Albert DeSalvo in Chains
DeSalvo was a troubled youth, and would regularly get into conflicts with the police. By the time he reached young adulthood, before the Boston murders, Desalvo made another criminal name for himself, "The Measuring Man." As The Measuring Man, DeSalvo would pose as a modeling agent, and invite himself into women's homes to take "measurements" of their bodies, to see if they could model for him. While the fondling of women seems to be in stark contrast to murder, posing as a trustworthy worker, in order to gain entry into a victims home is believed to be the same tactic used by the Boston Strangler.
After being in and out of jail for years, Albert DeSalvo was caught in late 1964 when he broke into Mary Sullivan's home, sexually assaulted her, apologized, then left. Mary called the police and gave them a description of her attacker. DeSalvo brought to trial for multiple sexual assaults and found guilty. He pleads guilty of committing the 13 murders connected to The Boston Strangler, though there were lingering doubts that Albert DeSalvo was truly guilty. The murders were very inconsistent with age, race, and social strata of the women. Until July 11th 3013 there was no evidence that Albert DeSalvo raped 19-year-old Mary Sullivan until Suffolk County DA had announced that they found matching DNA proving that Albert DeSalvo was the source of seminal fluid found at Mary Sullivans murder in 1964. He sentenced to life in prison for the rape of 19-year-old Mary Sullivan. February 1976 he escaped with fellow inmates but later turned himself in. After he was moved into a maximum security prison. On November 25th 1973, DeSalvo was found stabbed to death in the prisons infirmary, one day before he was scheduled to meet with his doctor to discuss a "Matter of Importance." DeSalvo was never officially charged with The Strangler murders because there was no actual proof, but he was charged with the rape and assault of Mary Sullivan.
After being in and out of jail for years, Albert DeSalvo was caught in late 1964 when he broke into Mary Sullivan's home, sexually assaulted her, apologized, then left. Mary called the police and gave them a description of her attacker. DeSalvo brought to trial for multiple sexual assaults and found guilty. He pleads guilty of committing the 13 murders connected to The Boston Strangler, though there were lingering doubts that Albert DeSalvo was truly guilty. The murders were very inconsistent with age, race, and social strata of the women. Until July 11th 3013 there was no evidence that Albert DeSalvo raped 19-year-old Mary Sullivan until Suffolk County DA had announced that they found matching DNA proving that Albert DeSalvo was the source of seminal fluid found at Mary Sullivans murder in 1964. He sentenced to life in prison for the rape of 19-year-old Mary Sullivan. February 1976 he escaped with fellow inmates but later turned himself in. After he was moved into a maximum security prison. On November 25th 1973, DeSalvo was found stabbed to death in the prisons infirmary, one day before he was scheduled to meet with his doctor to discuss a "Matter of Importance." DeSalvo was never officially charged with The Strangler murders because there was no actual proof, but he was charged with the rape and assault of Mary Sullivan.