Boston in the 1960s had a large area of the old city. The streets in these old towns are narrow and crooked, and suspicious people can completely disappear in these maze-like streets in a few seconds. These streets constitute different communities in Boston. Each community has its own local government and police force. They perform their duties and do not interfere with each other, but at the same time they are not willing to cooperate with each other. Someone once joked: "If you smoke in the bed, fall asleep, and the bed sheet catches fire, I am afraid that the fire engine will have reached the door of the house before the fire reaches your fingertips. But if you see a suspicious guy standing there. Wandering in front of your door, and then you call the police, then you just wait, God knows when the police will come."
No one could have imagined that from the evening of June 14, 1962, the citizens of this city and The police in this city will usher in a difficult and long period of terror. The efficiency of the police, the political destiny of the governor, and the life safety of ordinary citizens are all due to the fact that they are called "The Boston Strangler" (The Boston Strangler). ) The emergence of the serial killer has been tested like never before.
Gainsborough street is a quiet alley in the Back Bay district of Boston. On both sides of the alley, row upon row of red brick buildings with two and three floors are located in the lower city area. There are many workers, students, single men and women, and retired elderly people. 55-year-old Anna Slasher rented at No. 77 on this street, which was a three-story independent building. She lived on the third floor. Anna is a tailor. About ten years ago, she came to the United States from Latvia with her son and daughter when she was divorced. Tailor's income is not too high, about 60 dollars a week. But despite this, Anna, who lives alone, has a peaceful and regular life, which makes her look younger than her actual age.
On the evening of June 14, 1962, Anna had dinner alone as usual. That night, she was going to attend a worship service held by a Latvian in a church, and her son Joris would come and pick her up. After dinner, it was too early, Anna turned on the record player, while listening to the opera, while putting water in the bathtub, she put on the bathrobe, ready to take a shower. At this moment, there was a knock on the door...
, although the time agreed with his mother was 7 pm, Joris arrived at 77 Gansborough Street a few minutes earlier. He had other things at night. He didn’t want to send his mother to attend this worship service, but because he felt that his mother’s mood was very bad when he talked to her on the phone yesterday, Joris decided to come over and take a look today. Talk to mother.
He ran upstairs in a hurry and found that the door was locked, and Joris' irritation turned into worry. Is she sick? Or did you make some unthinkable actions because of bad mood? The more he thought about it, the more worried Joris decided to hit the door after waiting for a while. After trying twice, the door was knocked open.
When Joris burst into the bathroom, his worst fears became reality. He saw his mother lying there with the band of the bathrobe around his neck. Joris, who was terrified, didn't care to take a closer look, so he immediately called the police station, and then he called his sister in Maryland. , Told her that her mother committed suicide.
When the police arrived, they found that nervous Joris had been standing outside Anna's apartment waiting for them. According to the memories of the police officer Mellon who was investigating the scene at the time, the entire apartment was turned upside down, but the most shocking thing was Anna's body.
Anna lay down on the bathroom floor with her back against the bathtub. She was wearing a blue taffeta robe with red lines, her head facing the open bathroom door, her limbs spread out. She was sitting in a strange posture, with her left leg facing the bathroom door straight, and her right leg at right angles to her left leg and knees bent. The bathrobe on her body is completely open, so her body is completely exposed from the shoulder down, which looks quite indecent. Anna is petite, with a bun on her head. The strap of the bathrobe was untied and it was tied around Anna's neck. The strange thing is that the strap is very long, and at the end of the loop, it is tied into a very tight bow shape, and it is placed on Anna's neck like a dot. The autopsy report later revealed that Anna was strangled to death by the bathrobe belt around her neck. In addition, her lower body had been molested by unknown objects.
looked at it, the apartment seemed to be completely destroyedTurn it over again. Anna's wallet was thrown on the bed, and the contents scattered on the floor. The trash in the trash can in the kitchen was also dumped on the ground. The drawers of the dressing table in the bedroom were also opened, and the inside was turned in a mess. But a box of eyeshadow was neatly placed on the bedroom floor. The record player was still on, but the speakers were turned off so that the nervous Joris and the police who arrived later did not notice it at first. At first glance at the situation of this apartment, it is easy to think that there has been a burglary here, but Anna’s only valuable gold watch and a few pieces of jewellery are placed in the drawer of the dressing table, where they have been turned over. , And then the murderer did not take these belongings away.
Next, the police began to understand Anna's living habits while sending Anna's body to be tested. As a tailor, Anna lives a very peaceful and regular life. On her schedule, the church, her children, her work, and her love for classical music constitute everything in her life. Most of the time, she acts alone, with few friends, and no one has ever seen a man appear in her life. The most frequent visitor to her apartment is her son Qiao Rui. S.
After combining all the investigation results, the police determined that this was an ordinary burglary and murder case. The thief probably sexually harassed Anna on impulse after seeing Anna wearing only a bathrobe, and then he was afraid. Anna will call the police and identify him because Anna is strangled to death. This hypothesis of
seemed reasonable at the time. However, is this really just an ordinary burglary murder case?
Boston’s summer is very hot, as hot as Nima’s Changsha, the heat is everywhere, and even the sky seems to become listless. This kind of weather is most likely to make people dull, So, on June 30, when the Lane District Police Department in the northern suburbs of Boston received a call, the police seemed to be in a dream.
On June 30, 1962, Helen Blake of Lane District was murdered. Standing in Helen's apartment, the first impression of the police was that it had been robbed. The whole apartment was turned upside down. The safe in the bedroom was covered with smash marks, but it was not opened. Another small box containing things was also pried open.
Helen's body was lying on the bed next to the safe. She is 65 years old and has been living alone after divorce. Now, she was face down, lying naked on the bed, with her legs spread apart and her hands bruised. Later, Helen's friend pointed out that the two diamond rings she often wore on her hand were missing. Obviously, the murderer used a lot of effort to knock them off. Helen's stockings were wrapped around her neck, and there was a bow tied with her bra. Although no semen was found at the scene, the post-mortem report revealed that Helen died at about 10 o'clock in the morning of the same day. In addition, she had been raped and sodomized. The murder of
Helen plunged the police in Lane District into chaos. However, on June 30th, they were not the only ones who were busy with the murder.
In an apartment at 1940 Community Avenue in Leiden, Boston, 68-year-old Nina Nichols was also murdered. Nina is a retired physiotherapist. Her husband passed away more than 20 years ago. Since then, she has been living alone and has no boyfriends. She has always been very cautious and her life is very regular.
is the same as Helen's apartment, the first impression of the police after arriving is that there was a robbery here. Each drawer was opened, and the contents inside were lifted everywhere, as if it had been hit by a tornado. However, if you look closely, you will find that this "robbery" is very strange. A set of high-purity silverware in a drawer has not been touched, and the cash in Nina's purse remains intact, her expensive camera Neither the watch on his wrist was taken away. Strangely, Nina's address book and letters seemed to have been carefully read. It was later confirmed that nothing was missing in Nina's room. The astonishing chaos seemed to be just a deliberate illusion created by the murderer.
Like Anna Slasher and Helen Black, Nina's body was also put in a deliberate pose. She separated her legs on both sides, and her dressing gown was pulled to her waist. Around her neck, two pairs of nylon stockings were tied together, with a bow at the end. In the steaming heat of the room, seeing her lying on the bed always makes people feel unreal.The autopsy report revealed that Nina was also raped, and blood stains were found on her lower body. According to the condition of the body, it is speculated that she was killed around 5 pm on the 30th.
From June 14 to 30, there were three serial homicides against elderly women in a half-month period, but the police found nothing. This made Boston Police Chief Edmund McNamara (Edmund McNamara) feel Very angry, the Secretary is very angry, the consequences are serious. Chief Edmund ordered the cancellation of all police vacations, and all the detectives in the Boston Police Department were gathered into the murder team. In addition, Edmund also warned through the media that all women should pay special attention to strengthening their vigilance against strangers. Whether they are going out or at home, they must lock the door of the house and do not open the door to any stranger. The police believed that the murderer was probably because he hated his mother and made all the elderly women the targets of his revenge and vent. Sex offenders and violent criminals with criminal records in the police station were all included as suspects. The tentacles also reached the mental hospital, and all the violent mentally ill prisoners released were also included in the scope of investigation. In addition, as a former FBI agent, Edmund specially invited experts from the FBI to discuss the case with more than 50 detectives from the Boston Police Department. Among them, two coroners, Dr. Richard Ford, known as a genius, and Dr. Michael Luongo, an experienced coroner, were also involved. They were also involved with the criminologist Dr. Earle. Old friends, all three of them have taken forensic courses at Harvard Medical School, and they can be said to be the best in this line.
Now, an invisible net has been opened in Boston. However, the murder is still going on...
This time, the Boston Strangler came to the West End. On August 19, his claws reached 75-year-old Ida Irga. Ada also lives alone. Her husband died many years ago. She lives in an apartment at No. 7 Jungle Street, West End. She is introverted, shy, and rarely interacts with others, so she was only discovered two days after being murdered. Like the previous three times, this time, the door of Ada's apartment showed no signs of being pried. Obviously, even though the police department had issued a warning, Ada voluntarily opened the door for the Boston Strangler.
The record of the murder of Ida was written by James McDonald. In the record he wrote: "Enter the room and you can see Ida Elgar lying on the floor of the living room. She was wearing a brown nightgown, which was torn apart, leaving her body completely naked. Her neck was tightly bound by a white pillowcase, her legs were separated, and the distance between her heels was about 4 -5 feet, one foot on a chair, the other on a pillow. There is also a pillow with the pillowcase stripped, placed under half of her buttocks. This posture and position are very Oddly, when anyone enters the room, the first thing they see is Ada." The
autopsy showed that Ada was also strangled to death. Dried blood was found on her head, corners of her mouth and ears. Similarly, although no semen was found at the scene, Ada was also sexually assaulted.
Same as June 30, Ida was not the only single lady patronized by the Boston Stranglers on August 19. On August 30, the residents living at No. 435 Columbia Street in Dorchester called the police due to the stench that has been permeating for days. When the police arrived, they found a man named Jane Sue in the apartment upstairs. The 67-year-old woman of Jane Sullivan was killed.
Jane fell into the bathtub, her head down, her feet up, kneeling there in a very strange posture. She was strangled to death by her own nylon stockings. Blood stains were found in the kitchen, bedroom and hallway. The police therefore judged that she might have been killed outside the bathroom and then put into the bathtub by the murderer. It is possible that the murderer also sexually assaulted her because blood stains were found on the handle of a broom. However, since 11 days have passed since August 19, when she was killed, it is difficult for the highly decomposed body to provide any more definitive information. The evidence is out. As in the previous cases, although Jane's wallet was opened, the money in it was not taken away, and the apartment door was not pryed open. This time, the Boston Strangler was opened by Jane himself and invited in.
and the police arrived almost at the same time, reporters who were moved by the wind. Now it has been issuedThere were five murders, but the police were still helpless. When the residents of Boston heard about a new murder in the evening news, the whole city is now in panic...
The whole city of Boston is panicked, and all women are in danger. Before the women, there is a very tangled question, that is, when returning home to open the door, whether to close the door and then check, or open the door to check. After entering the house, close the door and check the room. If the Boston Strangler is already in the house, then there is no time to escape. But if he opens the door to check the room after entering the house, what should he do if he follows in? Well, this question is really tangled.
Compared with ordinary people, the police of the Boston Police Department are under more pressure. They have no rest time at all. After each murder, they first investigate all the information about the victim, such as her living habits, family and social background, acquaintances and friends, etc. They also investigate all telephone records, as well as the victim’s address book and diary. , Be familiar with all the details of the victim’s life, and then have to talk to the victim’s friends one by one, etc... All these add up and the workload is quite heavy. During this period of time, the telephone of the police station was ringing all day long. Some people said he saw a suspicious person looking into an apartment, some gave the police unmarginal reasoning, and some people were fascinated on the phone. Saying "I can't tell you how I knew, but I am sure the murderer is a policeman." Such unreliable masses of information cost a lot of the police's time.
The police investigation seems to be snowballing, more and more information appears, and more and more suspects need to be investigated. Fortunately, the Boston Stranglers gave them three months of quiet time.
However, he came back soon. This time, for unknown reasons, the Boston Strangler of "Returning from Vacation" has made a gorgeous transformation. His target is no longer elderly women, but he has extended his magic to young and beautiful girls.
21-year-old Sophie Clark (Sophie Clark) is a beautiful African-American. She studied at the Carnegie Institute of Medical Technology. In 1962, Sophie and two good friends shared a house on Huntington Avenue in the Back Bay area. In an apartment at No. 315, it was only a few blocks away from the house of Anna Slasher, the first victim of the Boston Strangler. Since Anna was killed, Sofia and her roommates have become extra careful. Not only did they put a lock on the door of the apartment, but every time someone came to visit, even if it was a friend Sofia knew, she would pass the door first. Ask to be clear before allowing entry. The most puzzling thing about
's case is that after the successive murders, the whole city panicked and the police repeatedly warned that the murderer could still cheat the door. How did he do it? It's incredible! ! ! It is precisely because of this that the poster gave Boston the five-star "honor" for this perverted "legendary" index. Cautious, like Sophia, could not escape the fate of being murdered. On December 5, 1962, Cautious Sophia opened the door to a person, but because of this, he ruined his flowery life.
Sophia is a very traditional girl, except for her boyfriend, she hardly associates with other men. In the afternoon, she went back to the apartment alone. After changing the clothes she went out, she sat at the table to write a letter to her boyfriend. Before the letter was finished, there was a knock on the door. Now, we have no way of knowing the content of the conversation, but the ending tells us that Sophia was persuaded and she opened the door.
The coroner who inspected the scene was the aforementioned Dr. Ford, known as the "industry genius". Later, Dr. Ford and Dr. Earle discussed the case carefully. The murder occurred in broad daylight, probably at 2 pm Between 3:30 and 4:30, when the murderer entered the door, Sophia had already taken off the coat she was wearing when she went out and was wearing a home dressing gown. Obviously, she had been in the room for a while before the murder happened. .
When the police found her body, she was lying on her back with her legs spread apart and wearing stockings with garters on her legs. Her bra was torn, which can indicate that the murderer is strong. Her underwear was taken off, and her dressing gown was half off. She was strangled to death by three pairs of stockings around her neck. On the stockings, her petticoat was loosely wrapped around her petticoat. There was a knot on the petticoat that seemed to be a decorative knot, which was tied very tightly. It takes a lot of effort to strangle her stockings.It must have been found in the drawer of her roommate's bedroom. Although the body looked messy, there were no signs of fighting. The autopsy report showed that she had been raped before her death. The police found semen for the first time on the carpet next to her body.
Sophia’s body was placed in a similar way to the previous victims, but if she was also one of the victims of the Boston Strangler, there are a few strange things.
First of all, Sophia is African American, and the previous victims are all white. Secondly, the previous victims were all elderly women, but Sofia was a young woman of only 21 years old. Then, at the scene of Sophia's murder, the police found semen for the first time.
There is also Sophia's clothes. If the Boston Strangler was a stranger, would Sophia see him only in pajamas? She was the first to return to the apartment that afternoon. One possible explanation is that when she returned to the apartment, the murderer was already there waiting for her. He heard Sophia's return and hid in the room waiting for an opportunity to attack her. However, if this is the case, then the time for the Boston Strangler to enter the apartment is not long, because apart from the roommate’s drawer and Sofia’s classical music record, he hasn’t touched anything else, and he can’t turn it over after Sofia enters the apartment. Looking for the stockings, the sound of him walking up and opening a drawer will definitely be heard by Sophia.
So, could it be the murderer who selected the victim in advance, then monitors the surroundings, and then starts when the time is right? If the murderer really chooses the victim according to a certain pattern in advance, or determines the person to be retaliated because of some real or illusory hatred, and then waits for the right time to commit the murder, then carry the tool of the crime-stockings. , Can't he make his actions easier? Of course, if a man carries stockings and walks outside other people's apartment, it is hard to explain if the police should catch him. It seems that the Boston Strangers are not willing to take such a risk. He and they always draw on the spot.
But if the materials are collected locally, why didn't the Boston Stranglers take the most convenient way-take off the victim's stockings? According to the way he placed the victim’s legs, he seems to have a soft spot for the legs in stockings. (Long the master also made women’s long legs in stockings are very charming and make people have the urge to commit crimes, well, ignore me. Ignore I). Dr. Earle, a criminologist who has studied the Boston Strangler case, believes that almost every criminal has his own unique pattern when he commits a crime. This pattern, if he continues to commit the crime, will be stable and stable in subsequent actions. Gradually appeared.
In the Sofia case, the police made a major breakthrough for the first time. Mrs. Marcella Lulka, a neighbor who lives in the same building as Sofia, reported to the investigator that a man knocked on her door and talked to her at about 2:20 in the afternoon. Said that the landlord sent him to see if the house needs painting and repairs. After entering the door, the man said that the ceiling in the bathroom of Marcella's house needed repair, and then he praised Marcella's figure and asked her if she had ever been a model. Marcella asked the man to speak in a lower voice, and the man's face immediately became ugly. Marcella explained that her husband was sleeping in the bedroom and she did not want to wake him up. Hearing that Marcella's husband was also at home, the man suddenly said that he had mistaken the apartment number, and then hurriedly left. According to Marcella's memories, the man was about 25 to 30 years old, of medium build, with honey-colored hair, wearing a black jacket and dark green pants. Later investigation found that the landlord had never sent anyone to repair the house, and Marcella was lucky to escape.
However, 23-year-old Patricia Bissette is not so lucky. Patricia is a secretary of the Boston Engineering Company. On Monday, December 31, 1962, Patricia did not come to work for a long time. The New Year's dinner at noon that day was prepared by Patricia. Therefore, her absence Let the boss feel surprised and not send. In the morning, he had picked Patricia’s apartment at No. 515 Park Road in Back Bay District to pick her up, but no one answered the door. The boss thought she had gone to the company, but when it was almost noon, he had not yet Seeing her, he drove to Patricia's apartment again. The door was still locked. The apartment was on the first floor, so the boss and landlord climbed in through the windows.
At first glance, Patricia lying on the bed seemed to be sleeping, with the quilt covering her chin. However, she was motionless, her face pale, obviouslyIt's dead. When they opened the quilt covering her body, they found a "rope" made of several pairs of socks and a shirt tied together around her neck. Patricia was strangled to death! The post-mortem result of
showed that Patricia had sex before her death, and that she was pregnant, and the murderer apparently tried to sodomize her. The contents of the apartment have also been turned over, but, as before, no items have been lost.
Bostonians spent 1962 trembling in the shadow of murder. What horrible stories will be waiting for them in the next year?
The first single woman to be strangled to death in 1963 was 68-year-old Mary Brown. On her body, traces of beatings and rapes were also found. At that time and today, some people suspect that Mary was not the victim of the Boston Strangler, because Lawrence, where she lives, is 40 kilometers away from Boston, which seems to be beyond the scope of the murderer.
However, by May 8, 1963, people no longer doubt that the demon is back. Still in the Back Bay area, 23-year-old Beverly Samans was killed. Beverly is a beautiful college graduate. She has received a long vocal training and often participates in the singing activities of a church in Back Bay. On May 8th, she did not come to the chorus as agreed, so a friend went to her apartment to find her.
When he opened the door with the key Beverly gave him, he was immediately stunned by the sight inside. Beverly was lying on a sofa bed facing the door, her legs separated, her hands were tied behind her by a scarf, a pair of nylon stockings and two handkerchiefs were joined together around her neck There is still a piece of cloth around her mouth, and under this cloth, there is a ball of cloth tightly tucked into her mouth. The police officers who arrived later discovered that although Beverly seemed to have been strangled to death on the surface, in fact, the "rope" around her neck was very loose and it was completely false, and it was impossible to strangle her. Beverly was actually stabbed to death with a knife. A total of 22 stab wounds were found on her body, of which 18 were concentrated on the left chest, but the fatal wounds were 4 on the neck. The murder weapon was discarded in the kitchen sink. Another difference from other victims is that Beverly has not been sexually assaulted.
When everyone discussed the silver case before, the host once said that foreign countries might be imitating crimes, which is the Boston Strangler case. From raping and killing elderly women to the sudden change of style to murder young people and the Sophia case mentioned earlier, there is always a feeling that there are two or more different murderers in this series of serial murders. One of the reasons for this strange and mysterious case. Although
has a different cause of death from other victims, the police still believe that Beverly was killed by the Boston Strangler. The reason for the police is that Beverly is learning to sing an opera. Long-term training has made her neck muscles very developed. , The murderer probably found it difficult to strangle her, so he had to use a knife to kill her. Although this statement is also reasonable, but with the power of the Boston Strangler's bow tie, he does not seem to encounter difficulties when strangling Beverly. Therefore, the sudden change in the modus operandi made many people not believe that Beverly's murder was the work of the Boston Stranglers.
The police siblings of the Smecta country went to find psychics when investigating the Hwaseong serial rape and murder case. In fact, the police siblings of Uncle Sam on the other side of the ocean did the same thing. A year has passed, and the murderer is still at large and committing crimes rampantly. The dissatisfaction among the citizens of Boston is getting higher and higher. The police, even though they are working day and night, still can’t find any clues here. In this case, Peter Hurkos, a well-known Dutch psychic expert in Massachusetts, went to the police station to assist in the investigation at the request of the followers.
Although the police do not need to pay Peter the cost of handling the case, because the believers have already collected the money, the chief prosecutor still requires Peter to prove his ability first. Peter told a policeman that his mother was ill and described the condition in detail. He also told another policeman that there seemed to be a problem with his child's throat. It is best to call home and ask about it right away. He was dubious. The police officer in then got on the phone at home and learned that his youngest daughter had just swallowed a paper clip. In addition, Peter also acceptedA series of experiments such as telepathy and supersensory observation. Surprisingly, most of the time, he was right. After
passed the test, the police showed Peter a series of live photos and material evidence of the murder, and he also visited some crime scenes. Peter did not hesitate to say that all these killings were done by the same person. In the police at that time, some detectives believed that these cases were not carried out by the same person. It was possible that two people committed the crime at the same time, or it was possible that someone was imitating the methods of the Boston Strander. In any case, according to Peter, the police arrested a suspect. The newspaper said that the man was very hostile to women and had been under observation by the police for a long time. However, this person is not mentally normal, so it is unlikely to be sent to court, but directly sent to the regulatory agency. Besides, the court is conservative. They only accept testimony and evidence, not opinions, nor polygraphs. This witchcraft-style conviction of criminals is absurd.
After Peter, another freelance writer named Paul Gordon claimed to have discovered the murderer with his superpowers. He described to the police that the Boston Strangler was a man of medium build, thin, fair skin, and sunken eyes. He always habitually combed the hair that had slipped to his forehead with his hands, and there was a tooth in the upper right side of his mouth that had fallen out. This person lives in a place like a hospital, and often walks on a large piece of grass or sits on an outdoor bench. In terms of behavior, this man has a lot of problems. He once beat his mother who has died, and his two sisters were unhappy. The family moved here from Maine or Vermont. This man is lonely. He wandered the streets all day, trying to get close to women. He seemed to be looking for his mother who had died.
Surprisingly, when the police showed Gordon photos of some of the suspects who were arrested in the Back Bay area for burglary or robbery, he found a man named Arnold Wallace from it. This person basically fits Gordon’s description.
The 26-year-old Wallace was a patient at the Boston State Psychiatric Hospital. The hospital allowed him to walk around the hospital, but he had left the hospital many times, and he did beat his mother. The police found that the time Wallace left the hospital on several occasions coincided with the time when the Boston Strangler appeared. When the police brought Gordon to the mental hospital, he thought Wallace was the murderer.
However, Wallace's IQ is less than 70. Although he was tested by a polygraph, he could not separate reality from fantasy. At this time, Gordon told the police that the Boston Strangler would soon surrender, and by that time, the police would find that the whole case was very simple. However, the police were already dubious about Gordon's words. They investigated Gordon and found that he had been to the psychiatric hospital of Guan Wallace. Therefore, his so-called superpowers were all Nima's Wanglin-style flickers. Some police officers even suspected that Gordon was the murderer, and investigated him. This little episode is a joy for everyone.
In the summer of 1963, Boston was surprisingly calm. It wasn't until September, when the leaves began to drift, that people learned from the media that the Boston Strangler-he was still active! ! ! This time, 58-year-old Evelyn Corbin was strangled to death in her apartment. The murder weapon was still Evelyn’s own stockings, and Evelyn’s jewelry box was opened and placed on the ground. But no items were lost. What is strange is that some lipstick and semen were found on some paper towels thrown on the ground. What is even more strange is that the police found a very fresh bagel on the fire escape outside her window. No one would store food there, and it would not have been dropped from upstairs. Obviously, the Boston Strangler now brought his own food.
On November 22 of that year, the entire Boston was still immersed in the sadness and helplessness that permeated the country due to the assassination of President Kennedy. The 23-year-old young girl living in the Lawrence apartment, Joann Graff (Joann Graff) became Another subordinate of the Boston Strangler, this time the murder occurred almost at the same time as Kennedy's assassination. Young Jon is a very conservative girl. She believes in religion and is a hard-working designer. She was also strangled with two pairs of nylon stockings. At the end of the stockings, the murderer was marked with a bow. On her chest, the police found tooth marks, and she had also been sexually assaulted.
's investigation of Jon's case brought a "man in green" to the surface. 3:25 pm that dayAround minutes, a student Knnethe Rowe living upstairs in Jon heard footsteps in the corridor. Luo Wei’s wife felt that people outside seemed to be walking around in the corridor, so Luo Because I just listened at my door. When he heard the man knocking on the door opposite his house, Luo Wei opened the door. He saw a man of about 27 years old, his hair combed brightly with oil, wearing green pants and dark colors. Shirts and jackets.
"Does Joan Graff live here?" the man asked. He said Jon's name wrong. Luo Wei told him that Jon lived downstairs. A few minutes later, he heard the door opening, so he closed the door of his house with confidence.
Ten minutes later, at about 3:35, a friend of Jon called Jon, but no one answered. Obviously, the man in green pants is the murderer! ! !
The creepy thing is that the morning before Jon, in an apartment downstairs Jon, a woman heard someone standing outside her door, and then she saw a piece of paper sticking out from under the door. Coming in, sliding on the ground at the door from left to right, after that, the paper was suddenly taken away, judging from the sound of footsteps, the people outside the door walked away.
Now, the time has come to 1964. The frightened Bostonians hope that the police will bring the murderer to justice as soon as possible. However, the murder of the young and beautiful Mary Sullivan has once again turned people’s hopes into Bubble.
On the evening of January 4, 1964, when the two roommates who lived in an apartment with Mary returned to the apartment, they were horrified to find that Mary was killed.
Like the other victims, Mary was strangled to death by a pair of stockings. On her neck, there is a big bow tied with a pink silk scarf and another scarf with pink and white flowers. Mary was sitting on the bed with her back leaning against the head of the bed, and a bright New Year's card was standing on the bed against Mary's feet. On Mary's body, the murderer also used her lipstick to draw the locations of different organs. The coroner obtained a semen sample from Mary, and she was also brutally raped.
Less than half a month after Mary Sullivan was killed, on January 17, 1964, Massachusetts Attorney General Edward Brooke (Edward Brooke) announced the establishment of a "Boston Strangler Investigation Bureau." He led the work of the Bureau of Investigation. , He promised all Massachusetts residents that he will bring the murderer to justice. Brook was the only African-American attorney general at the time. He was very capable. Although Massachusetts has always been the home base of the Democratic Party, Brooke, a Republican, is still very popular there.
is in charge of the "Boston Strangler Investigation Bureau", which poses a certain political risk to Brooke, not to mention that he has issued military orders to the citizens. If the murderer is not arrested in the end, Brook's reputation will undoubtedly be hit hard. In the beginning, the poster has mentioned the general background, and the Boston Strangler case involves the branch offices of 5 different districts in Boston. Therefore, the police have had constant friction in mutual information communication and cooperation in the process of handling the case. Now, the investigation The establishment of the Bureau can avoid this drawback. Originally, this was a good way, but Brooke chose a close friend of his own-John S. Bottomly (John S. Bottomly) to be in charge of the Bureau of Investigation. Daily work, this choice is still controversial until today.
Butmore is Brook's assistant. He is passionate about work and very honest, but he doesn't understand criminal law. Edmund McNamara, the chief of the Boston Police Department who was "very angry and the consequences are serious" mentioned earlier, has publicly expressed contempt for Butmory. He once said to the media that Butmory is a "weird". Crazy" "fools"... The first task of the
Bureau of Investigation is to read, organize and classify the 37,000 pages of textual information about the case collected from various police sub-bureaus. Another task force composed of forensic doctors, psychologists, and criminologists began to conduct psychological portraits of criminals. During this process, many experts pointed out that there are many differences in details between the murder of elderly women and the murder of young girls. Therefore, they believe that the murderer is not just a person, and it is likely that the latter imitated the former. Modus operandi. Dr. Kenai Fick of the
Criminal Portrait Group summarized the results of the research and proposed that the Boston Strangler should be over 30 years old, careful and methodical.Reasonable and punctual. He may often have to work by hand, or at least have a hobby of handicraft. He is most likely single, separated or divorced. On the surface, he is completely normal and will not leave a special impression on people. He has neither close girlfriends nor close male friends.
Although the Bureau of Investigation has done a lot of work, invested a lot of manpower, material resources and time, although the Governor of Massachusetts ordered a reward of $10,000 to the public who provided effective information, the case still has not made any substantial progress. By November 1964, when the agents of the "Boston Strangler Investigation Bureau" were still looking for the real culprit in the vast sea of people, the case had the first turning point, and a suspect almost fell into the net. Broke into their sight. This person
is the suspect in this case that everyone can find on Du Niang, Albert DeSalvo, he is also the ultimate "murderer" in the law of this case, then, is he Isn't it a real murderer? The poster behind will continue to eight. (On Du Niang, called "Boston Strangler", if you are interested, you can go to Baidu)
Albert De Salvo
8 of the 13 victims in this case
On the afternoon of October 27, 1964, a newly married Soon the lady was taking a nap in the bedroom. Her husband had gone to work, and she was the only one left in the family. The sleeping bride was awakened by a cold dagger, and a man stood by her bed with a knife in her neck. He threatened her not to speak out, or he would kill her. Then, he took off the hostess's underwear and stuffed it into her mouth, and tied her hands and feet to the bedpost with her clothes. After that, he started kissing and touching her. After a short while, he asked the lady how to get out of the apartment, and warned her that "you are not allowed to speak out for ten minutes." After all this, he apologized to the lady inexplicably ( By the way, if an apology is useful, what do you want the police to do), and then left the room. The insulted hostess waited for the man to leave and immediately reported to the police. She was very impressed with the man, remembering his appearance and remembering that he was wearing a pair of dark green pants. In the police station, the police drew a simulated portrait of the person according to her description. As soon as the result of the portrait came out, they immediately thought of a person—Albert Di Salvo.
De Salvo can be regarded as a regular customer of the police station. Before the strangulation in Boston, a series of comical sexual harassment cases occurred in the Cambridge area of Boston. A man in his 20s often patronizes some apartments here. After opening the door, if a young lady answers the door, he will introduce herself and say: "Hi, my name is Johansson, I am an agent of a modeling agency, and someone introduced us that you are very suitable for modeling." He also told These women said that they weren't doing nude models, but they were paid very high, reaching $40 per hour. He was sent by the company to measure their bodies. He has a trustworthy child's face, always smiling, and, when he heard that he was photographed by a model agency, most of the women would be flattered, and interested women would let him in, and then he would use a measuring tape to give They measure their bodies (by the way, of course). After measuring their bodies, he will tell them that Mrs. Levi's will contact them and then leave politely. However, no lady received any more calls from Mrs. Levi's Zhang Weisi, and when she called the police, there was no such model agency.
On March 17, 1961, Di Salvo, who was about to break into a home in Cambridge, was caught by the police. In the police station, he not only admitted that he had broken into the home but also said that he was the so-called model broker . In the end, Di Salvo was sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment because of his good performance in prison. He was released early in April 1962. At that time, it was two months before the first appearance of the Boston Strangler, in June 1962. , As the first victim of the Boston Strangler, Anna was murdered. The
police asked the newly married lady to identify from behind a single-sided mirror, and she immediately pointed out Di Salvo from a group of people.
On September 3, 1931, Albert DeSalvo was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts. His father Frank has a bad temper and often beats his wife and children. As one of the five children, De Salvo often played truant from school since he was a child, and from time to time engaged in petty theft. When he was a teenager, his mother Charlotte could not stand domestic violence and his father divorced and remarried quickly. However, DeSalvo did not become alienated because of his mother’s remarriage. The relationship has been very good.
used to be proud of De Salvo. At the age of 17, in 1948, De Salvo joined the army and was stationed in the surrendered West Germany until 1956. In Germany, he married a decent German girl, Irmgard Beck. At that time, he was given a chance to get a promotion, but because of the vices he developed since childhood, he often did not observe military discipline. Retired as a veteran.
In 1955, during Amy Guard's pregnancy, he was sued for molesting a little girl. Later, he escaped because the other party withdrew the lawsuit. Amy Guarde said that Di Salvo has a sexual desire beyond ordinary people. It is difficult for a woman to meet his requirements. What's worse, their first child, Judy, has a congenital pelvic disability. Amy Guardian is afraid of having another one. Disabled children always refuse De Salvo's sexual demands, which not only makes their relationship tense, but also contributes to an important reason for De Salvo's absurd behavior.
In 1961, Di Salvo lived in Melton with his wife and two children. He was a worker in a rubber factory and had many friends. At that time, he kept breaking into private houses for theft. Although he always caused trouble outside, he was very considerate of Amy Guard. Many people, including his boss, think he is a man who loves his family. When the police asked him why he pretended to be a model economic man, he explained that "Although I look average and have no education, I know I am no worse than the so-called upper class people. They are just A college-educated kid, I don’t have much knowledge, but I’m smarter than them."
Whether Di Salvo is shrewd or not is no one can say, but Di Salvo likes to brag, but it’s a recognized thing, this, even Ed. Director Meng admitted. Di Salvo once told the police that he had harassed more than 300 women in four states and broke into more than 400 houses. He also said: "If you knew everything I did, you would not believe it. Sooner or later I will tell you."
Di Salvo was sent to the psychiatric department of Water Bridge State Hospital for observation. There, he was locked in the same ward with a man named George Nasser and soon became good friends. Nasser is a dangerous man. He is accused of murdering a worker at a gas station, and he killed that man by imitating the execution of the death penalty. It is said that Nasser's IQ is very high, close to the level of genius. Before that, he had been in prison for another murder. He used that time to teach himself Russian and other courses.
In early May 1965, an explosive news appeared on the headlines of major media in Boston. Di Salvo, who was locked up in Water Bridge State Prison, declared that he was the Boston Strangler!
When Di Salvo's wife Amy Guard received the news, her first reaction was that Di Salvo was bragging again. Di Salvo was a troubled man, but he was not a cruel person. Some people doubted Di Salvo’s motives. They speculated that Di Salvo was detained in the mental hospital because of money issues. He knew that he might be locked up for a long time this time, so Amy What about Guardian and the children? Therefore, he declared that he was the Boston Strangler and used this story to make money. Before he was sent to the Water Bridge Hospital, he tentatively asked this question to his lawyer, Jon Asgiersson. He asked, "What would you do if someone told you the greatest story of the century?" "Are you talking about the Boston Strangler?" Joe asked him. "Yes." "Do you have anything to do with this matter? Are you involved?" "I did it all." Then, he asked if he would get the $10,000 promised by the governor for this matter. Joe felt very confused, and later he said that at that time he doubted whether Di Salvo had a brain problem.
Others believe that after De Salvo and Nasser were locked up together, the two discussed confessing guilt in exchange for money. They mistakenly believed that the remuneration that the governor said was 10,000 US dollars per victim, so 11 victims would be 110,000 US dollars, and the two of them could share the money. In this way, DesarNot only does Wo no longer have to worry about his family, but he also hopes that after he pleads guilty, he can be treated as a mental patient in the hospital, which is much better than going to a big prison.
Now, De Salvo has become the focal point of the city. This time, he asked Nasser's lawyer F. Lee Bailey (F. Lee Bailey) to be his defense lawyer. Pele asked Di Salvo what he wanted Pele to do. Di Salvo said that he did not want to be put in prison. He would rather stay in a mental hospital and tell his own affairs, hoping to earn some money for his family. remuneration. Bailey later said that he was half-believing De Salvo’s words at first. He called Officer Donnelway and said that he might have a suspect in the Boston Strangler, but Bailey thought it was prudent that he should talk to De Salvo first. Wo talked about the case. He asked Officer Donnelway some questions, and then, on May 6, 1965, he brought the tape recorder to De Salvo's room. Bailey once talked about this visit to a newspaper. He said, "The afternoon I went to visit De Salvo, as time passed, I became more and more convinced that the Boston Strangler was sitting in front of me. Anyone who asks about experience knows that when a person remembers the past is different from when he makes up a story. Di Salvo gave me the feeling that he is just remembering, he can remember some details that are not related to the case, such as the carpet The color, the photo of the victim’s home, or the style of a certain piece of furniture. He recalled his crime process as if describing a video tape he saw, and during the whole process, he was expressionless, as if shopping in a supermarket The same."
Later, the police's interview records also confirmed Bailey's statement. For example, Di Salvo described how he attacked the 75-year-old Ada Elgar: "I told her that I was sent to do apartment repairs. She didn't believe me because of recent events. She didn’t want anyone to enter her apartment without confirming the identity of others. I told her not to worry, if I didn’t believe me, I could come back tomorrow, and then I walked away, just as I was going downstairs. At that time, she stopped me and said, "Okay, you can come in." I pretended to be looking for a dripping pipe. As soon as she turned around, I strangled her neck." When asked Did he strangle Ada’s neck from behind, Di Salvo said, “Yes, it took a lot of effort. I saw blood coming out of her ears, black blood, yes Right ear. I remember there was a dining table, a dark table, and a brown chair. I put her legs on two chairs separately..." The
police asked him why he wanted to murder such an old woman. It has nothing to do with age, and it doesn't matter if she is beautiful, as long as she is a woman, that's enough. Because some people suspected that the criminals who murdered the elderly woman and the young girl were two people, Di Salvo also described his murder of Sofia Clark: "She was wearing a very bright translucent robe at the time, she was slender and had approximate measurements. It is 36-22-37, very beautiful... Her apartment door is yellow, a little faded... She didn't want me to come in at first, I told her that I could introduce her to be a model, and earn 20 per hour. It’s $35... There is a couch in her room with a few brightly colored pillows, like purple and black.”
As the police asked Di Salvo in depth, more and more details appeared. come out. He knew that there was a note book under Beverly Simens’s bed; Patricia Bessett’s apartment had Christmas bells hanging behind the door; he took a raincoat from Anna Slasher’s house and put it on, Because his jacket was stained with blood, among the 14 raincoats the police showed him, he immediately picked out Anna's raincoat. In addition, he also said that when he was trying to strangle a Danish girl in her room, he suddenly saw his behavior in the mirror. He was frightened, lost all of his energy, and started crying. He begged the girl. The child should not call the police, and even lied that if his mother knew, his living expenses would be gone. The police did not receive a report from this girl. Hearing Di Salvo's confession, they found the girl and the girl confirmed that this happened.
Now, the police can basically conclude that Di Salvo is the Boston Strangler.
Now, you in front of the computer can basically conclude that De Salvo is the Boston Strangler, right?
faced these details that only the real murderer could know, plus he did prepare to strangle women. If he were not the Boston Strangler, how could it be possible?
this case, "Legend"The legend is here. It is indeed possible.
Although the police are very satisfied with Di Salvo's confession, everyone who knew him before did not believe that he would commit such a cruel crime. They all think Di Sal Ervo is a gentle and considerate man who loves his family. More importantly, some people have seen the person who is most likely to be the "Boston Strangler". The aforementioned Kenneth Rowe, he once told The stranger who was looking for Jon’s apartment had talked and told the stranger that Jon was living downstairs, and he heard the sound of Jon opening the door for him. Ten minutes after that person entered the room, he called Jon. No one answered. When the police showed Luo Wei the picture of Di Salvo, he thought it was not the person he saw that day. Moreover, the stranger Luo Wei described visited the apartment opposite the apartment building later in the day. Martin Hotel, he looked nervous at the time, as if someone was following him, but afterwards, Julius Vince, who runs the Martin Hotel, saw Di Salvo’s photos and thought it was not him.
The clue is that two very important eyewitnesses were very emotional when they saw Nasser who lived in the same ward with Di Salvo. Marcela Lulka, who lived in the same apartment with Sofia, had been with The police used to say that not long before Sofia was killed, a person who claimed to be repairing the house went to her apartment. Because Marcella's husband was at home, the man left without knowing it. Later, the police followed suit. Marcela’s description depicts a portrait of a young man with a long face, a narrow nose, and a pair of large almond-shaped eyes. It is not like Di Salvo with a big nose at all.
in Di When Salvo told the police about his crimes, the head of the "Boston Strangler Investigation Bureau," Butemori, arranged for Marcella and a woman named Gertrude Gruen to secretly identify Di Salvo Grann was once attacked, she fought desperately with the criminals who entered her apartment, and her screams also attracted the attention of the workers who were repairing the roof, when the workers looked towards the room from the windows on the ceiling. When looking inside, the man ran away. Both women thought they would only see one person, Di Salvo. They didn’t expect that they would also meet his roommate-George Nasser. When they sat While on the side, Nasser came in first to see the doctor who was scheduled to meet with them.
Gran recalled that Nasser glanced at her, and then quickly looked again. Gran felt a kind of fear and familiarity at the time. Does he know himself? At this moment, De Salvo also came in. He was sitting opposite Dr. Ellen, and Grann looked at him, definitely thinking that the person in front of him had never seen him before, and he was not that at all. The person who attacked her. And the face of the person who stared at her fiercely from time to time, she felt a little familiar, which made her a little creepy. When he saw the police later, Grann said that De Salvo was not the one who attacked her. , But the other person is very similar, because of tension and fear, she even cried, waiting for her to calm down Later, she admitted that she was not very sure.
Marcella had seen Di Salvo's photo at the police, but she was not sure. Just like Grain felt, when Nasser walked into the room, her heart beat wildly, his eyes, steps, and wrinkled face were exactly the same as the appearance of the worker who claimed to be a house repairer. However, that person's hair is honey-colored, while Nasser's hair is black.
Like many criminologists at the time, Susan Kelly paid special attention to the Boston Strangler case. De Salvo's active confession, in Susan's view, was a media farce. She did not believe that De Salvo was the murderer. The police were under too much pressure. They seemed to be falling into the water. Without thinking about it, they grabbed the life-saving straw of De Salvo. In Susan's view, the police made a fatal mistake.
First of all, there is no physical evidence to link De Salvo to these murders, and no witnesses. In terms of physical evidence, in Mary Sullivan’s apartment, in an ashtray next to the bed where Mary’s corpse was placed, there were 3 cigarette butts of the "Chapel" brand that had just been smoked, and neither Mary nor her roommate Smoking cigarettes of this brand, the same brand of cigarette butts, also appeared in the toilet of Sophia’s apartment, Sophia does not smoke, this brand of cigarette butts is likely to have been smoked by the murderer. But Di Salvo never smokes!
In terms of witnesses, except for the denial of Di Salvo by the first two eyewitnesses,In addition, within the time frame of Mary Sullivan’s murder, one of her neighbors, Irene O’Neill, once saw a man through the window of Mary’s apartment bathroom, but Irene did not identify De Salvo. De Salvo's nose is very conspicuous, and anyone who has seen him will not be unimpressed by this obvious feature.
Secondly, in the process of Di Salvo's confession, he did give a lot of details about the crime, but some of these details were right and some were wrong. Susan once visited Di Salvo’s doctor Robey. Dr. Robey pointed out that although Di Salvo’s IQ level was average, his memory, especially his image memory, was very good. Ervo had been tested. At that time, Dr. Robbie and seven other doctors had a meeting in the office. DeSalvo walked in, took a look, and then walked out. The next day, there were still these eight doctors. Everyone changed their clothes and sat in different positions. Dr. Robbie let Di Salvo in and asked him to describe where everyone was sitting and their costumes the day before. Surprisingly, not only did Di Salvo remember, but he spoke almost exactly.
Therefore, Susan believes that Di Salvo's case details mainly come from several aspects. One is the newspaper. For example, in the "American Record", there was a very detailed article introducing the case, including the victim's clothing, habits, items in the room, and so on. Susan believes that Di Salvo remembered the content of this article, because in his description, several of the errors were consistent with the errors reported in the newspaper; the second was the tone of the interrogator. Many case materials of the Boston Strangler Investigation Bureau are managed sloppily, and its forensic team even distributes their identification results, which makes it possible for Di Salvo to have a chance to see some case materials. Moreover, the policemen’s desire to solve the case is too strong. They are likely to deliberately guide De Salvo to tell him the correct answer; third, De Salvo often commits burglaries, and he is likely to be murdering. After the incident, she sneaked into the unoccupied apartments, which made her familiar with the layout and objects in these apartments; fourth, Nasser, who was locked up with De Salvo, Susan said He has always been suspicious. It is very likely that Nasser was the real murderer. He told Di Salvo about the crime. In Susan’s view, Mary Brown’s case was suspicious (that’s 40 kilometers away). The case), unlike other victims, Mary was beaten once, and almost to death. This is different from other modes of strangulation. Di Salvo’s description of the case is simple, and many details are abnormal. Mary’s house is far from Boston, but Nasser had been there. He was shot dead in 1948 and lived with Mary Brown. Another person on a street.
Regardless of the opinions of the experts, numerous reports in the media have given De Salvo the name "Boston Strangler". In the American judicial system, the criminal’s confession is not sufficient as evidence of his crime, and the police have no other evidence to prove that Di Salvo is the serial killer who caused the women of Boston to panic. Whether he should be tried or not, and what charges he will be charged with has become a problem for a while.
Coincidentally, at this time, the Attorney General of the State of Massachusetts Edward Brooke is running for the Senate. Brook once promised the people that he would bring the Boston Stranglers to justice. Now, DeSalvo, who has jumped out, is simply too timely. What Brooke needs is that this incident should just pass, not to affect his official career, and what DeSalvo needs is to use the name "Boston Strangler" to prove his madness instead of being a "man in green". He was imprisoned for life in private houses and molested women. Both he and his lawyers know that no matter what, De Salvo will not be executed. Brooke will not trouble those human rights groups that oppose the death penalty at the critical moment of his campaign. There is no death penalty).
Therefore, even though Dr. Robbie of the Water Bridge State Psychiatric Hospital believed that De Salvo’s mental state was not suitable for trial, on January 10, 1967, the Massachusetts court still charged De Salvo on the charge of “Man in Green”. The trial was conducted, and after 4 hours of debate, the jury reached a consensus that they found Di Salvo guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment.
De Salvo was imprisoned in Walpole State Prison. In the prison, he once wrote a poem about the Boston Strangers. The full text is as follows:
"The story of the Boston Strangler
hasn't been told yet.
This man claims that he killed these women
Girl and old woman
The elusive Strangler
He trails everywhere
No one knows where he is going to roam
Only daylight guides him
But there is no clue behind him
Those people no matter how old they are
Their secrets have been taken away by death
He may have a problem with his head
but he is definitely smarter than the police
It reminds his secret that although his family will be ashamed
Bring him a reputation
Today he is sitting in a cell
There is a secret in his heart that only belongs to him
Is the hanger in jail or outside
Today people are still full of doubts." The poem
aroused a lot of People’s attention, because in the poem, Di Salvo wrote that “disclosing his secret will put his family in shame”, using a future tense. So, does he know and still keep this secret?
No matter what, in November 1973, Di Salvo used his death to prove that he did know some terrible secrets. In that winter, Di Salvo claimed that he was threatened, and upon request, he was transferred to The infirmary in the prison. The night before he was stabbed to death with a knife, he called Dr. Robbie at Water Bridge Hospital and said that he had something very important to tell Robbie. His tone was full of panic. Dr Robbie agreed. I went to see him the next day. But the next day, just as Robbie was about to go to prison, the radio broadcast a news: Di Salvo was dead. Although the frightened prisoner has been under protective imprisonment, someone still has a way. Passed six security checkpoints and entered his cell, stabbing him in the heart many times with a dagger.
Robbie believed that De Salvo wanted to tell him who the real Boston Strangler was, and he also contacted A reporter went to see him in the prison. Robbie believed that Di Salvo felt threatened. In the prison, there must be people including prison guards who were worried about what Di Salvo was going to say because they had to enter the medical treatment. There are several doors to pass through, and each door is guarded. It is almost impossible to enter De Salvo’s room without the cooperation of these people. As for the official statement, they said De Salvo was involved in the prison In the drug trafficking case, they also found three suspected criminals, but their interrogation was never conducted. The draft autobiography of
Di Salvo flew away with his death and was never found. The murderer who stabbed him is still at large. His relatives believe that he was killed in prison because he was going to tell the truth and tell why he had to play the Boston Strangler for a long time. They believe that he was in 1965. A detailed and specific confession of him as the perpetrator of multiple murders in Boston is entirely due to his bewildered personality, because he admires notoriety (Dr. Robbie does not believe that he is the murderer and he is irritated by it Over) and eager to obtain a sum of money to support his extremely troubled family. The name of
Di Salvo is tightly tied to the Boston Strangler. His life-long experience of being affected by the case is embarrassing. Now, it is time to repay him, even if he wants to be more famous.
There are two people who did not believe that DeSalvo was the Boston Strangler from beginning to end. One was DeSalvo’s younger brother, Richard DeSalvo (Richard DeSalvo), and the other was the last victim, Mary Sue. Levine's nephew Casey Sherman (Casey Sherman).
Richard knows his brother’s bragging and weak nature. He is absolutely impossible to commit murder. He just wants to make up a story and sell money to support his family. The Sullivan family never believes that Di Salvo is a murderer. Di Salvo’s own confession made them feel suspicious. Di Salvo claimed that he raped Mary, but in fact, Mary was sexually assaulted by the murderer with a broomstick; he said that he strangled Mary with his hands, but Mary was actually strangled to death with her own clothes.
27 years after Di Salvo's death, that is, in 2000, the two families joined forces and filed with the State Prosecutor's Office for DNA testing of evidence in the Sullivan case. For the De Salvo family, they hope to free their family from the shadow of serial killers, while for the Sullivan family, they firmly believe that the real murderer is still at large and should be brought to justice. They have always suspected the ex-boyfriend of one of Mary’s roommates,Mary will most likely open the door to him without thinking.
They asked for a DNA test with 68 exhibits, including Mary’s body organs, hair, semen samples on the carpet, etc. However, the state prosecutor’s office did not agree to the two’s requirements for DNA testing, and the Boston police’s response was also very disappointing. People found it strange that they began to say that they would reinvestigate the case, and later overturned this claim. "They don't want to take over the biggest murder in New England history and in one of the biggest murders in American history, they caught the wrong killer." Mary's nephew said. In the end, the two brought the State Prosecutor's Office to court.
On February 31, 2001, Judge William G. Young handed down the sentence and agreed to the litigation claims of the two families;
On October 20, 2001, court TV broadcasted live broadcast of DNA samples taken from the body of Mary Sullivan;
2001 On October 26, De Salvo's body was exhumed from a cemetery in Massachusetts and sent to York College in Pennsylvania for DNA testing. James E. Starrs of George Washington University presided over the test;
, on December 13, 2001, 39 years after the strangulator’s first crime, the Bostonians Various moods, learned from court TV, that the DNA sample of the suspect extracted from Mary Sullivan’s room does not match the NDA sample of Di Salvo. Although in a strict sense, this proved Desalvo was not the person who committed the sexual assault, even the prudent Stars admitted that "if I were a judge, I would not hesitate to take Desal Ervo was acquitted.” Sullivan’s nephew Casey also believed that if DeSalvo did not kill Mary Sullivan, then he would not have had any other victims.
It now appears that the police’s conclusion was wrong, but the pressure they were under was too great, and the pressure of the citizens of Boston was also too great. Everyone was eager to resolve this matter as soon as possible. Ervo, played the life-saving straw.
There are numerous examples of police disorder handling cases due to excessive public opinion pressure. In 1953, the Metropolitan Police Department at the Scottish Police Station in London encountered a difficult case. In a house lived Timothy Evans, their daughter, and a tenant named Christine. One day Mrs. Evans and her daughter were killed. The police's suspicions all point to Mr. Evans, who had a poor relationship with his wife (Christine’s testimony), was eventually convicted and executed. Throughout the trial, Evans tried to convince people that he was innocent, and Christine was very suspicious. However, from the outside, Christine was a good citizen who was enthusiastic about public welfare. The media also reported the case extensively. It can be said that Evans had been convicted before the trial. After Evans was executed, Christine moved away. When the new tenants moved in, he wanted to install an audio-visual cabinet in the wall, when he knocked on the walls one by one, trying to find a non-load-bearing wall , But he knocked on a place where there was only wallpaper but no wall at all. He tore the wallpaper open and saw the body of a woman inside. When the police from Scotland Yard arrived, they found that the woman's body was in good condition, and the small aisle was well ventilated so that it would not make people smell bad. The woman was half naked, wearing stockings and garters on her lower body. After removing the first female body, the police found a tall object wrapped in a blanket behind her. After opening it, they found another female body. After removing the second female corpse, a third was found...Finally, after a thorough search of the house, another female corpse was found under the floor, and two were found in the backyard garden. The police tried Christine. He pleaded guilty and was eventually dealt with. Poor Mr. Evans, due to the pressure of the media and public opinion, also died unjustly after losing his beloved wife and daughter. , It is really sad!
looked back and looked at the Boston case again. It was the same from 1964 to 1965. The entire Boston city fell into a state of madness under constant publicity. People were repeatedly warned to close the door and pay attention to safety. All women are in danger. In the end, when people can no longer bear it, De Salvo appeared like a savior...
This is an ending without an end, all the truth, along with De Salvo's bizarre Were buried together with the death, and fromThis has become an eternal mystery in the history of crime.
In 2003, when the victim of the "Boston Strangler" Patricia Bessett lived at 515 Park Street, Back Bay, news came out of haunted news. Residents found that no one was pulling the toilet, but the toilet was There will be a sudden flush; no one is standing outside the door, but the residents repeatedly hear the knocking on the door; no one calls the maintenance company, but the maintenance company that claimed to have received the call ran twice...
Are not those unwilling souls trying to tell people the true truth? However, we never know, we don’t know, we don’t know...
