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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.
Albert DeSalvo reportedly raped and killed 13 women as the Boston Strangler. Read ahead for a complete timeline of the Boston Strangler's victims.
Albert Henry DeSalvo (September 3, 1931 – November 25, 1973) was an American murderer and rapist who was active in Boston, Massachusetts, in the early 1960s.He is known to have confessed to being the "Boston Strangler", a serial killer who murdered 13 women in the Boston area between 1962-64.
Between June 1962 and January 1964, ... DeSalvo wasn’t charged or convicted for the Boston Strangler murders, and before his death in 1973, he recanted the confession.
As a journalist at the Boston Record American, McLaughlin, along with Jean Cole, covered the Boston Strangler murders in 1962. She was the first journalist to connect the murders and break the story about the serial killer. In 1992, she was appointed as Editorial Page Editor for the Boston Globe, only the second woman to serve in this role.
The Boston Strangler had at least 13 female victims in the Boston area between 1962 and 1964, and became one of the most notorious serial killers in American history, according to Brittanica.
More than 60 years after the Boston Stranger took their first of at least 11 victims, no charges have ever been brought. A new Hulu film starring Keira Knightley tells the story of Loretta ...
A Death in Belmont centers on the 1963 rape and murder of Bessie Goldberg. This was during the period from 1962 to 1964 of the infamous Boston Strangler crimes. Junger raises the possibility in his book that the real Strangler was Albert DeSalvo. He [clarification needed] eventually confessed to committing several Strangler murders, but not ...