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Rodney James Alcala (born Rodrigo Jacques Alcala; August 23, 1943 – July 24, 2021) was an American serial killer and convicted sex offender who was sentenced to death in California for five murders committed between 1977 and 1979. He also pleaded guilty and received a sentence of 25 years to life for two further murders committed in New York.
Various, including Miroku revolver. Date apprehended. April 24, 2018. Joseph James DeAngelo Jr. (born November 8, 1945) is an American serial killer, serial rapist, burglar, peeping tom, [3][4] former police officer and mechanic who committed at least 13 murders, 51 rapes, and 120 burglaries across California between 1974 and 1986. [5][6][7] He ...
California. Date apprehended. July 7, 2010. Lonnie David Franklin Jr. (August 30, 1952 – March 28, 2020), [1] better known by the nickname Grim Sleeper, was an American serial killer who was responsible for at least ten murders and one attempted murder in Los Angeles, California from 1984 to 2007. [2] He was also convicted for rape and sexual ...
A man suspected of strangling three women to death in Ventura County in 1977 is headed to court after new DNA technology shed light on the serial slayings that had stumped detectives for decades ...
The serial killer, ... Alcala got caught several times on his murder spree, but it took decades for him to finally be brought to justice. ... DNA evidence and testing had advanced enough to ...
June 8, 2023 at 4:12 PM. Advances in DNA sequencing helped Humboldt County authorities identify Kerry Ann Cummings, 26, as the long-unknown victim of serial killer Wayne Adam Ford. (Humboldt ...
Zodiac Killer. The Zodiac Killer is the pseudonym of an unidentified serial killer who operated in Northern California in the late 1960s. The Zodiac murdered five known victims in the San Francisco Bay Area between December 1968 and October 1969, operating in rural, urban, and suburban settings. He targeted three young couples and a lone male ...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Northern California authorities said Wednesday that they have cracked a 45-year-old murder case using the same publicly available DNA database that led to the arrest of ...