Could photos from Seattle storage locker provide clues in serial killings?
Authorities in California wonder if thousands of photographs of women found in a Shoreline storage locker more than 30 years ago could point to additional victims of a notorious serial killer facing the death penalty.
By Christine Clarridge / Seattle Times staff reporter / March 11, 2010
Authorities wonder if thousands of photographs found in a Shoreline storage locker more than 30 years ago could point to additional victims of a notorious serial killer facing the death penalty in California for the murders of four women and a 12-year-old girl.
Police and prosecutors released the decades-old photos on Wednesday after amateur photographer and serial killer Rodney James Alcala, 66, was convicted by a California jury, which recommended the death penalty.
Authorities said they hope the release of the photographs will lead to the identification of the subjects and possibly reveal whether Alcala may have had additional victims.
Huntington Beach, Calif., police Detective Patrick Ellis said Thursday that he has already heard from one person who claims to know one of the subjects of Alcala's photos, a woman who has been listed as a missing person for decades.
Alcala was arrested in connection with the slaying of 12-year-old Robin Samsoe of Orange County about a month after the girl's body was found in 1979.
On Tuesday, a jury recommended death for Alcala for the murders of Samsoe and four women who were killed between 1977 and 1979.
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Jurors took just an hour to return the death recommendation after a six-week trial in which Alcala represented himself and took the stand in his own defense. Alcala also relied on a 1978 clip of himself as a winning contestant on "The Dating Game" in his rambling, and sometimes incoherent defense.
READ ABOUT DEMENTED SERIAL KILLER RODNEY ALCALA...
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011322181_serialkiller12m.html
HELP IDENTIFY THE PHOTOS OF MISSING GIRLS...
Authorities in California ask that if anyone has information about the people in the photos to please contact Huntington Beach police Detective Patrick Ellis at 714-375-5066, or e-mail pellis@hbpd.org.
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