A death in belmont
Junger, Sebastian
A death in belmont / Sebastian Junger - New York : W. W. Norton and Company , c2006. - 266 pp ; 23 cm.
In 1963, Boston was plagued by a serial killer known as the Boston Strangler. In the neighboring town of Belmont, there was the murder of a woman that fit the profile of the Strangler, but a young black man named Roy Smith was convicted of the crime, and the stranglings continued. Handyman Albert DeSalvo later confessed to being the Strangler, but he never claimed credit for the murder in Belmont. Junger's captivating and intricately researched book explores whether the killing was done by Smith, DeSalvo, or someone else. Junger has a personal as well as journalistic interest in this case: DeSalvo worked at his boyhood home for several months, and the Belmont murder was not far from his neighborhood. A fascinating insight into the terror inspired by serial killers, this compelling look at the Boston Strangler case asks as many questions as it answers.
9780393059809
Murder---Case studies---Massachusetts---Belmont
Smith, Roy, 1927 or 8-3. Goldberg, Bessie
De Salvo, Albert Henry, 1931-
364.152 JUN
A death in belmont / Sebastian Junger - New York : W. W. Norton and Company , c2006. - 266 pp ; 23 cm.
In 1963, Boston was plagued by a serial killer known as the Boston Strangler. In the neighboring town of Belmont, there was the murder of a woman that fit the profile of the Strangler, but a young black man named Roy Smith was convicted of the crime, and the stranglings continued. Handyman Albert DeSalvo later confessed to being the Strangler, but he never claimed credit for the murder in Belmont. Junger's captivating and intricately researched book explores whether the killing was done by Smith, DeSalvo, or someone else. Junger has a personal as well as journalistic interest in this case: DeSalvo worked at his boyhood home for several months, and the Belmont murder was not far from his neighborhood. A fascinating insight into the terror inspired by serial killers, this compelling look at the Boston Strangler case asks as many questions as it answers.
9780393059809
Murder---Case studies---Massachusetts---Belmont
Smith, Roy, 1927 or 8-3. Goldberg, Bessie
De Salvo, Albert Henry, 1931-
364.152 JUN
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