DeSalvo confessed to being Lawn Memorial Park . Authorities never definitively linked DeSalvo to the killings . He was never charged in those crimes , and he was killed in prison in mid-1962 . Authorities believe they have linked Albert DeSalvo to two killing .
Albert DeSalvo confessed to being the Boston Strangler . Authorities never definitively linked DeSalvo to the killings . He was never charged in those crimes , and he was killed in prison in 1973 . Authorities believe they have linked DeSalvo to one killing .