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Loretta McLaughlin (1928-2018) was an American journalist, author and newspaper editor. She covered the Boston Strangler murders, wrote about the AIDS crisis and the birth control pill, and was the second woman to edit the Boston Globe's editorial page.
Mar 18, 2023 · Loretta McLaughlin was one of the first journalists to report on the Boston Strangler serial killer in the 1960s. She later became a science writer, a medical reporter, and the second woman to be Editorial Page editor at the Boston Globe.
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Mar 16, 2023 · Loretta McLaughlin was a journalist who exposed the Boston Strangler, a serial killer who murdered 13 women in the 1960s. Learn about her career, her partnership with Jean Cole, and her impact on the case in this article.
Mar 21, 2023 · Following the identification of the Boston Strangler as Albert DeSalvo, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for an unrelated crime in 1967, Loretta McLaughlin left the world of traditional journalism, seeing out the end of the 1960s in working for various scientific institutions.
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. [2]
Mar 20, 2023 · Loretta McLaughlin was a journalist who connected the murders of 11 women by the Boston Strangler in 1962-1964. A new Hulu film starring Keira Knightley tells her story and explores the mystery behind the killer's identity.
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Loretta McLaughlin was the reporter who first connected the murders and broke the story of the Boston Strangler. She and Jean Cole challenged the sexism of the early 1960s to report on the city's most notorious serial killer.
