A criminal since the 60’s
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Born August 23rd 1943
In San Antonio, Texas
Parents names are Rauol Alcala Buquor and Anna
Maria Gutierrez
His father left, leaving his mom to care for him and his
sisters
At around the age of 3, his mom moved them to Los
Angles
At 17, he joined the army until he was removed in 1964
for being diagnosed with a severe anti- social
personality.
Then enrolled in UCLA school of fine arts and earned
his bachelors degree of fine arts
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First time offense
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In 1968, he kidnapped, raped, beat, and attempted to strangle an 8 year old girl
walking to school – Tali Shapiro
Crime
Sentence
Raped, beaten, tried to kill Tali Shapiro, an 8
year old girl
1 year in prison and 34 months with a parol
officer
Providing marijuana to a 13 year old girl
Spent two years in prison then released in 1977
Raped and murdered Jill Barcomb an 18 year
old woman
No sentence
Raped and murdered a 27 year old nurse
named Georgia Wixted
No sentence
Raped, beat, and murdered a 33 year old
secretary Charlotte Lamb
Was charged for the murder but then was
dismissed
Murdered a 12 year old girl, Robin Samsoe on
her way to dance class
Convicted and sentence death penalty but
overturned by California supreme court
Alcala was tried again for the murder of Robin
Samsoe in 1986. He was sentenced to the death
penalty but was overturned by the 9th circuit
court of appeals.
 THIRD TIMES THE CHARM
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On February 5th, 2010, the jury found Alcala guilty of
all five counts of capital murder, one count of
kidnapping and four counts of rape.
 Currently, Alcala is on the death row at San Quentin
State prison
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He has been behind bars since 1979..
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A year ago, he just admitted to killing two girls in
NYC in the 1970’s
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When he killed Robin Samsoe in Orange County in
1979 would have been his most recent crime.
Evidence
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 Hundreds of photos of young woman and girls
 Items that belonged to his victims
 DNA collected from the murder scene linked to Alcala
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This was his serial killer nickname because he
was once a contestant on “The Dating Show”
where he won a date with a contestant,
however the date never happened because she
found him too creepy…
There are no quotes on Rodney Alcala
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This is when the behavior is learned by the company the keep. Alcala
didn’t have anybody his entire life. He never got married or had kids.
When he was young, all he had was his mother because his dad left. I
believe he felt alone and needed something to do with his life. He
resorted to criminal acts because of the Differential- Association
theory. When he went to study fine arts he might have made friends
there that made him do deviant acts. It could have been anything
from robbery, theft, lying, drinking, or drugs. Also with this theory, it
involves criminal techniques, motives, and drives. From what I have
read, Alcala had no motives or drives except for being lonely and
wanted more attention from his family. Alcala did use criminal
techniques. After his first criminal act, he flew to New York and was
going by John Berger. He enrolled in NYU film school and became a
new student, amateur photographer, and a single hot shot. A criminal
technique is to change your identity and to start leading a new life.
Also with this theory, it says how you have a strong influence over
your victim, Alcala did rape and murder many woman in his lifetime.
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I think Rodney Alcala should be put on the death penalty.
He has ended lives of innocent woman by beating and
raping them throughout his lifetime. Not only did he just do
it once, but he has done it many of times. What also makes
me mad is that he has been in prison for the murders he
caused but I don’t feel like he had enough consequences. He
was on the death row in California but then flown to New
York to plead guilty of two more woman in New York. I do
not believe Rodney Alcala should still be living today. If he
gets life in prison, I hope he gets put into some sort of
mental institution because I do think there is something
mentally wrong with him.