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Mar 16, 2023 · The Boston Strangler is credited with the killings of 13 women between June 1962 and January 1964. Ranging in age from 19 to 85, most of the victims were sexually assaulted in their homes, then ...
Mar 17, 2023 · According to Biography.com, the Boston Strangler raped and killed 13 women across Boston.He began a life of crime and sexual assault against women in the late 1950s. The outlet claims DeSalvo was ...
- When Did The Boston Strangler Murders Begin?
- Fear Sweeps Boston Throughout The Early 1960s
- Was The Boston Strangler Ever caught?
- Remembering The Victims of The Boston Strangler
On June 14, 1962, 55-year-old Anna Slesers was found dead on the kitchen floor of her apartment by her son. The seamstress and devout churchgoer had been strangled to death, her blue housecoat ripped open with its belt wrapped around her neck in the shape of a bow. Her apartment had been ransacked, which suggested that perhaps Slesers had walked in...
Boston police now had to face the terrifying reality that a serial killer, who earned the moniker of "The Boston Strangler," was on the loose, most likely a psychopath with a hatred for older women. Police Commissioner Edmund McNamara canceled police leave, needing all hands on deck due to the severe situation. Warnings were sent out through the me...
On October 27, 1964, a man, posing as a detective, entered a home and assaulted a woman. He didn't kill her, though, and left her home after saying "I'm sorry." The woman reported the attack to the police, who arrested the assailant shortly after. The man's name was Albert DeSalvo, and after his picture was released, a number of other women came fo...
One shameful aspect of serial killer content is that the victims are often pushed aside to focus on the killer alone. Despite our focus on the Boston Strangler here, it would be remiss of us to not honor the innocent lives taken by the Strangler's evil acts. We remember: 1. Anna Slesers, 55, seamstress, found on June 14, 1962. 2. Mary Mullen, 85, r...
- Lloyd Farley
- Senior Writer
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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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]
Mar 12, 2023 · A Boston Strangler movie fact-check confirms that 19-year-old Mary Anne Sullivan was the Boston Strangler's last victim, as well as his youngest. Her body was found on January 4, 1964 in the apartment in Boston that she had just moved into days earlier. She had been raped and strangled to death.
Jul 11, 2013 · Slideshow. 65 photos. Advertisement. On June 14, 1962, the first victim of the "Boston Strangler" was murdered. 50 years later, doubts remains about the true identity of the killer.
