What is Rodney Alcala?
{{Infobox criminal | name = Rodney Alcala | image = Rodney Alcala 1979 mugshot.jpg | caption = Alcala in 1979 | birth_name = Rodrigo Jacques Alcala Buquor | alias = The Dating Game Killer<br />John Berger<br />John Burger<br />Rod Alcala | birth_date = {{birth date|1943|8|23}} | birth_place = [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]], U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2021|7|24|1943|8|23}} | death_place = [[Corcoran, California|Corcoran]], [[California]], U.S. | cause = Natural causes | years_active = 1968–1979 | victims = At least 8, possibly up to 130 | country = United States | states = [[Washington (state)|Washington]] (possibly)<br />[[California]]<br />[[New York (state)|New York]]<br />[[Wyoming]] | beginyear = 1968 | endyear = 1979 | apprehended = July 24, 1979<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/talk/2010/03/serial_killer_rodney_alcalas_p.html |title = Serial Killer Rodney Alcala's Photo Trove Found|website = NPR|date = 11 March 2010|last1 = Handel|first1 = Sarah}}</ref> | conviction = [[Battery (crime)|Battery]], [[kidnapping]], [[murder]], [[probation violation]], [[rape]], providing [[cannabis]] to a minor | sentence = [[Capital punishment in California|Death]] | imprisoned = [[California State Prison, Corcoran]] | criminal_charge = 1 count of battery<br />1 count of kidnapping<br />Violation of probation<br />2 counts of rape<br />1 count of providing cannabis to a minor<br />5 counts of first-degree murder (2010) }} '''Rodney James Alcala''' (born '''Rodrigo Jacques Alcala Buquor'''; August 23, 1943 &ndash; July 24, 2021) was an [[Americans|American]] [[rapist]] and [[serial killer]]. He committed five murders in [[California]] from 1977 to 1979. He was [[Death penalty|sentenced to death]] in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1262485/Rodney-Alcala-sentenced-death-murders-women-girl-12.html|accessdate=2014-06-23|title=Rodney Alcala sentenced to death for murders of four women and girl, 12|date=31 March 2010|publisher=[[Daily Mail|The Daily Mail]]}}</ref>