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Apr 2, 2014 · In 1967, he was sentenced to life in prison for crimes not related to the Boston Strangler murders. In 1965, while in police custody at Bridgewater State Hospital before his trial, DeSalvo...
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.
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."
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Nov 27, 1973 · The month after he was sentenced to life in prison, De Salvo and two other convicts escaped from the Bridgewater State Hospital, where he was undergoing mental tests, but they were soon...
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 life imprisonment; he was defended by F. Lee Bailey.
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Jan 18, 2024 · Date. 18 January. For nearly two years during the early 1960s, Boston, Massachusetts was witness to a killing spree that mystified police detectives. The period saw 13 women, ranging in age from 19 to 85, all murdered in similar circumstances, with the victims being first sexually assaulted and then strangled with items of their own clothing.
Watch/Listen. Albert DeSalvo says he murdered 13 women in the Boston area. Interview with De Salvo's lawyer. In Context. Shortly after he was sentenced, DeSalvo caused panic when he...
