Serial Killer Rodney James Alcala: Bachelor #1 Has Reached His Expiration Date
Yesterday, in an Orange County courtroom convicted murderer Alcala was finally given the death penalty. Through DNA, blood and fingerprint evidence, Alcala’s sordid resume includes the late 1970’s murders of 4 young women ranging in age from 12 to 32. Additionally, he raped and beat an 8 year old girl in 1968; that woman, now age 50, sat with the 12 year-old victim’s family as the sentence was administered. Interestingly, Alcala has the dubious distinction of being a winning contestant on “The Dating Game” in the 1970s; ironically, the bachelorette who chose him later refused to go through with the date. Lady Justice can only speculate how that courtship might have ended.