Who were the Dating Game Killer's confirmed victims? Remembering the women brutally murdered by Rodney Alcala - and the ones that got away

Serial killer Rodney Alcala had been linked to complete 130 murders and assaults by nan clip he died successful 2021.

Alcala, who was dubbed nan Dating Game Killer, was known for biting his dormant victims' naked bodies earlier photographing them successful sexually definitive poses. 

He was fixed nan moniker aft appearing arsenic Bachelor Number One connected nan celebrated TV show winning nan affections of contestant Cheryl Bradshaw successful 1978.

Alcala was convicted of sidesplitting 7 women successful nan 1970s - pinch 5 murders successful California and 2 successful New York. 

His youngest execution unfortunate was conscionable 12-years-old whom he abducted arsenic she made her measurement to ballet believe in Los Angeles successful 1979. 

In 1980, Alcala was tried and convicted for kidnapping, raping and murdering Robin - earlier being sentenced to death.

He appealed his lawsuit and won a caller trial. He was later tried and convicted again, receiving nan decease condemnation for a 2nd time.

Alcala launched a 2nd successful entreaty successful 2001 and went for proceedings a 3rd time.

When charismatic Matt Murphy took up nan lawsuit successful 2003, he reexamined nan grounds recovered astatine Alcala's retention locker for DNA.

Some of nan DNA unearthed matched that of 4 different women who were either recovered dormant aliases vanished during nan 1970s, confirming Alcala to beryllium a serial killer.

One of nan victims was 19-year-old Jill Barcomb, whose assemblage was recovered astatine nan broadside of a roadworthy successful Los Angeles successful 1977, having had her look mutilated and pinch ligatures astir her neck.

Alcala was besides recovered to person murdered 27-year-old caregiver Georgia Wixted who was recovered naked an brutalized successful Malibu successful 1977; Charlotte Lamb, whose assemblage was recovered strangled and raped successful an flat analyzable miles distant from her location successful June 1978; and Jill Parenteau, a 21-year-old assemblage student who was recovered raped and murdered successful her chamber successful June 1979.

As a result, he was convicted of each 5 murders successful 2010, past 66, and sentenced to death.

He later pleaded blameworthy to 2 much murders successful New York City successful 1977 and 1978, and past later charged successful 2016 pinch nan execution of Christine Thornton successful nan summertime of 1977. But he denied murdering Thornton.

In June 2021, Alcala died of earthy causes aged 77 successful a California hospital. He was awaiting a decease condemnation astatine Corcoran State Prison.

Below are Alcala's confirmed victims, pinch hundreds of imaginable others still unidentified.  

Morgan Rowan 

Morgan Rowan was conscionable 16 years aged erstwhile she was brutally beaten and raped by Alcala during a statement astatine his Hollywood location successful 1968 - earlier he tried to strangle her to death.

She kept nan horrific onslaught a concealed from her family, opening up astir it successful upcoming documentary Surviving A Serial Killer.

'It took maine 50 years to yet show this story. It was a reliable determination but it is important to me,' she said of her traumatic ordeal.

Luckily, Morgan's friends realized she and Alcala were missing from nan statement and came to cheque connected her.

'He was connected maine and past location was a batch of commotion and my friends were pounding connected nan doorway but it kept slamming up against nan metallic bar,' she explained.

'Suddenly, location was a emotion of cool aerial and solid breaking and sound and my friend had surgery done nan window.

'Alcala sewage disconnected of maine then, he went to nan door, took nan metallic barroom disconnected nan doorway and he stood location - pinch my humor each complete his garment - and he conscionable said: "Take her."

'My friend took maine to his flat retired astatine nan beach. I called my parents and told them that I would beryllium location successful clip to leave, but I wasn't coming home. I didn't show them why.

'My friend's neighbour was a antheral nurse. He helped maine cough nan humor retired of my lungs and wrapped my ribs successful portion and butterfly closed each nan unfastened wounds.'

Her friend took attraction of her for 4 days arsenic she declared: 'He really saved my life.'

Tali Shapiro

Alcala's first reported crime occurred successful 1968, erstwhile a witnesser called constabulary aft seeing him lure an eight-year-old woman named Tali Shapiro into that aforesaid Hollywood apartment. 

When authorities arrived, they recovered Talia live but she had been raped, brutally beaten pinch a alloy barroom and was laying successful a excavation of her ain blood. 

After his onslaught connected Tali, Alcala fled and traveled crossed to nan East Coast. 

Cornelia Michel Crilley  

In June 1971, 23-year-old TWA formation attendant Cornelia Michel Crilley was recovered raped and strangled successful her Manhattan apartment. 

Her decease would spell unsolved until 2011 erstwhile DNA grounds linked Alcala to nan killing. 

Ellen Jane Hover 

On July 15, 1977, Alcala killed Ellen Jane Hover.

She was a 23-year-old aspiring euphony conductor who vanished aft leaving her Manhattan apartment.

Jill Barcomb 

Also successful 1977, Alcala murdered 18-year-old aspiring character Jill Barcomb successful her Los Angeles bedroom.

Prosecutor Murphy said she had been recovered 'brutally assaulted pinch aggregate ligatures' and 'her look had been smashed successful pinch a rock.'

Georgia Wixted

Almost a period aft murdering Jill, Alcala sexually assaulted, tortured and strangled to decease Georgia Wixted.

She was a 27-year-old pediatric crab caregiver who had conscionable moved into her ain flat successful Los Angeles.

Christine Ruth Thornton 

Christine was 28 years aged and pregnant erstwhile she went missing from her ranch successful 1977.

Her execution almost went unsolved until her remains were discovered 4 years later. However, Alcala had denied murdering Christine.

Charlotte Lamb

Charlotte Lamb's assemblage was recovered strangled and raped successful an flat analyzable miles distant from her location successful June 1978.

Robin Samsoe

Robin Samsoe was conscionable 12 years aged erstwhile she was abducted by Alcala connected her measurement to ballet people - and nary 1 ever saw her live again. 

Just 12 days aft she was abducted, her 'animal-ravaged' assemblage was recovered successful nan foothills of Sierra Madre pinch a weapon laying adjacent to her. 

In 1980, Alcala was tried and convicted for kidnapping, raping and murdering Robin - earlier being sentenced to death.

He appealed his lawsuit and won a caller trial. He was later tried and convicted again, receiving nan decease condemnation for a 2nd time.

Alcala launched a 2nd successful entreaty successful 2001 and went for proceedings a 3rd time.