Albert Desalvo
Most serial killers have certain behaviors and personalities like torturing animals and troubled childhoods.
DeSalvo had a rough childhood growing up. His father was an alcoholic who would beat Albert’s mother in front of him. He was also known to torture animals when he was a child.
Albert started to get in trouble with the law in his teenager years.
Statistics:
Most suffer from:
Alcohol and substance abuse.
Psychological abuse during childhood
Sexual events in childhood
Bed-wetting to an older age
Being lonely while growing up
Torturing animals as kids
Modus Operandi
Albert DeSalvo’s Modus Operandi was strangulation. He would break into his victim’s homes and sexually assault them first. He would then strangle them with their own pieces of clothing.
DeSalvo lived in Chelsea, Massachusetts at the time of the crimes. Massachusetts did have the death penalty at the time but Albert did not receive it. He received life in prison but murdered by another inmate. He was stabbed to death in 1973 at the age of 42.
It was not proven till 2013 that DeSalvo was actually the Boston Strangler. DeSalvo admitted to killing all 13 of the victims but the court could not prove it. The DNA found on his last victim matches his DNA.
Sources:
"Boston Strangler DNA Tests Confirm Albert DeSalvo Killed Final Victim."Theguardian.com. Guardian News and Media, 19 July 2013. Web. 20 Mar. 2014.
"Wikia." Criminal Minds Wiki. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Mar. 2014.
"Albert De Salvo Biography." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 23 Mar. 2014.
Stanglin, Doug. "DNA Test Ties Albert DeSalvo to Boston Strangler Victim." USA Today. Gannett, 19 July 2013. Web. 23 Mar. 2014.
DeSalvo had a rough childhood growing up. His father was an alcoholic who would beat Albert’s mother in front of him. He was also known to torture animals when he was a child.
Albert started to get in trouble with the law in his teenager years.
Statistics:
Most suffer from:
Alcohol and substance abuse.
Psychological abuse during childhood
Sexual events in childhood
Bed-wetting to an older age
Being lonely while growing up
Torturing animals as kids
Modus Operandi
Albert DeSalvo’s Modus Operandi was strangulation. He would break into his victim’s homes and sexually assault them first. He would then strangle them with their own pieces of clothing.
DeSalvo lived in Chelsea, Massachusetts at the time of the crimes. Massachusetts did have the death penalty at the time but Albert did not receive it. He received life in prison but murdered by another inmate. He was stabbed to death in 1973 at the age of 42.
It was not proven till 2013 that DeSalvo was actually the Boston Strangler. DeSalvo admitted to killing all 13 of the victims but the court could not prove it. The DNA found on his last victim matches his DNA.
Sources:
"Boston Strangler DNA Tests Confirm Albert DeSalvo Killed Final Victim."Theguardian.com. Guardian News and Media, 19 July 2013. Web. 20 Mar. 2014.
"Wikia." Criminal Minds Wiki. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Mar. 2014.
"Albert De Salvo Biography." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 23 Mar. 2014.
Stanglin, Doug. "DNA Test Ties Albert DeSalvo to Boston Strangler Victim." USA Today. Gannett, 19 July 2013. Web. 23 Mar. 2014.