Rodney Alcala, The Dating Game Killer

This week Steph is covering a story of horrific proportions, yet againRodney Alcala, used peoples vanity and sense of self worth, to manipulate them into situations where he could do what ever he wanted with them before taking their lives.Rodney, was a handsome man who could sweet talk both males and females into anything.His ruse as a professional photographer, was every parents worst nightmare. The number of victims will probably never be known,so sit back and have a  listen and make sure that you have a look at the extra reading and photographs section, there are a heap of photos that are yet to be identified in this case and police believe that they may be victims of his terrible crimes.  | Timeline
 
| 1968 | Tali Shapiro | Rape, attempted murder; pleaded guilty to assault, 
| 1971 | Cornelia Crilley | Murder; indicted, 2011/New York | 1974 | "Julie J." | Parole violation, providing marijuana to minor; Convicted, 1974/California
 | 1977 | Ellen Hover | Murder; indicted, 2011
 | 1977 | Antoinette Wittaker | Murder; suspect,
 | 1977 | Jill Barcomb | Murder; convicted, 2010
 | 1977 | Georgia Wixted | Murder; convicted, 2010
 | 1977 | Pamela Jean Lambson | Murder; accused, 2011
 | 1977 | Christine Ruth Thornton | Murder; charged, 2016
 | 1978 | Joyce Gaunt | Murder; suspect
 | 1978 | Charlotte Lamb | Murder; convicted, 2010
 | 1979 | Jill Parenteau | Murder; convicted, 2010
 | 1979 | Robin Samsoe | Murder; convicted, 1980, 1986, 2010
 | 2003 | DNA collected, 4 additional murders discovered
 | 2003 | Motion to join Samsoe case with 4 others proposed; contested by Alcala 
 | 2010 | Conviction #3, sentenced to death for murders of Samsoe, Parenteau, Lamb, Wixted, and Barcomb | California
 | 2011 | Indicted for murders of Hover, Crilley  

 References:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Alcala
https://allthatsinteresting.com/rodney-alcala-dating-game-killer
https://murderpedia.org/male.A/a/alcala-rodney.htm
https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/rodney-alcala
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2010/03/alcala_serial_killer_photos_da.html
Photographs and additional reading.
https://www.ocregister.com/2010/03/11/prosecutor-worries-alcala-might-have-killed-others-2/
Resources:
https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/mentalhealth/Pages/contact-service.aspx#24-hour
https://www.beyondblue.org.au
https://www.betterhelp.com

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