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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.
Mar 17, 2023 · Between 1962 and 1964, 13 women were killed in the Boston area by a notorious serial killer known as the Boston Strangler. The assailant targeted single women, aged 19 to 85, in their homes...
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Feb 21, 2023 · Albert DeSalvo was dubbed the Boston Strangler after a string of 13 murders in Eastern Massachusetts from June 14, 1962 to January 4, 1964. According to the Boston Globe , DeSalto would pose as a repair man and show up at women's homes.
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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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Jul 11, 2013 · When it was over, the Boston Strangler had killed 11 women. The case baffled the five separate District Attorney's offices investigating the murders because of the spread-out locations of the victims.
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.
Between June 14, 1962, and January 4, 1964, thirteen single women between the ages of 19 and 85 were murdered in the Boston area; their deaths were eventually tied to the Boston Strangler. Most of the women were sexually assaulted in their apartments, before being strangled with articles of clothing.
