‘Boston Strangler’ found guilty in four attacks 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 18 1967)


Video: 'Serial Killer | Albert DeSalvo | The Boston Strangler | Crime Documentary' (Jan. 18 1967, at 33:09)

(Wednesday, January 18, 1967, 6:00 p.m. EST)Albert DeSalvo, the 35-year-old mental patient who says he murdered 13 women as the “Boston Strangler” from 1962 to 1964 was found guilty tonight in Cambridge, Massachusetts, of armed robbery, assault and sex offenses involving four women, and was sentenced to life in prison.