The remains of a man who confessed to being the Boston Strangler were exhumed by authorities working to connect him to the January 1964 killing of Mary Sullivan, the last of 11 women believed killed by the serial killer.
New DNA tests on a secret sample collected from a relative of suspect Albert DeSalvo triggered the exhumation after authorities said there was a "a familial match" with genetic material preserved in the killing of 19-year-old Sullivan, Suffolk County District Attorney Dan Conley said Thursday.
Authorities made the match through DNA taken from a water bottle thrown away by DeSalvo's nephew, he said.
DeSalvo's remains were removed from Puritan Lawn Memorial Park in Peabody, north of Boston, to the state medical examiner's office, where DNA tests will be performed.
Authorities said they believe the results will come back quickly, perhaps in a few days.
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