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Ursprungligen postat av Quoter
Ytterligare ett fall som jag är förvånad över att det inte varit upp här tidigare. I början av 60-talet och några år framåt så ströps ungefär ett dussin kvinnor i Boston. Man skulle kunna säga att polisen körde fast för man hittade till en början ingen person att binda till alla dessa sexualmord. Skräcken spred sig i staden som en löpeld. Man skulle kunna dela in morden i två akter där den första delen (mitten av juni 1962 till slutet av augusti 1962) innehöll dåd riktade mot äldre kvinnor. Jag har räknat ut att medelåldern för de första offren var närmare 70 år. Sedan var det lugnt ett antal månader innan helvetet började om igen i december samma år. Märkligt i sammanhanget var att gärningsmannen (eller gärningsmännen) nu riktade in sig på unga kvinnor, de flesta kring 20 år gamla. Det sista sexmordet som man brukar förknippa med Bostonstryparen skedde i början av 1964. Jag tror aldrig man hittade några tecken på "forced entry". Det måste alltså ha inneburit att gärningsmannen släpptes in frivilligt.
Det finns många olika gärningsmän att misstänkta. Här är några.
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CHARLES TERRY
Born May 26, 1930. Raised in Waterville, Maine. Dropped out of high school in 10th grade to join Marines. Spent three years in prison for car theft, said he was gang-raped repeatedly. Served prison sentences for rape, assault and attempted rape. Convicted of first-degree murder in June 6, 1963, death of woman in New York hotel. Was sentenced to death but sentence was later commuted to life in prison. Died of lung cancer at Attica prison, New York, on May 13, 1981.
ALBERT DeSALVO
Born in 1931. Grew up in Chelsea, Mass. He, his five siblings and their mother were repeatedly beaten by DeSalvo's father, who often brought prostitutes to his home. Was sent to reform school at age 12 for breaking into a house. Imprisoned 11 months after confessing to being "Measuring Man," a fake model agency representative who persuaded dozens of Boston-area women to let him take their measurements. Arrested in November 1964 as the "Green Man," who wore a green uniform while sexually molesting hundreds of women in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Connecticut. Was ruled incompetent to stand trial and committed to Bridgewater State Hospital. While there, he talked about Strangler cases with lawyer F. Lee Bailey, who passed information to police. Confessed to the 13 Boston Strangler murders. Convicted on molestation charges and sentenced to life in prison. Stabbed to death in Walpole State Prison in November 1973.
GEORGE NASSAR
Born in June 1932 in Lawrence, Mass. Worked odd jobs, including hospital attendant. Killed Lawrence, Mass., shopkeeper during a 1948 robbery and was sentenced to life in prison at age 17. Released on parole in 1961. Stabbed a gas station attendant during a robbery in Andover, Mass., on Sept. 29, 1964. Sent to Bridgewater State Hospital for observation. There, he met Albert DeSalvo and later told lawyer Bailey he thought he knew the identity of the Boston Strangler. Two women -- one who survived what was thought to be a Strangler attack, and a neighbor of a Strangler victim -- visited Bridgewater to look at both DeSalvo and Nassar. The women did not recognize DeSalvo but said Nassar looked familiar. Convicted of first-degree murder for the Andover killing on June 26, 1965. Remains at Norfolk state prison. Denies he was the Strangler.
