Rodney Alcala is a convicted rapist and serial killer who is also known as “The Dating Game Killer.” He was born Rodrigo Jacques Alcala Buquor in San Antonio, Texas, in 1943. Although in 2010 he was convicted of murdering five people during the late 70s, some homicide investigators believe that has killed many more. At least one estimate indicates that during the 1960s and 1970s Alcala killed as many as 130 people.
Early life of Rodney Alcala
Alcala’s parents were Raoul Alcala Buquor and Anna Maria Gutierrez. After Buquor abandoned them, his mother moved him and his sisters to Los Angeles. Alcala was 12 years old at the time. In 1960, he joined the Army. Four years later, he suffered a nervous breakdown. A military psychiatrist diagnosed him as having an antisocial personality disorder, and Alcala received a medical discharge. Alcala then studied at and graduated from the UCLA School of Fine Arts. He later studied film at New York University under the tutelage of Roman Polanski.
