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Medellín authorities to meet embassies and dating apps after five foreigners die

Rodney James Alcala born Rodrigo Jacques Alcala Buquor ; August 23, — July 24, was an American serial killer and sex offender who was sentenced to death in California for five murders committed between and He also pleaded guilty and received a sentence of 25 years to life for two further murders committed in New York and was also indicted with a murder in Wyoming , although charges were dropped due to a technicality. Alcala compiled a collection of more than 1, photographs of women, teenage girls and boys, many in sexually explicit poses. In he was charged with the murder of a woman identified in one of his photos. Prosecutors have said that Alcala "toyed" with his victims, strangling them until they lost consciousness, then waiting until they revived, sometimes repeating this process several times before finally killing them. In , when Alcala was aged 11, his mother moved him and his two sisters to suburban Los Angeles. He attended various private schools during his youth before graduating from Montebello High School.

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Through his acquired photography skills, Alcala was able to prey on both young women and children right across this trend- laden, fad-happy decade. The series will travel back in time to his first known crime in Los Angeles , when he kidnapped, raped and almost killed an 8-year-old girl. After his early release in , Alcala was in and out of prison for years on misdemeanours. Eventually, a federal investigation would uncover a string of victims across four state boundaries, from to , and lead to his arrest.

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US citizens travelling to Colombia have been warned against using dating apps in the country after the "suspicious deaths" of eight American tourists in two months. The US embassy in Bogota said some victims were drugged and robbed after meeting people on these apps. The incidents often occurred in cities like Medellin, Cartagena and Bogota where US tourism has picked up. Travellers are being told to avoid isolated locations like hotel rooms.

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Watch Dating Death: The Rodney Alcala Murders

In , Rodney Alcala flees Los Angeles after the rape and attempted murder of an 8-year-old girl. For three years, Alcala spends his summers upstate, where he works as a camp counselor for children until he is recognized from an FBI wanted poster. After his subsequent arrest, he is flown back to California to stand trial. In , New York heiress Ellen Hover goes missing the night of the blackout. Throughout the year, Alcala hunts the streets for victims, posing as a successful photographer to get close to women.

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