Body of Albert DeSalvo to be exhumed

Officials hope new forensic testing will answer whether DeSalvo was in fact the Boston Strangler who terrorized Greater Boston in the early 1960s.

Self-confessed Boston Strangler Albert DeSalvo left a Lynn police station on Feb. 25, 1967.

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Self-confessed Boston Strangler Albert DeSalvo left a Lynn police station on Feb. 25, 1967.

As news spread that DeSalvo had been arrested, crowds of onlookers and media members lined the street outside Lynn police headquarters to get a glimpse of the alleged Boston Strangler.

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As news spread that DeSalvo had been arrested, crowds of onlookers and media members lined the street outside Lynn police headquarters.

Albert DeSalvo entered East Cambridge Court for the

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DeSalvo entered East Cambridge Court for his trial in January 1967.

DeSalvo's room at Bridgewater State Hospital wher he escaped on Feb. 24, 1967 with two other inmates.

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DeSalvo's room at Bridgewater State Hospital, where he escaped on Feb. 24, 1967. A day after the escape, he was captured.

DeSalvo, who confessed to being the Boston Strangler,  after his capture. He was sent to a prison in Walpole.

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DeSalvo, who confessed to being the Boston Strangler, after his capture. He was sent to a prison in Walpole.

Boston police detectives worked through the night on Sept. 3, 1962, trying to solve the Strangler case after Jane Sullivan, 67, was discovered on Aug. 30, 1962, throttled to death in her apartment.

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Boston police detectives worked through the night on Sept. 3, 1962, trying to solve the murder case of Jane Sullivan, 67.

Mary Coltin of Uphams Corner in Dorchester took her new shepherd, Duke, home to serve as a watchdog in 1962.

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Mary Coltin of Uphams Corner in Dorchester took her new dog, Duke, home to serve as a watchdog in 1962.

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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and “Whitey” Bulger, both accused of terrorizing the city, landed in the same courthouse Wednesday.

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Alfonzo Dennard, shown after a court appearance in April, was arrested on Thursday in Nebraska.

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Deborah Dunsire will take the reins at the Watertown drug maker EnVivo in mid-August.

Former Millennium CEO to head EnVivo

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