Serial killers are oddly fascinating, whether it’s the method they kill or their background story. Each serial killer’s story is unique and different. What fascinated me the most were the IQ scores of the most successful serial killers. I wondered why all the best serial killers had high IQ scores, and then I wondered if they were higher than an average person. I organized my paper into sections, first is the background information about Albert DeSalvo who was the serial killer that I picked to do the most research on. The next section is the findings section, which I sectioned into three more sections. The three serial killers were divided into whether or not they dropped out of high school, dropped out of college or graduated college. Then …show more content…
the last paragraph is the conclusion. I went about researching this topic by first picking a serial killer that interested me the most. I found Albert DeSalvo to be quite interesting because he committed three separate crimes and wasn’t even charged for his final crime until after he was dead. Then after I picked the serial killer I researched more about his childhood and education and came about his IQ score, which really interested me because it was so above average. The sources I used were mostly Biography.com and a few websites that gave information about average IQ scores and what was considered genius IQ scores. The questions that led me to the best information were when I researched history’s most educated serial killers. Then I went off of that information to generate more information about the IQ scores. Section 2: Narrative Composition Childhood Albert DeSalvo was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts on September 3, 1931. His parents were Frank and Charlotte DeSalvo and he had four siblings. His father was a wife-beating alcoholic and also abused his children. His crimes started at a young age when he was 12 years hold when he was arrested for robbery and assault and battery. He was working as a delivery boy before his release, two years after he was released he was readmitted to the correctional facility for car theft. Army After being released from the correctional facility for the second time, he decided to join the army. He did a tour in Germany; while he was there he met his wife. He was honorably discharged from the army due to disobeying an order. After being discharged, he reenlisted to the army and was stationed in Fort Dix. While there he was accused of molesting a nine-year-old girl, resulting in being discharged again. Family Life Once he was discharged for the army for the second time, he settled down and married Irmgard Beck. Irmgard soon gave birth to a handicapped child, which made DeSalvo tentative to have intercourse with her again because he didn’t want another handicapped child. However, another child was born and DeSalvo seemed to be living a normal life. He was known to be an outrageous braggart, which could have led the police to suspect him being the Boston Strangler. Crimes Albert DeSalvo was known for multiple crimes, such as the Measuring Man, the Green Man and the Boston Strangler. Starting his crime spree as an adult he was arrested for being the Measuring Man. He would go up to women’s front doors and told them that he was a model recruiter and needed to measure them. He would then fondle the women under the pretense of taking their measurements. In March of 1960, he was arrested for burglary and confessed to being “the Measuring Man.” He was charged with 11 months on the burglary charge, but no charges were filed for the measuring. The next crime spree was known as the Green Man. After being released because of the burglary crime, he dressed in all green to commit sexual assaults. He is reputed to have raped over 300 women, in 4 states in a two-year period. Meaning that he raped as many as six women a day. He was arrested again in November of 1964 for the rapes and was sent to Bridgewater State Hospital for evaluation. Lastly, he was known as the Boston Strangler.
Between June 1962 and January 1964, a series of murders took place in Boston. The Boston Strangler was accountable for 11 of the 13 female victims. At that time, no one was tried for the Boston Strangler because there was no actual evidence. DeSalvo confessed to each of the 13 Strangler murders and gave detail about how he killed each victim, but there was still doubts from people that worked with him.
Boston Strangler Crime
From June 1962 through January 1964, 13 single women between the ages of 19 and 85 were murdered throughout the Boston Area. The first victim was Anna Slesers; a seamstress was murdered on the evening of June 14, 1962. She lived on her own in Boston. Her son found her body in the bathroom with a cord around her neck tied in a bow. Detectives found Slesers in an obscene state: nude and stripped of dignity. She had been sexually assaulted and the apartment was ransacked.
The next victim was murdered on June 28, 1962. Mary Mullen, 85-year-old was found murdered in her home. Then two days later 68-year-old Nina Nichols was also found in Boston. Both victims seemed to be robbed and were found undressed. Nichols was found with her legs wide open and her stocking tied in a
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boy. Then the same day another body was discovered, Helen Blake 65-year-old divorcee. Her murder was more gruesome than the others, she was found with lacerations to her vagina and anus. But yet again, there was a bra tied in the shape of a bow. A fourth victim was discovered on August 19, 1962. Ida Irga was a 75-year-old widow, she was strangled and she was wearing a brown nightdress that exposed her body. Her legs were spread apart and rested on two chairs. Less than 24 hours later Jane Sullivan was found, 65-year-old nurse had been strangled by her own nylons a week before and was found. The sixth victim was a twenty-one-year-old Sophie Clark. She was found December 25, 1962. She was found nude and sexually assaulted, she had been strangled by her own stocking, but semen was discovered for the fist time. A few weeks later twenty-three-year-old Patricia Bissette was pregnant when found dead in her apartment. Her body lay in the shirts and he had been sexually assaulted and strangled by her own stockings. For a while the crimes stopped, about a year later in March 1963. Sixty-eight-year-old Mary Brown was found strangled and raped. Two months later the ninth victim was found murdered on May 8, 1963. Beverly Samans, twenty-three-year-old was found with her hands tied up behind her with one of her scarves. A nylon stocking and two handkerchiefs were tied around her neck. She was found with four stab wounds to her neck, which most likely killed her rather than the usual strangulation. There were then 22 other stab wounds to Samans’s body, 18 in the shape of a bulls-eye on her right breast. The tenth victim was found on September 8, 1963. Evelyn Corbi a fifty-eight-year-old divorcee, she was found nude on her bed. Her underwear was stuffed into her mouth and again there were no traces of semen. But the apartment was ransacked like the previous crimes. Joann Graff, twenty-three-year-old was raped and killed in her apartment. The eleventh victim was found on January 4, 1964. This was one of the most gruesome murders, she was found in her apartment with her back against the headboard. She was strangled with a dark stocking and was sexually assaulted with a broom handle. Investigation and Trial After DeSalvo spent time in prison for breaking and entering, he went on to commit more serious crimes. He broke into a women’s apartment and molested her while holding a knife to her neck. He then ran away, that victim gave the police a good description of the DeSalvo. Shortly after he was arrested. He then confessed to being the Boston Strangler, the police did not believe him at the time, DeSalvo was then sent to Bridgewater State Hospital. While he was at Bridgewater, he became friends with George Nassar. They apparently struck up a deal that they would split the reward to anyone who new information about the identity of the Strangler. DeSalvo accepted the fact that he was going to be in prison for the rest of his life and wanted to make sure that his was family was financially stable. DeSalvo was interviewed and gave in depth detail on what the victims were wearing and what their apartments looked like.
Detectives thought that they had their killer; DeSalvo was incarcerated in the MCI Cedar Junction prison in Massachusetts. In November 1973, DeSalvo was stabbed to death in prison. There were no more murdered by the Strangler after DeSalvo had been arrested, but the case was never closed.
Recent News
In 2001, DeSalvo’s body was exhumed and DNA tests were taken to compare evidence from the last Strangler victim, Mary Sullivan. There was no match, which only proved that DeSalvo didn’t sexually assault her. In 2013, his body was re-exhumed for further evaluation with new forensic testing. After taking DNA from DeSalvo’s nephew, the police said it was a “near-certain match” to DNA evidence found on Mary Sullivan’s body. After testing DeSalvo’s femur and some teeth, it was determined that DeSalvo was the man who killed and raped Mary Sullivan.
Speculation
Although DNA and evidence showed that DeSalvo was the killer, the family of DeSalvo and a nephew Mary Sullivan continue to believe in Albert DeSalvo’s innocence of the 13 murders to which he confessed; they remain convinced that the killer is still
alive.
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I think the detectives did a sloppy job in collecting evidence for the murder. Mark Fuhrman saw a finger print on the gate of Nichols home. and it wasn't found by the collectors who were collecting it. the evidence of the murder. O.k.
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