Dating Game Killer Page #7

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we set up a 24-hour

surveillance on his house.

It was over a month

since Tammy Jensen's murder

and 10 years after

he attacked Rosie Hoffman.

The bastard had escaped justice

again and again and again,

but not this time.

-[ Gasps ]

-shh, shh, shh, shh, shh, shh!

I don't want to wake mam.

[ Whispering ] oh, my god.

You scared me.

How was Dallas?

You get the job?

Yeah. they love me.

Run away with me.

Let's get married.

Are you serious?

Uh-huh.

-When?

-right now. Tonight.

When we set up in Texas,

we'll send for your family...

[ Camera shutter clicks ]

...and mine, and we'll have

a big Mexican wedding.

I can't believe

this is happening.

Man:
Rodney alcala...

[ Helicopter whirring overhead ]

This is the l.A.P.D.!

Surrender.

Police! police!

[ Pounding on door ]

[ Sirens wailing ]

Rodney alcala,

this is the l.A.P.D.

Surrender.

[ Sirens continue wailing ]

[ Man speaking indistinctly ]

Get down!

Surrender.

[ Sirens continue wailing ]

-Police! get down!

-Get down!

Freeze! get down!

I said get down!

-Get your ass down!

-I told you he'd be back!

Hamell:
alcala, it's a relief

to finally arrest you

for the murder

of Tammy Jensen

and god knows who else.

No. you see? You see?

I told you! Please!

You have the right

to remain silent.

Anything you say can

and will be used against you...

-Remember me, alcala

-...In a a court of law.

Remember me?

I don't know who you are.

[ Dog barking ]

[ Grunts ]

-No! no! [ Screams ]

-Hey! Hey!

-Rosie Hoffman.

-[ Grunts ]

[ Speaks Spanish ]

yo no dice.

-What's this?

-[ Speaks Spanish ]

Storage locker receipt?

Seattle?

What you got in there, huh?

Holy [bleep].

There must be thousands

of these.

Hey.

Take a look at this.

Souvenirs?

[ Indistinct conversations ]

Man:
we should probably go ahead

and get some more supplies.

I think...

[ Speaks indistinctly ]

Hamell:
did these belong

to Tammy?

[ Inhales sharply ]

No, those are mine.

Tammy used to borrow them.

[ Sighs ]

Thank you, Carol.

We got him now.

-We finally got him.

-[ Exhales sharply ]

It was him...

[ Murmuring ]

...The man sitting right there.

Rodney alcala.

He was pushing a young blonde

girl in front of him

into the brush.

Man:
how do you know it was

Rodney alcala?

You said when you first saw

the dark-haired man

with the girl,

the sun was in your eyes.

Lori:
yes, sir, but, uh,

i saw him again later that day,

June 20th, in the same spot.

He was alone this time.

That's why I went back

and saw the body.

Oh, yes. That's, uh,

5 days later on June 25th,

is that right?

-Yes. Uh..

Yes, sir. June 25th.

Five days after you first saw

some dark-haired man

on a hike with a kid who could

have been his daughter,

even his long-haired son.

-Objection. asked and answered.

-Sustained.

June 25th, 7 days before

you and your fellow rangers

went back

and you found

Tammy Jensen's remains,

which you say you already

knew were there.

Is that correct?

Um, uh...Uh, yes.

Ms. Carter, why on earth

did you not call the police

when you first saw a dead body?

-[ Whispers ] Come on.

[ Mumbling ]i didn't know

if what I saw was real.

It was horrible.

-Sorry?

-judge:
speak up, Ms. Carter.

Not real?

-Not real.

-[ Murmuring ]

So what, you thought

it was a --

a dream or a hallucination?

I guess i-i thought...

I hoped I imagined it.

Oh, so you thought

you imagined it.

Ms. Carter, were you then

or are you now on medication

or recreational drugs?

You mean, uh, was I high?

Sure.

No.

Were you high?

No!

So you found a dead body.

You allegedly saw the killer.

Why did it take you so long

to tell not just the police,

but anybody about

what you saw?

The d.A. Says she's recovering

from a nervous breakdown.

Is she gonna

get through this?

-Well, we better hope so.

-Ms. Carter, answer me!

Why did it take you so long

to tell anybody about

what you saw?

I was...

I was scared.

It was too horrible.

I had nightmares.

It was easier to just try

to forget about it

and -- and -- and blame it

on my imagination.

In fact, you imagined at least

six different versions,

at least three or four in

your statements to the police,

a couple more during

pretrial hearings,

and now a different one

right here in this court.

Every time

you make a statement,

you change your story.

Which are the lies, and why

is this one the truth?

The little girl's body

was messed up.

-[ Crying ]

-it had no hands or feet.

The head was lying

next to it,

and, uh, most of the face

was chewed off.

[ Sobs ]

[ Speaks indistinctly ]

oh, my god!

[ Sobbing ]

[ Murmuring ]

[ Gavel bangs ]

Judge:
let's take a quick

recess. Reconvene in 15 minutes.

Oh, my poor baby!

That screwed-up ranger girl

was our only hope.

The jury knows

Lori is traumatized.

Joanne, come on. I know

she's telling the truth,

and even I don't

believe her.

That bastard is gonna get away

again like he always does.

No, he won't!

He can't.

He will pay.

[ Murmuring ]

[ Handcuffs clinking ]

Mommy, no.

Carol?

Are you all right?

Do you smell that?

What?

It's lemon.

It's lemon,

like Tammy's shampoo.

She -- she wouldn't want me

to hurt anyone for her.

[ Whispers ]

she wouldn't want that.

Has the jury reached

a verdict?

Yes, we have, your honor.

How do you find

the defendant?

On the charging of

first-degree murder -- guilty.

Oh! [ crying ]

[ Murmuring ]

Hamell:
he was sentenced

to death.

But four years later, after

alcala's execution date was set,

the state supreme court ruled

that admitting alcala's

prior crimes as evidence

unfairly prejudiced the jury.

It was unfair to say

that this murderer

had committed atrocities

against other children?

[ Scoffs ]

His conviction was overturned.

Former ranger Lori Carter...

[ Buzzer ]

...Refused to attend

alcala's second trial in 1986,

claiming amnesia.

So the judge allowed

her 1980 testimony to be read.

Again, thankfully,

the jury found alcala guilty

and, again, gave him

the death sentence.

In 2002, a new California law

allowed law enforcement

to take prisoner d.N.A. Samples

to match crime scene evidence.

-No!

-correction officers

could use reasonable force...

-No! [ Groaning ]

If a prisoner refused

to comply voluntarily.

Alcala's d.N.A. Began

to get hits.

Rodney James alcala was now

officially a serial killer.

[ Indistinct conversations

in distance ]

Hands.

[ Handcuffs click ]

Hamell:
before his trial,

alcala decided to fire

his attorneys

and represent himself.

About 10,820 days,

5 hours, and 15 minutes ago,

Tammy Jensen left

on Becky wilkinson's bicycle

and was never seen again.

About 33 days

and 16 hours later,

I was arrested

for Tammy's murder.

Wrongly arrested.

The prosecution's entire case

is nothing

but circumstantial evidence,

theories, and blatant lies,

which, fortunately,

my first witness

will prove

beyond a shadow of a doubt.

I call...

Rodney alcala!

[ Murmuring ]

[ Gavel bangs ]

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