Has it ever been proven, beyond doubt, that Albert DeSalvo was the Boston Strangler?

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No. Lingering doubts remain as to whether DeSalvo was indeed the Boston Strangler. At the time he confessed, people who knew him personally did not believe him capable of the crimes. It was also noted the women killed by "The Strangler" came from different age and ethnic groups, and there were different modi operandi. Susan Kelly, an author who has had access to the files of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' "Strangler Bureau", argues the murders were the work of several killers rather than a single individual. Another author, former FBI profiler Robert Ressler, said "You're putting together so many different patterns [regarding the Boston Strangler murders] that it's inconceivable behaviorally that all these could fit one individual." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_DeSalvo Feb 21 11, 1:27 AM