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  1. www.biography.com › crime › albert-de-salvoAlbert DeSalvo: Biography, Boston Strangler, Serial Killer

    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.

  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Albert_DeSalvoAlbert DeSalvo - Wikipedia

    He is known to have confessed to being the "Boston Strangler", a serial killer who murdered thirteen women in the Boston area between 1962 and 1964. Lack of physical evidence supported his confession, and he was only prosecuted in 1967 for a series of unrelated rapes, for which he was convicted and imprisoned until his death in 1973.

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  4. allthatsinteresting.com › albert-desalvo-bostonWas Albert DeSalvo Really The 'Boston Strangler'?

    Nov 6, 2022 · In 1967, Albert DeSalvo went to prison for the Green Man crimes, though he never stood trial for those relating to the Boston Strangler. He ended up escaping jail for a short period and being transferred to a maximum-security prison a few years later.

  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Boston_StranglerBoston Strangler - Wikipedia

    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.

  6. abcnews.go.com › US › boston-strangler-case-solvedBoston Strangler Case Solved 50 Years Later - ABC News

    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 closure to a case that has been a mystery for nearly 50 years.

  7. www.boston.com › culture › movies'Boston Strangler' movie: What's real? What's not? A look at ...

    Mar 17, 2023 · The deal said that DeSalvo would be sentenced to life in prison for the multiple rapes he allegedly committed, but his confession to being the Boston Strangler would not be admissible...

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  9. crimelibrary.org › serial_killers › notoriousMeasuring Man — The Boston Strangler — Crime Library

    Not only did he confess to breaking and entering, but he confessed to being the "Measuring Man." Albert DeSalvo. His name was Albert DeSalvo, a 29-year-old man with numerous arrests for breaking into apartments and stealing whatever money he found. He lived in Malden with his German wife and two small children.