1st. No one believed that Roy Smith, the convicted murderer, was the Boston
Strangler. My father and I were told Smith's background by FBI and State Police officials on the night of my mother's death. We were informed that Smith could not have committed earlier murders because he had been in prison. At no time did the police think Smith was the Boston Strangler.
2nd No one with a Massachusetts Police background thinks that Albert DeSalvo was the Boston Strangler. No one person committed all those crimes.
3rd. We lived on the other side of town from the Jungers. The town center and thirteen intersecting roads separated the two houses.
4th. Smith lied consistently to the police which I can prove and was seen spending my mother’s money at a Cambridge bar.
The book is dishonest, inaccurate and misleading. The reader is never told that Roy Smith's
conviction was appealed to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and upheld. The very strong evidence against Smith which was omitted from this book was spelled out in the opinion which accompanied the upheld conviction.
If you wish to read the Supreme Court opinion signed by five Justices you can contact me at lemargold
at Yahoo
Leah Goldberg

Dear Leah,

Thanks for the clarification. When I wrote the post above, I was led to believe that what was contained in the Sebastian Junger book was true.

My apologies if you were offended in any way.

In these post-James Frey days, it's surprising that publishing houses continue to be irresponsible by neglecting to fact check nonfiction manuscripts.

Dear readers, please contact Leah Goldberg at the email address above if you'd like more information on the Boston Strangler case.