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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.
DeSalvo confessed to being the "Boston Strangler", a serial killer who murdered thirteen women in the Boston area between 1962 to 1964. Because of the lack of physical evidence to support his confession, DeSalvo was prosecuted in 1967 for a series of unrelated rapes. He was convicted and imprisoned for life without parole.
- Stabbing
- October 27, 1964
- Life imprisonment
- 13
Apr 2, 2014 · In 1965, while in police custody at Bridgewater State Hospital before his trial, DeSalvo confessed to being the Boston Strangler and committing all 13 murders.
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 closure to a case that has been a mystery for nearly 50 years.
Mar 5, 2023 · On March 6, 1965, Albert DeSalvo formally confessed to being the Boston Strangler. He said that he had killed 11 suspected Boston Strangler victims, as well as two other women, including 85-year-old Mary Mullen. In June 1962, Mullen had been found dead at her home.
- Kaleena Fraga
Mar 17, 2023 · And as it turns out, Albert could be behind both — he confessed to being the Boston Strangler in detail while in custody after a victim positively identified him as her Measuring Man perpetrator. It is thus believed this serial rapist has assaulted nearly 300 women over a period of two years in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and ...
Nov 6, 2022 · Though Albert DeSalvo confessed to murdering 13 women in the early 1960s, some believe that the "Boston Strangler" was really multiple serial killers. On July 8, 1962, readers of the Sunday edition of the Boston Herald opened their papers to a shocking headline: “Mad Strangler Kills Four Women in Boston.”
