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Full Names: Albert Henry DeSalvo
Other names: The Boston Strangler, Mad Strangler of Boston, The Measuring Man, The Green Man
Date of Birth: 3 September 1931
Place of Birth: Chelsea, Massachusetts
Father: Frank DeSalvo
Mother: Charlotte DeSalvo
Siblings: 4
Spouse(s): Irmgard Beck
Child(ren): 2
Occupation: Actor
Amount of victims: 13
Weapons:
Span of crimes: 14 June 1962 - 4 January 1964
Arrested: 1964
Date apprehended: 27 October 1964
Criminal penalty: Life imprisonment
Executed, Yes / No: No
Cause of death: Stabbing
Date of Death: 25 November 1973
Place of Death: Walpole, Massachusetts
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List of victims / Orbituary
Anna Slesers (55) 14 June 1962, Mary Mullen (85) 28 June 1962, Nina Nichols (68) 30 June 1962, Helen Blake (65) 30 June 1962, Ida Irga (75) 19 August 1962, Jane Sullivan (67) 21 August 1962, Sophie Clark (20) 5 December 1962, Patricia Bissette (23) 31 December 1962, Mary Brown (69) 6 March 1963, Beverly Samans (23) 6 May 1963, Evelyn Corbin (57) 8 September 1963, Joann Graff (23) 23 November 1963, Mary Sullivan (19) 4 January 1964
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EARLY CHILDHOOD AND GROWING UP
Albert DeSalvo had a difficult upbringing, living with his four siblings and a father who was a physically abusive alcoholic. DeSalvo's father would frequently bring home prostitutes and engage in sexual acts with them in front of his wife and children.
Years after being discharged from the army for disobeying orders, he eventually settled down and married Irmgard Beck, a girl from Germany. They lived a relatively modest life, and despite Irmgard having a handicapped child, they managed to sustain themselves. Being aware that DeSalvo was highly sexed, Irmgard tried to avoid intercourse with her husband for fear of having another handicapped baby. However, their second child was a healthy boy, and DeSalvo appeared to become a conscientious family man who was both liked and appreciated by his colleagues and his boss.
EARLIER CRIMES
The young DeSalvo began torturing animals as a child and started shoplifting and stealing in early adolescence, frequently crossing paths with the law.
