investigators needed to exhume his body to bring ...
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.
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Apr 2, 2014 · Albert DeSalvo confessed to being the “Boston Strangler,” who killed 13 women in Boston in the early 1960s. He was serving a life sentence when he was murdered.
Boston Strangler, American serial killer who murdered at least 11 women in the Boston area between 1962 and 1964. His crimes were the subject of numerous books and a film, though the exact number of victims—as well as his identity—proved a matter of controversy.
- John Philip Jenkins
Mar 17, 2023 · DeSalvo's wife, while "not surprised" by the other crimes he was accused of, did not believe he was capable of the Boston Strangler killings, per Crime Library. Gertrude Gruen, a survivor of...
Between June 14, 1962, and January 4, 1964, thirteen single women between the ages of 19 and 85 were murdered in the Boston area; their deaths were eventually tied to the Boston Strangler. Most of the women were sexually assaulted in their apartments, before being strangled with articles of clothing.
Through it all, DeSalvo’s wife, family and friends never believed he was capable of being the Strangler. Because there was no physical evidence and he did not match witness descriptions, he was never tried in any of the “Boston Strangler” murders.
