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Serial killer’s secret photos: Investigators want the public’s help identifying women and children in convicted serial killer Rodney Alcala’s photographs
Rodney Alcala – IMDb: Rodney Alcala, Self: The Dating Game. Born 1943 in San Antonio, Texas. Is a convicted sex offender and serial killer awaiting death at San Quentin State Prison. Convicted of 5 homicides, but is believed to have killed many more. Graduated from UCLA School of Fine Arts. Charged with rape and attempted murder of a 13 year old girl in 1968. Fled to New York and studied film at NYU under …
Rodney Alcala: The Killing Game: Police say a photographer and one-time contestant on “The Dating Game” was also a chameleon and a serial killer — perhaps the deadliest in U.S. history — and investigators are unsure if they will ever know how many victims he left behind
Rodney Alcala – The Dating Game Killer: When Cheryl refused a date with the winning bachelor on “The Dating Game,” she had no idea that she had turned down a date with a man who was on his way to becoming one of the most depraved serial killers in American history.
US serial killer Rodney Alcala could be ‘new Ted Bundy’: US detectives fear “genius” serial killer Rodney Alcala, who butchered a schoolgirl and four women, may be a “new Ted Bundy” who is responsible for up to 30 more murders.
“Dating Game” killer sentenced for 1970s murders: Convicted California serial killer Rodney Alcala, a contestant on “The Dating Game” television show more than 30 years ago, was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison on Monday for murdering two New York women in the 1970s.
Serial Killer Rodney Alcala’s Photo Trove Found: Detectives made a chilling discovery: A collection of photos taken by serial killer Rodney Alcala. The fear is that some of the subjects in the photos may be as-yet unidentified victims.
My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: rodney James alcala is an american convicted rapist and serial killer . he was sentenced to death in california for five murders between 1977 and 1979 . his true victim count remains unknown in 1951, alcala’s father moved the family to Mexico, then abandoned them three years later . in 1954, when Alcala was about 11 years old, his mother moved him and his siblings (two sisters) to suburban alcala left the state and enrolled in the NYU film school, using the name “John Berger” in 1971, he obtained a counseling job at an arts camp for children using a slightly different alias, in 1974, alcala was paroled under the “indeterminate sentencing” program popular at the time . less than two months after his release, he was re-arrested after assaulting a 13 cold-case investigators believe that a week after arriving in Manhattan, alcala killed Ellen Jane Hover . her remains were found buried on the grounds of the rockefeller estate in westchester county . in 1978 “he said their moms asked him to,” a woman who allowed alcala to photograph her in 1979 . the portfolio also included “… spread after spread of [naked] teenage boys,” she said . most of the in 1979, according to later trial testimony, Alcala knocked unconscious and raped 15-year-old Monique Hoyt . alcala was a “very strange guy” with “bizarre alcala won the competition, and a date with “bachelorette” Cheryl Bradshaw . she refused to go out with him because she found him “creepy” criminal profiler: “one wonders what her decomposing body was found 12 days later in the los angeles foothills . her friends told police that a stranger had approached them on the beach, asking to take their pictures . detectives circulated a sketch alcala was arrested in late 1979 and held without bail . in 1980 he was tried, convicted, and sentenced to death for Samsoe’s murder . the verdict was overturned because jurors had alcala claimed innocence in the Samsoe case and suggested a different suspect . he also filed two lawsuits against the California penal system . in 2006, the California Supreme Court ruled in the prosecution’s favor he played the roles of interrogator and witness for five hours . he told jurors he was applying for a job as a photographer at the time Samsoe was kidnapped . “i would have noticed them on him”, says alcala . “sexual predator” who “knew what he was doing was wrong and didn’t care” jury convicts him on all five counts of first- alcala was sentenced to death for the murders of Cornelia Crilley and Ellen Hover . he was extradited to new york, where he entered not guilty pleas on both counts . the death penalty has not been an option in new york state since 2007 . her battered, naked body was found in Marin County near a hiking trail . a relative recognized her as the subject of one of Alcala’s photos made public . her body was found in sweetwater county, Wyoming in 1982 . she was approximately six months pregnant at the time of her death . remains in California State Prison, Corcoran pending further appeals of his death sentences . remains in california state prison, pending appeals .