Decades later, DNA testing and competing theories continue to challenge Albert DeSalvo's admission of guilt Getty In the 1960s, 13 women were killed in the Boston area by a killer dubbed the Boston ...

Fifty years after the Boston Strangler -- or perhaps several stranglers -- stalked the streets, LIFE recalls the era with ...

In this week’s episode of “Zone 7,” Sheryl McCollum talks with author and investigative reporter Casey Sherman about the ...

The Boston Strangler's final victim has been identified, according to police who say DNA tests have linked Albert DeSalvo, who confessed to being the serial killer, to the death of Mary Sullivan in ...

BOSTON — Fifty years ago Wednesday, a factory worker who claimed he was the notorious Boston Strangler was sentenced to prison. But questions still remain around Albert DeSalvo's confession. Many ...

Casey Sherman, the nephew of the youngest known victim of the Boston Strangler, doesn’t believe that the man who confessed to the notorious murders was the right suspect. “I honestly don’t believe ...

A flood emergency is underway in western Washington as several communities are underwater from historic rains. by WILLIAM J. KOLE, Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — It took a half-century for DNA ...

With a photo image of Mary Sullivan at left, James Starrs, a professor of forensic science and law at George Washington University, announces that DNA evidence taken from Sullivan, who is believed to ...

Casey Sherman, the nephew of the youngest known victim of the Boston Strangler, doesn’t believe that the man who confessed to the notorious murders was the right suspect. "I honestly don’t believe ...