Sneak peek: Rodney Alcala: The Killing Game | Forensic Files

[Music] I was out doing my patrols we just started our shift that day and I was driving down Sunset Boulevard
and I received a call A beige color car with no license plates following this uh
little girl in Los Angeles in 1968 8-year-old tally Shapiro was walking to school when a car pulled up alongside
her a Good Samaritan a witness sees a little girl the little 8-year-old tally get in the car thinks it's suspicious
follows him and puts a call into LAPD a pair Los Angeles police officer Chris kamacho reached the location and
knocked on the door and I said police officer open the door I need to talk to you this male appeared at the door I
will always remember that face at that door very evil face and he says I'm in the shower I I
got to get dressed and I told him okay you got 10 seconds finally I kicked the door
[Music] in the image will be with me forever we could see in the kitchen that there was a body on the floor a lot of
blood they say A picture says a thousand words in that image of those little white Mary Janes on that floor with that
metal bar that he used to strangle her with and that puddle of blood it just looks like too much blood to come out of
a tiny little 8-year-old like that there was no breathing we all thought she was dead
kamacho began frantically searching the house for her attacker moments later he walked back
into the kitchen and witnessed a miracle she was gagging and trying to breathe and I thought one for the good
guys she's going to make it clinging to life tally was rushed to the hospital it
had it not been for that police officer T Shapiro would have died on rot alcohol's kitchen floor
we started searching the residence there was a lot of photograph equipment and all of us were amazed at the amount of
photographs that he had there of young girls very young girls we found lot of ID picture ID of a
Rodney aala he was a student at UCLA the suspect 25-year-old Rodney aala had slipped through the officer's fingers
when I kicked in the front door the suspect went out the back back door with alala in the wind former detective Steve
hodell was grasping at thin air but we kept coming up empty back then you know we didn't have a lot of the forensics
you have today he was a snake charmer I went and talked to his professor at uccla he says Rod Alcala wouldn't hurt
anybody he's a great guy he truly believed that you know and and a lot of people did

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Brief Summary

The episode details the 1968 abduction of Tally Shapiro and the police pursuit of suspect Rodney Alcala.

Key points

The Rescue of Tally Shapiro. In a dramatic turn, 8-year-old Tally is found alive after a brutal attack.
The Discovery of Photographs. Police uncover disturbing evidence in the suspect's home, revealing a collection of young girls' photos.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

I will always remember that face at that door, very evil.

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