LOS ANGELES (KTLA) -- A judge ruled that condemned serial killer Rodney Alcala, who was sentenced to death in Orange County for five murders, can be extradited to New York to stand trial in two other murder cases.
Rodney Alcala, 68, was indicted in New York last year in the strangling deaths of Cornelia Crilley and Ellen Hover in the 1970s.
Crilley was raped and strangled in her Manhattan apartment in 1971.
Hover disappeared in 1977 and her remains were later found in Westchester County.
Alcala lived in New York at the time of the murders.
His extradition is tentatively set for April 6 unless a higher court intervenes.
Alcala a photographer and one-time "Dating Game" contestant, is currently on death row at San Quentin.
He was convicted in 2010 of strangling four California women and a 12-year-old girl in the 1970s.
Alcala was sentenced to death three times for killing 12-year-old Robin Samsoe in Huntington Beach on June 20,1979.
Alcala's other victims were: Jill Barcomb, an 18-year-old runaway who was killed in the Hollywood Hills on Nov. 10, 1977; Georgia Wixted, a 27-year-old registered nurse killed on Dec. 16, 1978; Charlotte Lamb, 32, slain on June 24, 1978; and Jill Parenteau, 21, who was killed June 14, 1979.
After his conviction, police released more than 100 photographs that were seized more than 30 years ago from a storage locker Alcala rented.
Alcala is also suspected of murdering 19-year-old Pamela Jean Lambson of San Jose in 1977.
Lambson, an aspiring model, was strangled and dumped on Mount Tamalpais after being lured to her death by a man claiming to be a professional photographer.
Deputies say a photo of Alcala in the 1970s is very similar to a sketch of the suspect in the Bay Area murder.
However, authorities said they do not plan to prosecute Alcala for Lambson's death because the DNA evidence has become too degraded.
Alcala appeared on television as "Bachelor No. 1" on a 1978 episode of "The Dating Game."
The female contestant chose Alcala over the other two bachelors, but reportedly decided against going on a date with him.
Rodney Alcala, 68, was indicted in New York last year in the strangling deaths of Cornelia Crilley and Ellen Hover in the 1970s.
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Hover disappeared in 1977 and her remains were later found in Westchester County.
Alcala lived in New York at the time of the murders.
His extradition is tentatively set for April 6 unless a higher court intervenes.
Alcala a photographer and one-time "Dating Game" contestant, is currently on death row at San Quentin.
He was convicted in 2010 of strangling four California women and a 12-year-old girl in the 1970s.
Alcala was sentenced to death three times for killing 12-year-old Robin Samsoe in Huntington Beach on June 20,1979.
Alcala's other victims were: Jill Barcomb, an 18-year-old runaway who was killed in the Hollywood Hills on Nov. 10, 1977; Georgia Wixted, a 27-year-old registered nurse killed on Dec. 16, 1978; Charlotte Lamb, 32, slain on June 24, 1978; and Jill Parenteau, 21, who was killed June 14, 1979.
After his conviction, police released more than 100 photographs that were seized more than 30 years ago from a storage locker Alcala rented.
Alcala is also suspected of murdering 19-year-old Pamela Jean Lambson of San Jose in 1977.
Lambson, an aspiring model, was strangled and dumped on Mount Tamalpais after being lured to her death by a man claiming to be a professional photographer.
Deputies say a photo of Alcala in the 1970s is very similar to a sketch of the suspect in the Bay Area murder.
However, authorities said they do not plan to prosecute Alcala for Lambson's death because the DNA evidence has become too degraded.
Alcala appeared on television as "Bachelor No. 1" on a 1978 episode of "The Dating Game."
The female contestant chose Alcala over the other two bachelors, but reportedly decided against going on a date with him.
