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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.
Apr 2, 2014 · Albert DeSalvo confessed to being the “Boston Strangler,” who killed 13 women in Boston in the early 1960s. He was serving a life sentence when he was murdered.
Mar 17, 2023 · Who is the Boston Strangler? Prior to DNA profiling as a forensic technique, Albert DeSalvo was widely believed to be the Boston Strangler—having confessed to the murder of the 13 victims.
Mar 12, 2023 · A Boston Strangler movie fact-check confirms that 19-year-old Mary Anne Sullivan was the Boston Strangler's last victim, as well as his youngest. Her body was found on January 4, 1964 in the apartment in Boston that she had just moved into days earlier. She had been raped and strangled to death.
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.
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By January 1964, 13 women were dead, and the Massachusetts attorney general, Edward Brooke, had taken charge of the investigation personally. In 1965 Albert DeSalvo, an inmate at a state mental hospital who had a history of burglary dating from the 1950s, confessed to the murders.
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Mar 17, 2023 · According to Biography.com, the Boston Strangler raped and killed 13 women across Boston. He began a life of crime and sexual assault against women in the late 1950s.
