# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/boston-strangler
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:52:02.304Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/boston-strangler"
name: "Boston Strangler"
slug: "boston-strangler"
description: "The Boston Strangler is the murderer of 13 women in Greater Boston during the early 1960s. The crimes were attributed to Albert DeSalvo (1931–1973) based on his confession, on details revealed in court during a separate case, and DNA evidence linking him to the final victim."
tagline: "Unidentified serial killer or killers, however convicted rapist Albert DeSalvo confessed to many of these murders, DNA evidence links him to the final victim"
gender: "male"
deathDate: "1973-11-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.01
  momentum:             2.08353929807217
  historical:           10.067296
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B3%A2%E5%A3%AB%E9%A0%93%E7%B5%9E%E6%AE%BA%E9%AD%94"
    title: "波士頓絞殺魔"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AE%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%82_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%B7%D9%86"
    title: "خناق بوسطن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bostonsk%C3%BD_%C5%A1krti%C4%8D"
    title: "Bostonský škrtič"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A3%CF%84%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%B3%CE%B3%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%84%CE%AE%CF%82_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%92%CE%BF%CF%83%CF%84%CF%8E%CE%BD%CE%B7%CF%82"
    title: "Στραγγαλιστής της Βοστώνης"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Strangler"
    title: "Boston Strangler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bostonin_kuristaja"
    title: "Bostonin kuristaja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affaire_de_l'%C3%A9trangleur_de_Boston"
    title: "Affaire de l'étrangleur de Boston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9C%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3%E7%B5%9E%E6%AE%BA%E9%AD%94%E4%BA%8B%E4%BB%B6"
    title: "ボストン絞殺魔事件"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wurger_van_Boston"
    title: "Wurger van Boston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%B4%D1%83%D1%88%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C_(%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%89%D0%B5)"
    title: "Бостонский душитель (прозвище)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bostonski_davitelj"
    title: "Bostonski davitelj"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2855440"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump