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The Boston Strangler - Albert DeSalvo

The Boston Strangler - Albert DeSalvo

What are your thoughts about the 1960s case of The Boston Strangler? At the time women were being found naked, strangled and molested. This was not limited to young women, but elderly as well. The public was in a panic and they wanted answers. The police produced - Albert DeSalvo, but he was never charged of any crime. Who was The Boston Strangler?

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I don't know. I won't be so quick to dismiss him despite the lack of evidence. He was clearly a predator, sexually predator for that matter with clear signs of a serial molester.

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They did a DNA tests on some of the remains of the victims of the Boston Strangler and Albert DeSalvo's DNA was not found among them. One has to wonder, given the mental state of Albert DeSalvo, if he did not confess so he could be highlighted?

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The possibility is there. The question remains though how come the murders stopped once he was in custody? The reason I ask is because serial killers love the publicity and they won't stop if the police have the wrong man.

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I would like to know if there was any other DNA evidence besides the ones of the victim? If DNA didnt link De Salvo then the killer still out there.

The Boston Strangler - Albert DeSalvo

Boston Strangler suspect Albert DeSalvo's body to be exhumed after a relative's DNA is linked to evidence. Ref. CNN

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A lab has matched DNA recovered from the body of Mary Sullivan almost 50 years ago with that of her suspected killer, confessed "Boston Strangler" Albert DeSalvo, officials said today.

Massachusetts officials say it's the first time that law enforcement has been able to confirm DeSalvo's culpability in any homicide.

DeSalvo had confessed to Sullivan's killing and about a dozen other murders, but he later recanted. He was stabbed to death in 1973 while serving a life prison term for unrelated rapes. Ref. CNN