By what nickname was criminal Albert Henry DeSalvo better known?
Albert Henry DeSalvo (September 3, 1931 – November 25, 1973) was a criminal in Boston, Massachusetts, who confessed to being the "Boston Strangler," the murderer of 13 women in the Boston area from 1962 to 1964. DeSalvo was imprisoned, however, for a series of rapes. His murder confession has been disputed, and debate continues as to which crimes DeSalvo actually committed.
In July 2013, a DNA match between seminal fluid found at the scene of the rape and the murder of Mary Sullivan and DNA obtained from DeSalvo's nephew linked DeSalvo to that crime and excluded 99.9% of the remaining population. Authorities exhumed DeSalvo's remains later that month and confirmed the DNA match.
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Donna Smith
Got it correct .A WHOLE BUNCH OF CRUEL AND HEARTLESS WORTHLESS INDIVIDUALS.
Cujo
How many boxes of Cheerios per week average does one have to consume before one gets the designation of serial killer?
JohnnyRoulette
He had several monikers before that one. Family Smack Off had a song called The DeSalvo, in which my first lines were “The Cat Man, The Green Man, The Phantom Burglar / now he’s the Boston Strangler / a cruel man, a mean man, a really nasty guy / in prison died the Boston Strangler
Armadillo
Don Markusic, sometimes people get away with something for so long that they begin to view themselves as untouchable.
Cujo
My English is almost as bad as that joke.
Sally
All are sadistic animals!!
Don Markusic
Annie,
The public as to be aware there's a lot of bad duds out . But sometimes you get caught
dlh
Yeah DNA. so tired of people doubting his conviction!
d p catalano
Thank you Irma for your in depth analysis. 😎
joan musicmasters
Annie, And who are you - judge, jury and executioner...?
joan musicmasters
larrywagner, ALL history, positive AND negative, needs to be preserved, so that we can be cognizant of what has happened before, and what could happen again, if we are not careful and do not learn from it.
Shirley Alfano
Tony Curtis portrayed him in the movie.
earlepg
They may be known but I only heard of "The Boston Strangler" before this.
Janice Lea Vanlandingham
Annie, To forget history is to leave us subject to repeat it.
Janice Lea Vanlandingham
James Brice, are you one of the original snowflakes? To be distracted by a foul word makes them a winner. In real life being distracted by profanity usually is a distraction to another malicious action. Grow up Buttercup. or not and be fooled by pickpockets etc