Albert Desalvo's 'The Boston Strangler'

“The Boston Strangler” is the name given to the murderer of thirteen women from around the Boston area. All of these killings took place in the U.S. state of Massachusetts, in the early 1960s. The crimes were eventually attributed to a man named Albert DeSalvo, and even though DeSalvo did some unspeakable things, there is no evidence that suggests that he had any type of psychological disorder besides anger management problems.

On September 3, 1931, Albert DeSalvo was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts. His parents were Charlotte DeSalvo and Frank DeSalvo. DeSalvo was raised in a home with four other siblings. Albert DeSalvo’s early life wasn’t a good one. His father was a violent alcoholic, who at one point knocked all of his wife's teeth

Almost all of the women that were murdered, were murdered in the same way, just like most serial killer cases; Mary Mullen was different though. Mary died of a heart attack at the age of 85, but was said to be grabbed by DeSalvo, which could have been the cause of her heart attack. Including Mary Mullen, DeSalvo’s victims ranged from the age of 19 to 85, so it seems like age was never something that was significant to The Boston Strangler. Most of the victims were sexually assaulted or raped, but some of them didn’t show traces of any forced sexual activity. These victims were Mary Mullen, Patricia Bissette, Beverly Samans, and Joann Graff. The other nine victims had all been sexually assaulted in some way before their deaths. Anna E. Šlesers, Nina Nichols, Helen Blake, Ida Irga, Jane Sullivan, Sophie Clark, Mary Brown, Evelyn Corbin, and Mary Sullivan were those nine

Mullen of a heart attack, and Saman’s was stabbed. Mary Brown’s death was the most brutal of the thirteen murders. She was raped, badly beaten, stabbed, and strangled. Brown was one of the oldest victims, meaning she was more than likely one of the weakest. There is no explanation as to why DeSalvo killed each victim the way he did, but cleary strangling, and doing so with something that belonged to the victim had some meaning to him. Out of the women he strangled, almost of them had been killed by their own nylon stockings, and Anna E. Šlesers had been strangled with the belt on her