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In July 2013, the Boston Police Department believed that they had discovered DNA evidence linking Albert DeSalvo to Mary Sullivan, who had been raped and strangled in 1964 – the final victim of the Boston Strangler.
The Boston Strangler’s first victim, a 55-year-old woman, was sexually assaulted and strangled in her ransacked apartment on June 14, 1962. During the following months, several other women, ranging in age from 65 to 85 years, were murdered in similar circumstances, news of which engulfed the city in panic.
- John Philip Jenkins
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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 ...
Jul 11, 2013 · Oct. 14, 2000 — Sullivan's remains exhumed for DNA testing. Oct. 20, 2000 — Massachusetts Attorney General Thomas Reilly says his office will do new DNA tests on evidence from Sullivan's slaying....
Events. Between June 14, 1962, and January 4, 1964, 13 single women between the ages of 19 and 85 were murdered in the Boston area. Most were sexually assaulted and strangled in their apartments. Originally, the police believed that one man was the sole perpetrator.
Mar 17, 2023 · Thirty years after the first string of murders, McLaughlin wrote a story for the Boston Globe about what pushed her to cover the case, explaining how it was the fourth murder in the summer of...
Mar 16, 2023 · Although it’s based on the real-life case of Albert DeSalvo, who was sentenced to life for murdering 13 women in Massachusetts in the 1960s, the movie focuses on two trailblazing journalists determined to give a name to the killer.
