Rodney Alcala - Wikipedia
Rodney James Alcala (born Rodrigo Jacques Alcala; August 23, 1943 – July 24, 2021) was an American serial killer and convicted sex offender who was sentenced to death in California for five murders committed between 1977 and 1979.
Condemned Inmate Rodney Alcala Dies of Natural Causes
Jul 24, 2021 · In 1986, Alcala was sentenced to death a second time for Samsoe’s murder; however, a federal appeals court in 2003 overturned the sentence and Alcala was given a new trial. His DNA matched evidence in other murders and Orange County prosecutors indicted Alcala for the murders of four other women.
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Jan 6, 2021 · By the time that Alcala was convicted of murdering Robin Samsoe in 1980 and sentenced to death, investigators had found a trove of evidence in a Seattle storage locker belonging to Alcala.
'Dating Game' serial killer Rodney Alcala dies on death row
Jul 24, 2021 · In 2016, he was charged by Wyoming prosecutors with the murder of 28-year-old Christine Ruth Thornton, who disappeared in 1978 when she was six months pregnant and whose body was found four years later, though authorities ultimately decided not to extradite him to Wyoming for trial due to his failing health.
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The judgment was overturned in 1984, and he was granted a new trial. In 1986, he received a second death sentence. Robin Samsoe was murdered by Alcala in 1979.
Serial killer on death row Rodney Alcala dies of natural causes - BBC
Jul 24, 2021 · At the 2010 trial, he was found guilty of killing Samsoe as well as four other women aged between 18 and 32 in the years between 1977 and 1979. In September 1978, Alcala took part in The Dating...
Rodney Alcala, the ‘Dating Game’ Serial Killer, Dies
Jul 24, 2021 · Rodney Alcala, who was known as the “Dating Game Killer” and was convicted in the murders of six women and one girl in the 1970s, died on Saturday at a hospital in Kings County, Calif. He was...
‘Dating Game Killer’ dies of natural causes, prison officials say - CNN
Jul 24, 2021 · A convicted serial killer known as the “Dating Game Killer” died early Saturday morning at a hospital near Corcoran State Prison in central California, prison officials said.
'Dating Game Killer' Rodney Alcala dies at 77 - NBC News
Jul 24, 2021 · He was twice granted a new trial in the Orange County kidnapping and killing of Samsoe but was convicted of her murder, as well as that of four women, by an Orange County jury in 2010. He was...
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Rodney Alcala was a serial killer and sex offender who was found guilty of eight murders across New York, California, and Wyoming between 1971 and 1979.