Officials : John DeSalvo 's DNA matches evidence from a Boston Strangler killing . But each place that might have had suitable samples -- like the Department of Correction , the Massachusetts State Police and others -- did not . The victim was 19 when she was raped and murdered in her apartment in 1964 . He had confessed , then disappeared ; he died in 1997 . His body was exhumed this month so a DNA sample can be extracted .
Officials : John DeSalvo 's DNA matches evidence from a Boston Strangler killing . The victim was 19 when she was raped and murdered in her apartment in 1964 . He had confessed , then disappeared ; he died in 1997 . His body was exhumed this month so a DNA sample can be extracted .