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Apr 2, 2014 · Albert DeSalvo confessed to killing 13 women in Boston in the early 1960s, but was never charged. He had a troubled childhood, a violent marriage, and a family with a disabled daughter and a son.
Sharp continues to work on the case for the DeSalvo family. [21] On July 11, 2013, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley stated that DNA testing had revealed a "familial match" between DeSalvo and forensic evidence in the Sullivan killing, leading authorities to request the exhumation of DeSalvo's body in order to provide a ...
- Stabbing
- October 27, 1964
- Life imprisonment
- 13
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 ...
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Through it all, DeSalvo’s wife, family and friends never believed he was capable of being the Strangler. Because there was no physical evidence and he did not match witness descriptions, he was never tried in any of the “Boston Strangler” murders. He was however sent to prison for life for the rapes and sexual assaults from the “Green Man” case.
Jul 12, 2013 · It all added to a body of speculation that the Boston Strangler was more than one man — a possibility that was often raised by lawyers for the DeSalvo family and by Casey Sherman, who is the...
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The 1968 film The Boston Strangler starred Tony Curtis as Albert DeSalvo. Henry Fonda co-starred. The 1995 film Copycat makes reference to the Boston Strangler. The 2007 novel The Strangler by William Landay depicts the family of an attorney on the Strangler task force.
Mar 5, 2023 · Despite this discovery, the DeSalvo family stated that the DNA match didn’t prove that Albert DeSalvo had killed Mary Sullivan. Their lawyer, Elaine Sharp, noted that DeSalvo’s nephew hadn’t agreed to provide the DNA and that the evidence itself only proved that DeSalvo had been at the scene.
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