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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...

Death row inmate known as the Dating Game Killer dies in California hospital FacebookTwitterEmail 1of2 Death row inmate Rodney Alcala, who has died while awaiting execution in California, appearing in Orange County Superior Court in Santa Ana.Nick Ut/Associated Press 2010Show MoreShow Less 2of2 Rodney James Alcala when he was arrested at age 35 by the Huntington Beach police for the investigation of the murder of 12-year-old Robin Christine Samsoe.Associated Press 1979Show MoreShow Less A condemned death row inmate known as the Dating Game Killer who was convicted of five murders — includin...

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...

'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… 18 hours ago|United States