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The Boston police chief transferred nearly all his department’s resources to the search for the so-called “mother killer.”. Then, in December, a young woman was killed, and three weeks later a 23-year-old woman was found strangled. Subsequent victims included women of a range of ages.
Jul 11, 2013 · BOSTON July 11, 2013 -- A water bottle recovered from a construction site where Tim DeSalvo – whose uncle Albert DeSalvo had confessed to being the internationally notorious Boston Strangler – gave police the DNA evidence they needed to bring closure to a case that has been a mystery for nearly 50 years, murders for which no one has ever been c...
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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.
Jul 11, 2013 · Between June 14, 1962 and January 4, 1964, the city of Boston experienced a level of “panic, fright and fear never quite before seen, felt, or witnessed,” police said, as 13 single women...
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Mar 3, 2014 · The Boston Police Department's cold case squad decided to use some of the NIJ funding to test DNA from a nephew of DeSalvo's and look for a match with seminal fluid that had been found on Sullivan's body and on a blanket at the crime scene. When forensics experts ran the test, they got a hit.
Events. Between June 14, 1962, and January 4, 1964, 13 single women between the ages of 19 and 85 were murdered in the Boston area. Most were sexually assaulted and strangled in their apartments. Originally, the police believed that one man was the sole perpetrator.
Jul 11, 2013 · In a documentary film, the son and grandson of a Boston police detective reveal details from his investigation of the 50-year-old Boston Strangler murder case. Documentary Uncovers Detective's Persistence in Boston Strangler Case - The New York Times
