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Mary and Diane on the day of Diane’s First Communion. The two sisters grew to the best friends. (Courtesy of Diane F. Dodd)

Mary and her boyfriend Nathan Ward attending her senior prom at Barnstable High School in 1962. (Courtesy of Diane F. Dodd)

The portrait on the mantel. This photo both haunted and intrigued me when I was a child. (Courtesy of Diane F. Dodd)

A crowd gathers in front of Mary’s apartment building on January4, 1964, after word spreads that the Boston Strangler has struck again. (Courtesy of the
Boston Herald
)

Boston police carry Mary Sullivan’s body out of 44A Charles Street. (Courtesy of the Boston Herald)

Charles Street as it looks today. The four-story building at left center is 44A (Photo by Casey Sherman)

Albert DeSalvo, the selfconfessed Boston Strangler, posing with the necklaces he sold in the gift shop at Walpole State Prison. (Courtesy of the
Boston Herald
)

George Nassar, the man many believe was on of the real Boston Stranglers. (UPI photo, courtesy of the
Boston
Herald)

F. Lee Bailey, the charismatic young lawyer who was first brought into the Boston Strangler case to help broker a book deal for his client Albert DeSalvo. (Courtesy of Boston Herald)

Massachusetts Attorney General Edward Brooke briefs reporters on the Boston Strangler Task Force in August 1964. (UPI photo, courtesy of the Boston Herald)

John Bottomly, the former real estate lawyer brought in to lead the Boston Strangler Task Force. (Courtesy of the
Boston Herald)

James Mellon, an original member of the Boston Strangler Task Force, who has never believed Albert DeSalvo was the real killer. (Photo by Casey Sherman)