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DeSalvo confessed to being the "Boston Strangler", a serial killer who murdered thirteen women in the Boston area between 1962 to 1964. Because of the lack of physical evidence to support his confession, DeSalvo was prosecuted in 1967 for a series of unrelated rapes. He was convicted and imprisoned for life without parole.
Apr 2, 2014 · 1931–1973. Who Was Albert DeSalvo? Convicted criminal Albert DeSalvo was in and out of trouble with the police from an early age, but nothing as gruesome as the “Boston Strangler” case. DeSalvo...
Mar 17, 2023 · With Keira Knightley, Carrie Coon, Chris Cooper, Alessandro Nivola. Loretta McLaughlin was the reporter who first connected the murders and broke the story of the Boston Strangler. She and Jean Cole challenged the sexism of the early 1960s to report on the city's most notorious serial killer.
After nearly 50 years, no one has ever been charged as the Boston Strangler. 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.
Mar 17, 2023 · Written and directed by Matt Ruskin ( Crown Heights ), Boston Strangler tells the story of 13 women who were murdered in and around Boston in the early 1960s, sometimes referred to as the “Silk...
Mar 16, 2023 · HISTORY. Based on a True Story. The Tenacious Women Reporters Who Helped Expose the Boston Strangler. A new film explores Loretta McLaughlin and Jean Cole’s efforts to unmask a serial killer...
Jul 12, 2013 · BOSTON — Investigators said Thursday that they had linked the man believed by many to have been the Boston Strangler to DNA found in the home of a woman thought to be the Strangler’s last...
