A longhaired photographer who lured women by offering to take their picture, Mr. Alcala, 77, had been convicted of five murders in Orange County, Calif., and two in New York, all in the 1970s.
Source: New York Times
Rodney Alcala, the ‘Dating Game’ Serial Killer, Dies
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