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Jane Sullivan

Case from Dorchester, MA dated Aug 20, 1962

Victim Details

Jane Sullivan

Female

White / Caucasian

Dorchester

MA

1962-08-20

67

Jane

Sullivan

07/23/2026

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In the summer of 1962, a palpable fear had begun to creep into the city of Boston. A string of unsolved murders targeting women had left residents on edge. It was in this atmosphere of anxiety that 67-year-old Jane Sullivan, a White female, was found deceased in her Dorchester apartment at 435 Columbia Road on August 21, 1962. The discovery sent another shockwave through the community, as the details of her death bore a chilling resemblance to the other recent killings that had been plaguing the ...
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  • Boston Strangler a myth, book claims - Cape Cod Times
  • Albert DeSalvo: Biography, Boston Strangler, Serial Killer
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