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Rodney Alcala’s survivors, Morgan Rowan and Tali Shapiro, were young girls when the Dating Game Killer attacked them, per People Magazine . Investigation Discovery’s People Magazine Investigates: Surviving A Serial Killer recently looked into the survivors’ story. The six-part series premiered on Sunday, May 5, 2024. A press release states that the show “takes back the narrative of their lives by sharing the disturbing yet empowering accounts of how they escaped the clutches of a serial killer.”
Alcala, known as the Dating Game Killer, committed a series of murders in Orange County and New York. The serial killer reportedly preyed on women and girls between 1971 and 1979, per The New York Times . He stood trial for the murder of 12-year-old Robin Samsoe multiple times and received a death penalty each time. Eventually, investigators used DNA evidence to link him to several other murders. He was convicted of five murders in California in 2010. Later, the killer pleaded guilty to two other murder charges in New York.