The Boston strangler- Albert DeSalvo Albert DeSalvo was born in 1931 in Boston. His father Frank Desalvo was an alcoholic, abusive father who allowed his kids to steal. When Albert was a child his father would beat his wife and six kids. He would use belts and various items to beat the family. Albert would witness his father beat his mother until her teeth had fallen out. His father would bring prostitutes home and have sex in front of the family. When Albert was a young adult he signed up for the US military and then got kicked out for not following orders. He married a woman from Germany then had a child who had disabilities. After he had a healthy child and lived a regular life of a father. …show more content…
Detectives later found evidence that she was sexually assaulted. On the 28’Th Mary Mullen was found killed in her home. On the 30’Th Nina Nichols body was found. Nicholas was found with her legs wide open and something tied around her neck like the other victims. That same day the body of Helen Bake, she had suffered stabs to her genital area and had her clothing tiedaround her neck. The fourth killing was on August 19. The victim was 75 year old Ida Irga. Ida’s clothing was ripped showing her body. Just a day later Jane Sullivan was found lying dead from being strangled. Albert Desalvo’s next victim was Sophie Clark, she was young and African–American unlike the others. Even though Sophie was not the same as the other victims, the police were sure of it that it was the same killer since she had also been strangled with her own clothing. Three weeks later a pregnant woman named Patrica Bissette was found dead in her apartment, she had been raped and strangled. Next the murders stopped for several months. Not too long until Beverly Samans was murdered on May 8th, Her hands tied behind her back and had multiple pieces of cloth tied around her