In the summer of 1962, a palpable fear had begun to creep into the city of Boston as a series of baffling and brutal murders targeting women living alone left the public on edge. It was during this time of heightened anxiety, on August 19th, that 75-year-old Ida Irga, a shy and retiring widow, became a victim in her own West End apartment on Grove Street. There were no signs of a forced entry, suggesting that she had, for some reason, opened her door to her killer.
When she was discovered
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