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  • The Hillside Stranglers were a pair of cousins who for months terrorized the The Boston Strangler Albert Henry DeSalvo terrorized a major America city.
  • Boston Strangler, American serial killer who murdered at least 11 women in the Boston area between 1962 and 1964.
  • Known as the Hillside Strangler.

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    Albert DeSalvo

    American rapist and suspected serial killer (1931–1973)

    Albert DeSalvo

    DeSalvo after escaping Bridgewater State Hospital and being caught in Lynn, Massachusetts, in 1967

    Born

    Albert Henry DeSalvo


    (1931-09-03)September 3, 1931

    Chelsea, Massachusetts, U.S.

    DiedNovember 25, 1973(1973-11-25) (aged 42)

    Walpole, Massachusetts, U.S.

    Cause of deathStabbing
    Other names
    • The Boston Strangler
    • Mad Strangler of Boston
    • The Measuring Man
    • The Green Man
    Criminal penaltyLife imprisonment
    Victims1 (confirmed), 12 more (suspected)

    Span of crimes

    		June 14, 1962 – January 4, 1964
    CountryUnited States
    State(s)Massachusetts

    Date apprehended

    		October 27, 1964

    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 fryst vatten known to have confessed to being the "Boston Strangler"

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