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- Then DeSalvo, a convicted rapist, made a jailhouse confession claiming that he was the Boston Strangler and provided details on the 11 murdered women. But DeSalvo was never charged in the case and was found dead in his cell under mysterious circumstances at Walpole state prison in 1973.
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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...
Boston Strangler, American serial killer who murdered at least 11 women in the Boston area between 1962 and 1964. His crimes were the subject of numerous books and a film, though the exact number of victims—as well as his identity—proved a matter of controversy.
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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.
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 · Hulu's "Boston Strangler" documents the murders in the city of Boston in the 1960s. Here's what to know about the case and where the supposed killer is now.
Apr 2, 2014 · Infamous Serial Killers. Albert DeSalvo. Convicted criminal Albert DeSalvo is best known for confessing to be the “Boston Strangler,” who killed 13 women in Boston in the early 1960s. By...
Mar 15, 2023 · Was the Boston Strangler Ever Caught? On October 27, 1964, a man, posing as a detective, entered a home and assaulted a woman. He didn't kill her, though, and left her home after saying...
