Tag: Serial
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Serial killer Rodney Alcala’s trail of murder
This story previously aired on June 1, 2024. Produced by Gayane Keshishyan Mendez and Tom Seligson. When “48 Hours” first investigated the case of Rodney Alcala, he had been convicted of the murder of five California women. But it wasn’t over; he would be tied to other cold cases. A series of photos that Alcala…
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Serial killer Rodney Alcala’s secret photos
Huntington Beach Police Dept. When Huntington Beach, Calif., detectives searched Rodney Alcala‘s Seattle storage locker during the murder investigation of 12-year-old Robin Samsoe in 1979, they discovered a cache of photos, many of them young women in suggestive, and even pornographic poses. In March 2010, after a third jury in 30 years handed Alcala a…
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Judge temporarily halts Idaho’s plan to execute serial killer Thomas Creech after first attempt was botched
A federal judge has temporarily halted the planned execution of an Idaho man on death row whose first lethal injection attempt was botched earlier this year. Thomas Eugene Creech was scheduled to be executed by lethal injection Nov. 13 – roughly nine months after the state first tried and failed to execute him. Execution team…
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Serial sperm donors and lack of regulation create risks and leave children seeking answers
Debate grows over regulating sperm donation Debate grows over regulating sperm donation 02:48 Louise Mcloughlin found out when she was 13 that she had been conceived by a sperm donor. She said when her parents told her, it “felt like the rug was just pulled from underneath my entire life.” McLoughlin was raised in Dublin…