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Albert Henry DeSALVO

The author as an infant in 1963. Directly behind his mother, with his hand on his stomach,
is Albert DeSalvo, who later confessed to being the Boston Strangler.

Albert DeSalvo

Albert DeSalvo with his daughter and wife Irmgard.

Albert De Salvo, who claims to be the Boston Strangler, is escorted into Cambridge
Superior Court.

Albert De Salvo is escorted into Cambridge Superior Court.

Albert De Salvo Being Escorted to Court

January 10, 1967 - Albert De Salvo, who claims to be the Boston Strangler, is escorted
into Cambridge Superior Court where will stand trial on charges of armed robbery,
assault, and sexual offences. During a preliminary court hearing, a psychiatrist
testified that De Salvo was legally insane.

Mental Patient and Strangler Albert DeSalvo

January 18, 1967 - Albert DeSalvo, 35, mental patient and self-confessed Boston Strangler, smiles as
he is driven away from the courthouse. An all-male Superior Court jury found him guilty on all ten
counts of assault and burglary. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. DeSalvo had not been
charged with any of the 13 stranglings of women which occurred over a two-year period.

Albert DeSalvo (r) 35 years-old at the time, stares back at Theresa Morehead (l) of Cambridge,
outside Middlesex Superior Court. DeSalvo was on trail on sex, assault and robbery charges
unrelated to the stranglings.

Albert DeSalvo Waving from Automobile

January 18, 1967 - Albert DeSalvo, former Bridgewater State Hospital mental patient and self-confessed Boston Strangler, smiles as he is driven away from the courthouse after an all-male Superior Court jury found him guilty on all ten counts of assault and burglary. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for those offenses, but was not charged with any of the 13 stranglings of women which occurred over a two-year period. While at Bridgewater State Hospital, DeSalvo boasted to inmates that he killed 13 women.

Boston Strangler Albert DeSalvo Captured

February 25, 1967 - Albert DeSalvo, the Boston Strangler, was captured in a West Lynn uniform
store after escaping from Bridgewater State Hospital.

Boston Strangler In Custody

February 25, 1967 - Albert DeSalvo, the Boston Strangler, was captured in a West Lynn
uniform store after escaping from Bridgewater State Hospital.

Albert Desalvo, American sex offender and self-confessed 'Boston Strangler',
just after his escape from mental hospital and subsequent recapture.
(Photo by Harry Benson/Getty Images)

Police Escorting Albert DeSalvo

February 25, 1967 - Confessed Boston Strangler Albert DeSalvo (c) is led from a press
conference at the Lynn police station after his capture in a West Lynn uniform store.
Wearing navy-type garb, DeSalvo said he "didn't bother anybody." His arrest came
some 30 hours after his escape from Bridgewater State Hospital.

Boston Strangler Leaving Police Station

February 25, 1967 - Albert DeSalvo, the Boston Strangler, is escorted out of Lynn Police Station to
be taken to Walpole State Prison. He was captured in a West Lynn uniform store after escaping
from Bridgewater State Hospital.

Boston Strangler Being Taken to Court for His Crimes

May 10, 1967 - Plymouth, Mass.: Confessed Boston strangler, Albert H. DeSalvo, (C), is led
into Superior Court 5/10 to face charges of escaping from Bridgewater State Hospital last
February along with George Harrison and Fred a. Erickson. In a display of temper, DeSalvo
knocked down codefendant Fred Erickson with a swift kick in the chest moments
after being arraigned.

Albert de Salvo Escorted into Court

January 31, 1968 - Cambridge, MA- Albert H. De Salvo (left), self-professed "Boston Strangler,"
is escorted into Middlesex County Superior Court Jan. 31st, where a stay of execution was
revoked. De Salvo was returned to Walpole State Prison to begin serving a life sentence
on conviction of sex and armed robbery offenses.

Self-confessed Boston Strangler Albert DeSalvo stands in jail for unrelated crime
in an undated photo.

January 1, 1970 - American Albert DeSalvo (1931 - 1973) holds one of the necklaces he made while
in prison up to his neck at Walpole State Prison, South Walpole, Massachusetts, early 1970s.
(Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

American Albert DeSalvo (1931 - 1973) prays in the chapel at Walpole State Prison,
South Walpole, Massachusetts, early 1970s.
(Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Albert De Salvo Talks to Press in Prison

March 16, 1973 - Walpole, Massachusetts - Walpole State Prison inmate, Albert De Salvo (L), the self-confessed Boston Strangler, talks with newsmen as other inmates listen, in the maximum security block of the prison. Newsmen were allowed a tour of the prison as the guard's strike entered its second day. Massachusetts state troopers have manned the walls and patroled the outside walls since the guards went on strike.