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This isn't really related to the pictures but there's one girl who I think is a good possible Alcala victim: Rachel Ziselman. Age (12) fits into Alcala's range. His youngest victim was only 8 years old She bears multiple similarities to Robin Samsoe, the 8-year-old rape victim who somehow survived the attack.
Apr 22, 2022 · Huntington Beach police are asking for the public’s help in identifying any potential victims among dozens of young women apparently photographed by Rodney Alcala. Sifting through these...
May 14, 2024 · Alcala was an aspiring photographer with good looks and a high IQ, which helped him lure his victims. He took more than 1,000 explicit photographs of young women, teenage girls, and boys. In 2016, he was charged with the 1977 murder of a young woman identified in one of his photos.
Apr 21, 2010 · NEW YORK (CBS/AP) In a sudden about face from their stance Tuesday, the New York Police Department has decided to release over 200 photographs believed to have been shot by convicted serial...
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Rodney Alcala was born in San Antonio, Texas, in 1943. His father abandoned the family when he was young. At 17, Alcala enlisted in the Army, but there were problems: allegations of sexual misconduct and a nervous breakdown. The Army discharged him. Steve Braccini | Former cold case detective, NYPD: The military realized in 1963 that they had him …...
In 1977, Rodney Alcala was out of prison and living in New York. It was bad news for the New York cops who already had their hands full. A homegrown serial killer – known as"Son of Sam" – was terrorizing the city. 1. Son of Sam: The Killer Speaks By this time, the Cornelia Crilley case had been cold for six years with no suspects. Rodney Alcala was...
It was the spring of 1979 -- Rodney Alcala had been back in California for almost two years and 12-year-old Robin Samsoe was enjoying the Southern California beach life. Bridget Wilvurt was Robin's best friend. Bridget Wilvurt: We just lived to-- to have fun. … Everybody could be complaining about being bored, and me and Robin would find ourselves ...
The Samsoe family was steadfast in the face of a second trial for the murder of Robin. They demanded justice. Marianne Connelly | Robin Samsoe's mother [in tears]: He killed my child, my child. Six years after the first verdict, a clean-cut Rodney Alcala was convicted a second time. And again, the sentence was death. Alcala had been on San Quentin'...
Rodney Alcala had been convicted of seven murders, and was facing five separate death penalties. Kathy Thornton, who had spent the last 39 years trying to track down her missing sister, Christine, had never heard of Alcala. But her son did. It would change Thornton's quest forever. In 2013, Thornton's son had watched a "48 Hours" story on Alcala th...
If you have information aboutthe people in the photosbelow, please call Huntington Beach, Calif., Police at 714-375-5066
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Apr 22, 2010 · Alcala is reportedly a suspect in at least two cold cases in New York, and authorities released nearly 300 photos in the hopes of identifying the women and children in the serial killer's...
Mar 11, 2010 · Police and prosecutors released the decades-old photos on Wednesday after amateur photographer and serial killer Rodney James Alcala, 66, was convicted by a California jury, which...
