Albert DeSalvo (1931 - 1973)

Born 3 Sep 1931 in Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Died 25 Nov 1973 at age 42 in Walpole, Walpole, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

Biography

Albert DeSalvo is Notable.

Albert Henry DeSalvo was born on 03 Sep 1931 and was the son of Charlotte and Frank DeSalvo.

He was an American criminal and serial killer in Boston, Massachusetts, USA who purportedly confessed to being the "Boston Strangler," the murderer of thirteen women in the Boston area from 1962 to 1964.

At age 17, he joined the US Army and was stationed in Germany, where he married a German girl, named Irmgard, with whom he had two children. She returned to Germany with them after his conviction.

In 1967 he was imprisoned for life for committing a series of rapes. However, his murder confession has been disputed and debate continues as to which crimes he actually committed.

In July 2013, DNA was matched between seminal fluid found at the rape and murder of Mary Sullivan and DNA obtained from DeSalvo's nephew, linking DeSalvo to the murder of Sullivan and excluding 99.9% of the remaining population. Authorities exhumed DeSalvo's remains later that month and confirmed the DNA match.

His defense attorney was F. Lee Bailey.

On 25 Nov 1973 he was stabbed to death in prison.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1940"

• "Massachusetts Death Index, 1970-2003", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZ56-M7Y : 13 June 2019), Albert Desalvo, 1973.

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JKDL-CMZ : 7 January 2021), Albert Desalvo, Nov 1973; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ1-17VF : 12 December 2022), Albert Henry DeSalvo, ; Burial, Peabody, Essex, Massachusetts, United States of America, Puritan Lawn Memorial Park; citing record ID 2480, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/2480/albert-henry-desalvo: accessed 21 February 2023), memorial page for Albert Henry DeSalvo (3 Sep 1931–26 Nov 1973), Find a Grave Memorial ID 2480, citing Puritan Lawn Memorial Park, Peabody, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.

• Wikipedia: Albert DeSalvo
• Find A Grave: Memorial #2480
• Geni profile (with photo)