Editing Boston Strangler (section)

{{short description|Murderer of 13 women in the Boston area}}
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The '''Boston Strangler''' is the name given to the murderer of 13 women in [[Greater Boston]] during the early 1960s. The crimes were attributed to [[Albert DeSalvo]] based on his confession, on details revealed in court during a separate case,<ref name=Angelinenews>{{cite news|last=Anglin|first=Robert J.|title=Albert DeSalvo is 'Boston Strangler'; Defense says he killed 13|newspaper=The Boston Globe|date=January 13, 1967}}</ref> and [[DNA profiling|DNA evidence]] linking him to the final victim.<ref name="britannica/Boston-Strangler">{{cite web |title=Boston Strangler |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Boston-Strangler |website=[[Britannica]] |access-date=16 March 2023 |language=en}}</ref>

In the years following DeSalvo's conviction – but prior to the emergence of this DNA evidence – various parties investigating the crimes suggested that the murders (sometimes referred to as the "Silk Stocking Murders") were committed by more than one person.<ref name="streiber/273/desalvo">{{cite web |title=Albert DeSalvo |url=http://www.fortunecity.com/roswell/streiber/273/desalvo_cf.htm |website=Case Files |publisher=Modus Operandi - Serial Killers |access-date=16 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000118205318/http://www.fortunecity.com/roswell/streiber/273/desalvo_cf.htm |archive-date=18 January 2000}}</ref>