Officials Exhume DeSalvo’s Body

DeSalvo's grave was opened Friday. Investigators will draw a DNA sample from his remains to compare with a sample collected at the 1964 Mary Sullivan murder scene. Credit: 7 News, WHDH.com

By Bret Silverberg

The exhumation of confessed Boston Strangler Albert DeSalvo has begun.

Officials began to dig at the grave site at Puritan Lawn Memorial Cemetery in Peabody during the 2 o'clock hour.

DeSalvo's remains
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