the Boston Strangler
/ðə ˌbɒstən ˈstræŋɡlə(r)/
/ðə ˌbɔːstən ˈstræŋɡlər/
- the name given by newspapers, etc. to Albert DeSalvo, a US man who attacked and killed 13 women in Boston, Massachusetts, between 1962 and 1964. He killed the women by strangling them. He was sent to prison for his crimes and was killed by another prisoner.
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the Boston Strangler