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48 Hours

Rodney Alcala: The Dating Game Killer

48 Hours

CBS News

True Crime, News, Tv & Film, Cbs

3.97K Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

A report on the criminal justice system’s 50-year pursuit of serial killer Rodney James Alcala. From his 1968 abduction, rape and attempted murder of 8-year old Tali Shapiro in Los Angeles; to his 2010 conviction -- with the help of advances in DNA technology -- for the kidnapping, rape and murder of five California women; and to the subsequent discovery of other murders attributed to Alcala in New York and Wyoming. “48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports. This classic "48 Hours" episode last aired on 11/9/2024. Watch all-new episodes of “48 Hours” on Saturdays, and stream on demand on Paramount+.

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Thank you. to catch up on the latest episodes without the ads. I was out of doing my patrols. I was out doing my patrols. We just started our shift that day.

1:09.0

And I was driving down Sunset Boulevard,

1:11.6

and I received a call a beige-colored car

1:15.6

with no license plates following this little girl.

1:19.6

In Los Angeles, in 1968,

1:22.6

eight-year-old Tally Shapiro was walking to school

1:26.6

when a car pulled up alongside her.

1:29.4

A good Samaritan, a witness, sees the little girl, the little 8-year-old, Talley get in the car,

1:35.0

thinks it's suspicious, follows him, and puts a call into LAPD.

1:40.9

Former Los Angeles police officer Chris Camacho reached the location and knocked on the door.

1:47.0

And I said, police officer, open the door, I need to talk to you.

1:50.0

This male appeared at the door.

1:53.0

I will always remember that face at that door.

1:56.0

Very evil face.

1:58.0

And he says, I'm in the shower, I gotta get dressed.

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