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Apr 2, 2014 · Albert DeSalvo was in and out of legal trouble from an early age. In 1967, he was sentenced to life in prison for crimes not related to the Boston Strangler murders. In 1965, while in...
DeSalvo was sentenced to life in prison in 1967. In February of that year, he escaped with two fellow inmates from Bridgewater State Hospital , triggering a full-scale manhunt. A note was found on his bunk addressed to the superintendent.
- Stabbing
- October 27, 1964
- Life imprisonment
- 13
On January 18, 1967, they did just that, finding Albert DeSalvo sane and guilty on all 10 counts. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. To reporters later, Bailey commented, "Massachusetts has burned another witch. No fault of the jury's, of course. It's the fault of the law."
In 1965 Albert DeSalvo, an inmate at a state mental hospital who had a history of burglary dating from the 1950s, confessed to the murders. Although never actually charged with the killings (investigators at the time were unable to physically link him to the murder scenes), DeSalvo was convicted on charges of sexual assault and sentenced to ...
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1967: 'Boston Strangler' sentenced to life. The man who claims to be the 'Boston Strangler' has been jailed for life after being found guilty of assault and armed robbery against four women in Connecticut. Albert DeSalvo says he murdered 13 single women in the Boston area between June 1962 and January 1964, creating a climate of fear in the city.
Jan 18, 2024 · Whether or not he truly was the ‘Strangler’ is a question that remains unanswered but, in any case, on this day in 1967, DeSalvo was convicted and given a life sentence. The public, at least, felt they had got their man...
Jul 11, 2013 · He had been sentenced to life in prison for a series of armed robberies and sexual assaults and was stabbed to death in the state's maximum security prison in Walpole in 1973 — but not...
