Albert Henry DeSalvo (September 3, 1931 – November 25, 1973) was a criminal in
Boston, Massachusetts, who confessed to being the "
Boston Strangler", the murderer of thirteen women in the Boston area. DeSalvo was not imprisoned for these murders, however, but for a series of
rapes. His murder confession has been disputed and debate continues as to which crimes DeSalvo had actually committed.