Samsoes friends had told police that a stranger had approached them on the beach and asked to take their pictures. On June 20, 1979, a 12 year old girl by the name of Robin Samsoe disappeared somewhere between the beach and her ballet class. Actor Jed Mills who competed against Alcala would later describe him as, “a strange guy with weird opinions.” Eventually his murder spree would come to an end.
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The weird connection was established after the co worker realized why would a mother ask for a naked picture of their daughter or son? Police believe that some of the subjects in the photos are additional cold case murders.ĭespite all the allegations and being registered as a known rapist and sex offender, Alcala was accepted on the Dating Game Show in 1978 as host Jim Lange introduces his as a professional photographer that got started when his father found him in the dark room at the age of 13. When asked why he took the photos, Alcala responded with their moms asked me to take them. One had noticed that all the girls were usually naked and he also had spread after spread of naked teenage boys in sexual positions. During this time Alcala convinced hundreds of young men and women that he was a professional fashion photographer, and wanted to photograph them for his “portfolio.” Alcala shared his work with his co workers. In 1978, Alcala worked for a short time for the Los Angeles Times as a typesetter. Her remains were found buried in the grounds of the Rockefeller Estate in Westchester County. Two weeks in to being in Manhattan cold case detectives now believe he killed Jane Hover 23, and daughter of the owner of Hollywoods popular night club Ciros. He ended up in New York after he took a flight that his police officer posed as a flight risk. Once again he was released after serving a two year sentenced. Less than two months after his release, he was rearrested for assaulting a 13 year old girl named Julie J after she accepted a ride from him thinking he would take her straight to school. So his charges were dropped to just assault charges.
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Alcala had been in and out of jail especially after the 8 year old girl that he raped was unable to testify at his trial because her mom refused and moved the entire family to Mexico. Her murder would remain unsolved for the next 40 years. That June in 1971 a girl by the name of Cornelia Mitchel Crilley was found strangled and raped in her Manhattan apartment. In 1971 he had acclaimed a counseling job in New Hampshire under the slightly different alias John Burger. To get out of the resulting arrest warrant Alcala had fled the state and went to New York City to study film under the new name John Berger. Alcala however fled the scene and was no where to be found.
The girl was later found alive, raped and beaten with a steel bar. He was seen by a motorist luring an 8 year old girl named Tali Shapiro, into his apartment. Alcala committed his first crime in 1968. After his trials he was also diagnosed with narcissistic, borderline, and malignant personality disorders. He was diagnosed with Anitpersonality Disorder and was discharged from the army. In 1964 they described Alcala as having a nervous breakdown. After this his mother picked up and brought the family back to the states to live in Los Angeles when he was just 11 years old.Īlcala had joined the army when he turned 17 where he served as a clerk. In 1951 his father moved the family to Mexico only to abandon them there three years later. He was born in San Antonio Texas to Raoul Alcala Buquor and Anna Marie Gutierrez. It is believed he had raped most of the people he killed including in 2016 when he was charged with the rape and murder of one of the females identified in his photographs. He has been compared to Ted Bundy by a few people and the police referred to his as ” The Killing Machine”.Īlcala had more than 1,000 photographs he compiled all of woman and teenage boys in sexually explicit photos. Several times until he would eventually kill them. Such as strangling them till they lost consciousness and would wait till they resumed consciousness before he would do it all over again.
Prosecutors say Alcala would “toy” with his victims. Between 19 Rodney James Alcala is believed to have raped and murdered as much as 50-130 woman.