World & Nation
The last sliver of doubt has been erased: Albert DeSalvo, the confessed Boston Strangler, was definitively implicated for the first time Friday in the string of 1960s murders that transfixed and terrorized the city.
July 19, 2013
DNA leaves ‘no doubt,’ ties confessed Boston Strangler to ’64 murder
Crime: Evidence on victim can’t be linked to man who confessed to 1960s serial murders.
Dec. 7, 2001
A judge said the state does not need to share forensic evidence with the families of a man who confessed to being the Boston Strangler and a woman believed to be the strangler’s last victim.
Dec. 26, 2001
The remains of the man believed to be the Boston Strangler were reburied Monday after an exhumation for testing that could clear his name and solve the mystery surrounding his death.
Oct. 30, 2001
Police are looking for DNA evidence to determine once and for all whether Albert DeSalvo really was the Boston Strangler, the sadist who killed 13 women in a string of attacks that terrorized the city in the early 1960s.
July 10, 1999
DNA ‘familial match’ ties DeSalvo to 1964 Boston Strangler case
July 11, 2013
Crime: Families of the alleged killer and his last victim believe someone else committed the murders.
Feb. 24, 2001
DNA evidence links Boston Strangler suspect to killing
A police captain suggests using DNA testing to determine whether the man known as the Boston Strangler really killed the 13 women he confessed to murdering, the Boston Globe reported Friday.
July 11, 1999