The Boston Strangler, whose real name was Albert DeSalvo, was arrested and charged in 1964 with the murder of over ten women in the Boston Area. While he was convicted and sentenced to life, there were still doubts about whether or not he was the actual killer, or if there were others involved. It was for this reason that the case of murder with one victim was left open, as there was not enough conclusive evidence to lay blame to DeSalvo. That evidence came almost 60 years later where, in 2013, the Boston Police department was able to close the case after using new DNA technology to identify DeSalvo as the killer. Up until this point, technology in sequencing and genomic testing was not nearly as advanced, but with the advent of the