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A serial murderer dubbed “The Dating Game Killer” has died at the age of 77 while awaiting execution in California, authorities said. Rodney James Alcala died of natural causes at a hospital in San Joaquin Valley, California, prison officials said in a statement. Alcala was sentenced to death in 2010 for five murders in California between 1977 and 1979, including that of a 12-year-old girl, though authorities estimate he may have killed up to 130 people across the country. He received his nickname after his appearance on US TV show The Dating Game in 1978. Rodney James Alcala at a court a...

Imprisoned "Dating Game Killer" Alcala dies in California while awaiting execution A prolific serial torture-slayer dubbed "The Dating Game Killer" died Saturday while awaiting execution in California, authorities said. Rodney James Alcala was 77. He died of natural causes at a hospital in San Joaquin Valley, California, prison officials said in a statement. Alcala was sentenced to death in 2010 for five slayings in California between 1977 and 1979, including that of a 12-year-old girl, though authorities estimate he may have killed up to 130 people across the country. Alcala received an addi...

Published: July 24, 2021 / 04:40 PM PDT File-In a file photo on January 7, 2013, the convicted serial killer Rodney James Alcala appeared in a New York court. Alcala was sentenced to 25 years of life imprisonment after admitting to murdering two young women here in the 1970s. Alcala, a prolific serial torture killer known as the “dating game killer,” died while awaiting execution in California. Prison officials said in a statement that Rodney James Alcala was 77 years old. He died of natural causes in a hospital in San Joaquin Valley, California. Alcala was sentenced to death in 2010 fo...

A serial murderer dubbed “The Dating Game Killer” has died at the age of 77 while awaiting execution in California, authorities said. Rodney James Alcala died of natural causes at a hospital in San Joaquin Valley, California, prison officials said in a statement. Alcala was sentenced to death in 2010 for five murders in California between 1977 and 1979, including that of a 12-year-old girl, though authorities estimate he may have killed up to 130 people across the country. He received his nickname after his appearance on US TV show The Dating Game in 1978. Rodney James Alcala at a court a...

ADVERTISEMENT Condemned killer dies in prison Man known by dating-show moniker sentenced for 5 deaths by The Associated Press | Today at 2:59 a.m. SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A prolific serial torture-slayer dubbed "the Dating Game Killer" died Saturday while awaiting execution in California, authorities said. Rodney James Alcala was 77. He died of natural causes at a hospital in San Joaquin Valley, prison officials said in a statement. Alcala was sentenced to death in 2010 for five slayings in California between 1977 and 1979, including that of a 12-year-old girl, though authorities estimate he ma...