Unsolved Mysteries - 1987 Boston Strangler Mary Sullivan 13-15 was released on: USA: 28 June 2002
The Boston Strangler murdered Mary Sullivan in 1964. His twelve previous victims had died in 1962 and 1963.
It is said that she reminded him of his grandmother.
Between June 14, 1962 and January 4, 1964, thirteen single women in the Boston area were victims of either a single serial killer or several killers. The police believed that at least eleven of these incidents were the work of a single perpetrator, whom the media dubbed the Phantom Fiend or Boston Strangler.The families of Albert DeSalvo, who confessed to the Boston Strangler murders, and of Mary Sullivan, believed to be one of his victims, hope to prove that DeSalvo is not the Boston Strangler and that Sullivan's killer has escaped justice. DeSalvo was sentenced to life in prison in 1967.
As far as my research has led me , I do believe the last victim was defiled with a broom there are even pictures of the body in this state.
With recent DNA evidence clearing Albert DeSolvo of the murder of Mary Sullivan her case is considered open. Sullivan, thought to be the last victim of the Boston Strangler, was murdered in her apartment on January 4, 1964. The Boston PD had a suspect and was preparing to make an arrest when DeSolvo confessed to the murder. It is possible the case may be reworked by cold cases detectives. Time will tell.
Mary Xaveria Sullivan has written: 'The history of Catholic secondary education in the archdiocese of Boston' -- subject(s): Education, Education, Secondary, Secondary Education
The Boston Strangler's real name was Albert De Solvo. He was never formaly charged with the murders and was doing time for another set of crimes. There has always been a debate among law enforcement and public opinion as to whom the real strangler was. De Solvo comfessed to the crimes but recently DNA proved that he was not responsible for the last murder, Mary Sullivan. There may be further testing on the remaining victims and it is possible that there was a second killer that worked the same general area and time frame. Chances are very good though that De Solvo was responsible for some of the murders. He knew details of some of the crime scenes that only the killer would know about. And as soon as he was arrested the crimes can to a halt. This has all come to late to help De Solvo though, he was killed by another inmate in his prison cell.
Yes she did. She was my neighbor in Waterloo. Her name is Katherine McFarland now.
Yes, she married Dean McFarland in 1946 and he died in 1986.
Whether it was ever closed I have not been able to verify, but the files have been dusted off and are being reworked by cold case detectives after DNA testing has eliminated Albert DeSolvo as the murderer of Mary Sullivan, the last victim in the series of murders known as the Boston Strangler killings. What many people are not aware of is DeSolvo was never charged with the Strangler crimes and was in fact serving time for other crimes when he was stabbed to death in his prison cell. After his arrest, DeSolvo confessed to the Strangler crimes and while he knew far too much about certain murders, others, he didn't have a clue, giving weight to the theory that there was more than one killer at large in the Boston area. Whatever the case, it will be very interesting to see what cold case investigators will turn up in one of the the most facinating crimes in American history.
Mary Ann Sullivan was born in 1959.