Mass. prosecutor: DNA links longtime suspect Albert DeSalvo to final Boston Strangler victim

July 11, 2013 — 10:15am

BOSTON — Mass. prosecutor: DNA links longtime suspect Albert DeSalvo to final Boston Strangler victim.

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