Serial killer Rodney Alcala may face murder charges in New York cases
Convicted serial killer Rodney Alcala, already condemned to death row in a string of Southern California slayings, will probably be taken to New York to face charges in the slaying of two women there in the 1970s.
On Thursday, Manhattan Dist. Atty. Cyrus Vance Jr. announced that a grand jury had voted to indict Alcala on murder charges in the deaths of two young women that Vance said “have haunted New York since the 1970s.”
Alcala is charged with the murder of Cornelia Crilley, a 23-year-old flight attendant who in 1971 was raped and strangled with her stockings in her apartment on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.
He is also charged with the slaying of Ellen Hover, also 23 and a young Manhattan socialite and daughter of a Hollywood nightclub owner, who was found dead in 1977, not far from her family’s estate in Westchester County.
Authorities long suspected Alcala in both cases, but it wasn’t until the district attorney's “cold case” unit reexamined the files, re-interviewed old witnesses and pieced together new evidence, Vance said, that they had enough evidence to bring the case to a grand jury.
It marked the third time he was sentenced to death for the murder of 12-year-old Robin Samsoe, last seen alive riding her bike to ballet class in 1979.
-- Geraldine Baum, reporting from New York City, and Paloma Esquivel, reporting from Los Angeles
EDITOR'S PICKS:
Sounds like a waste of New York money, but then NY is not bankrupt like 'Kolleeforneeya'........ oh, that's right, they are BOTH BANKRUPT! Too bad, so sad.
Posted by: CaliPHOBE | January 27, 2011 at 06:10 PM
Seems excessive to spend millions of more dollars to pile on more death penalties. Not that he doesn't deserve whatever he gets.
Posted by: mds | January 27, 2011 at 06:48 PM
In the grand scheme of things what does this accomplish other than give R&R to this psycho scum and publicity to DA Vance? Leave this creep in his boring pen here in LA.
Posted by: Vicky Woodhull | January 27, 2011 at 06:53 PM
This white killer was able to do his deeds for a long, long time. He actually was employed by the Los Angeles Times during some of his beach killings here.
Posted by: blackone | January 27, 2011 at 06:53 PM
Fry that bastard!
Posted by: REAL PEOPLE STAND UP!!! | January 27, 2011 at 07:56 PM
It is a lot of money to send him to court, but at least the victim's families will be able see justice done for their loved one. Honestly, the death penalty should be served more because it's way more expensive to keep them alive and quite frankly murderers and rapist deserve to die. I do not like knowing that my tax money is going to their three square meals. I'm not saying that all crimes deserve death either just those specific ones that really ruin other peoples lives.(rape and murder) Oh btw Blackone just wanted to say thanks for keeping racism alive. (sarcasm) Why is it necessary to point this stuff out? "White Killer" it just spreads hate. I understand the implication, but I don't understand why it was necessary for you to say that. Maybe you'll get past your hatred one day.
Posted by: listenup | January 28, 2011 at 04:47 AM
Why are we wasting more tax payers money to line the pockets of who knows? The man is guilty. Take him to the nearest public tree and hang him. Euthanasia is too good for him. Cut him down and harvest his organs so his life might do some good.
Posted by: Skipperjohn | January 28, 2011 at 05:50 AM
show him the same mercy as he showed them. let him shake hands with JESUS!
Posted by: mikefly | January 28, 2011 at 07:47 AM