When Albert DeSalvo was arrested by Cambridge, Mass., police in November 1964, it wasn't for murder. Rather, the 33-year-old handyman was wanted for robbery and sexual assault. But while DeSalvo was ...

Advances in DNA technology have allowed investigators to link longtime suspect Albert DeSalvo to the last of the 1960s slayings attributed to the Boston Strangler, a prosecutor said Thursday. The DNA ...

Boston Strangler remains one of the most infamous serial killers in the world, whose identity remains a mystery. The person murdered at least 13 women during the early 1960s. The lack of DNA testing ...

Sullivan, 19, was found strangled in her Boston apartment in January 1964. Sullivan, who had moved from her Cape Cod home to Boston just days before her death, had long been considered the strangler s ...

BOSTON — The man who once claimed to be the Boston Strangler has been linked to one of the 11 victims by DNA evidence for the first time, leading authorities to plan to exhume his remains for further ...

PEABODY, Mass. — The family of a woman who may have been the Boston Strangler's last victim could be just days away from getting answers about her slaying after decades of wondering whether police ...