Dating Game Killer Rodney Alcala Dies Of Natural Causes While On Death Row
SANTA ANA (CBSLA) Serial killer Rodney James Alcala, known as the “Dating Game Killer” for his appearance on a reality show, died of natural causes on Saturday morning after spending decades on death row.Alcala died at 1:43 a.m. in a local community hospital.He was sentenced to death in Orange County twice in 1980 and 1986 for the 1979 kidnapping and murder of 12-year-old Robin Samsoe.The sentences were overturned two times and Alcala was gran…
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Convicted serial killer Rodney Alcala, who once appeared on the âDating Gameâ TV show, died early Saturday of natural causes at Corcoran State Prison in California, officials said.
Alcala, 77, a former photographer, died at 1:43 a.m. at a local hospital, the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said in a statement.
Dubbed the âDating Gameâ killer, he was convicted by an Orange County jury in 2010 of killing four women and a 12-year-old girl in California after his DNA matched evidence in each of the cases, according to the statement. The slayings occurred between 1977 and 1979.
His victims included Jill Barcomb, 18, who was sexually assaulted, bludgeoned and strangled before her body was dumped in the Hollywood Hills in November 1977; Georgia Wixted, 27, who was sexually assaulted, strangled and beaten to death in her Malibu home a month later; Charlotte Lamb, 32, who was found dead in her El Segundo laundry room after she was raped and strangled
Rodney Alcala, the Dating Game Killer, dies of natural causes on death row By Jordan Freiman Rodney Alcala: The Killing Game
Serial killer Rodney Alcala died of natural causes Saturday while awaiting execution, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation announced. He was 77.
Alcala was nicknamed the Dating Game Killer because of his appearance on the show in 1978. He was chosen to be a contestant despite having already served two prison sentences one for assaulting 8-year-old Tali Shapiro in 1968 and the other for assaulting a 13-year-old girl in 1974 and being a registered sex offender. He was introduced on the program as a photographer and managed to win.
First Posted: Jul 24, 2021 09:37 PM EDT
The serial torturer Rodney Alcala also known as the The Dating Game Killer died while waiting for his execution in California, at 77 years old. ABC News reported that the death of Alcala was confirmed by the authorities on Saturday.
It can be recalled that Alcala was given the title as he appeared as a winning contestant of the television game show The Dating Game in 1978.
Officials from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation confirmed that Alcala met his deathbed at a hospital in San Joaquin Valley, California, NBC News reported. The outlet further noted that Alcala died at around 1:43 a.m. His cause of death was claimed to be of natural causes.
Murió el asesino en serie Rodney Alcalá, sospechoso de 130 muertes en EE.UU. hace 55 segundos
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Las autoridades de los Estados Unidos sospechan que Rodney Alcalá pudo matar a hasta 130 mujeres y niñas en la década de 1970
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Estados Unidos, hospital en California, informaron las autoridades de la cárcel donde estaba preso.
Alcalá, de 77 años, fue trasladado al hospital desde el corredor de la muerte de una cárcel de California, donde fue condenado a la pena de muerte en 2010 por el asesinato de cuatro mujeres y una niña de 12 años.