When "48 Hours" first investigated the case of Rodney Alcala, he had been convicted of the murder of five California women. But it wasn't over; he would be tied to other cold cases. A series of photos ...

Disclaimer: This article contains mentions of murder and assault. Reader discretion is advised. The Dating Game serial killer Rodney Alcala died on July 24, 2021, while serving time on death row, per ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. Wednesday, jurors heard about Alcala's prior felony convictions. Alcala admitted that in 1968, he was arrested for child molestation in Hollywood. He fled California, but when he ...

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A former contestant on "The Dating Game" was sentenced to death Tuesday for the slayings of a 12-year-old Huntington Beach girl and four Los Angeles County women in the 1970s. Orange County Judge ...

SANTA ANA — The penalty phase will begin Tuesday in the trial of Rodney Alcala, convicted last week of killing a Huntington Beach girl and four Los Angeles County women more than 30 years ago. The ...

Rodney James Alcala, the infamous "Dating Game Killer" sentenced to death for the kidnapping and murder of a 12-year-old in 1979, died of natural causes Saturday in a California prison, officials said ...

Rodney Alcala was sentenced to death Tuesday for the slayings of a 12-year-old Huntington Beach girl and four Los Angeles County women in the 1970s. Orange County Judge Francisco Briseno, who by law ...

1972-- Alcala is convicted in the 1968 rape and beating of an 8-year-old girl. Nov. 10, 1977 -- The body of 18-year-old Jill Barcomb is found in the Hollywood Hills. She had been sexually assaulted, ...