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Albert Henry DeSalvo  

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  • Albert DeSalvo—also known as “The Measuring Man,” “The Green Man,” and “The Boston Strangler”—murdered 13 women between 1962 and 1964. Born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, in 1931, DeSalvo was forced to live in extremely impoverished conditions. [Source: Encyclopedia of Murder and Violent Crime; Albert Henry Desalvo]

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