The World's Most Evil Psychopaths by John Marlowe

Author:John Marlowe
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Arcturus Digital Limited

State troopers hold back a crowd of 2,000 curious onlookers outside the Lynn Street police station after Albert DeSalvo was captured in a West Lynn uniform store 30 hours after his escape from prison

However, not one piece of physical evidence was found at any of the crime scenes that could substantiate his story. Despite the 2,000-page transcript of his confession, DeSalvo stood trial only for the unrelated crimes of robbery and sexual assaults. In January 1967, he was sentenced to life in prison.

The next month he and two fellow inmates escaped from Bridgewater State Hospital, setting in motion a full-scale manhunt. DeSalvo left behind a note stating the escape was intended as a means of focusing attention on the conditions in the hospital and his own situation. He gave himself up the next day and was transferred to the maximum security Walpole State Prison.

On 25 November 1973, DeSalvo was found murdered in the prison infirmary. His killer (or killers) has never been identified.

There have always been serious doubts as to whether DeSalvo was the Boston Strangler. At the time of his confession, it seems all who had known him, including police officers with whom DeSalvo had long histories, believed he was incapable of committing the crimes.

Confusing the issue was the belief among many in the police department that there was no Boston Strangler, rather that the 11 murders were committed by two or more individuals. Today, sceptics of the idea that there was a single strangler point out that the victims came from different age and ethnic groups, and that there were very different patterns to the murders. Moreover, killing by strangulation in the Boston area did not end with Mary Sullivan, the supposed final victim.

And then, there was the matter of evidence. There was no physical evidence linking DeSalvo to any of the crime scenes. No witnesses could place him at or near any of the sites.

Why would DeSalvo admit to these horrible crimes if he didn’t actually commit them? One theory rests on DeSalvo’s realization that he would likely be incarcerated for the rest of his life for the crimes of burglary and assault. Looking for a means with which to support his wife and children, he entered into an ill-fated scheme in which George Nassar would receive a significant reward for turning in DeSalvo as the Boston Strangler. Accordingly, the two men would have split the proceeds.

DeSalvo once told F. Lee Bailey that he hoped to be able to provide for his family by writing a book on his crimes. He was murdered before ever being able to carry out the plan.

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