By Paul Hoblin
ABDO Publishing Company, 2012. 112 pgs. Young Adult Nonfiction
Between 1962 and 1964, eleven woman were brutally murdered, strangled and assaulted, and Boston was thrown into a panic, as the Boston Strangler, as he came to be known, was able to slip in and out of apartments unnoticed. With a killer on the loose, police were desperate to find the killer--and then Albert DeSalvo confessed. While many people accepted his confessions, despite the fact that it was riddled with inconsistencies and the interrogator asked leading questions, others weren't so sure that he really was the killer. There were numerous other suspects, and later in life--after being sentenced to life in jail for separate assault charges--DeSalvo seemed ready to offer up the name of the real Boston Strangler but was killed before he had the chance, leaving, the case of the Boston Strangler unsatisfactorily unsolved.
Hobin does a great job giving an overview of the Boston Strangler without going into gory details. With a highly readable format, including sidebars, timeline, and glossary, this book is a great choice for those interested in short true crime stories.
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