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- Although testing conducted in 2001 had suggested that DeSalvo was not responsible for the crime, DNA analysis of his exhumed remains in 2013 proved, according to investigators, that he had in fact raped and murdered Sullivan. In light of the later findings, authorities concluded that DeSalvo “most likely” committed the other killings as well.
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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...
Jul 11, 2013 · Mary Sullivan, 19, the last of the victims, was found raped and murdered in her apartment in January 1964. “We may have just solved one of the nation’s most notorious serial killings,” said...
Jul 24, 2013 · Chemistry. Earth. Society. DNA finally nails the notorious Boston Strangler. 24 July 2013. BETWEEN 1962 and 1964, the Boston Strangler killed at least 11 women. Chief suspect, Albert DeSalvo...
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.
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.
Jul 11, 2013 · In a joint media briefing with Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel Conley, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley, and Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis, investigators revealed that...
Jul 11, 2013 · Here's a look back at the case, which started in 1964. Main events in the case of the Boston Strangler: Jan. 4, 1964 — Mary Sullivan, 19, the last of the 11 victims, found murdered in her ...
