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[Loretta] DeSalvo was a pathological liar. Everything he knew about the first five
murders had either been in the papers, or it was given to him by Bottomly. But of the hundreds of women
DeSalvo assaulted, all his victims were young
murders had either been in the papers, or it was given to him by Bottomly. But of the hundreds of women
DeSalvo assaulted, all his victims were young
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[Loretta] DeSalvo was a pathological liar.
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Everything he knew about the first five
murders had either been in the papers,
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or it was given to him by Bottomly.
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But of the hundreds of women
DeSalvo assaulted,
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all his victims were young.
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Movie Summary
Loretta McLaughlin was the reporter who first connected the murders and broke the story of the Boston Strangler. She and Jean Cole challenged the sexism of the early 1960s to report on the city's most notorious serial killer.