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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 ...
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]
May 14, 2022 · The rise of the Strangler. Deep in an archive kept secret for decades, the author found a stunning trove: social workers’ notes gathered over many years on the early life of Albert DeSalvo, the...
Jul 12, 2013 · Boston police officers said DNA found at the home of the woman thought to be the final victim of the notorious killer has been matched to Albert DeSalvo, who confessed to the crimes.
May 14, 2022 · Albert DeSalvo was arrested in 1967. Noonan, Ollie Globe Staff. Long before Albert DeSalvo confessed to being the Boston Strangler, he was Boy #402, one of the subjects of an exhaustive...
Mar 17, 2023 · Albert DeSalvo, a factory worker and military veteran, confessed to being the killer in 1965, when he was held in a psychiatric ward after being charged with an unrelated rape. However, police...
Jul 19, 2013 · July 19, 2013 / 12:26 PM EDT / CBS Boston. BOSTON (CBS/AP) - DNA evidence has definitively linked Albert DeSalvo to the death of Mary Sullivan, a woman believed to be the Boston Strangler's...
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