PHOTOS: Rodney James Alcala guilty of five murders
Rodney James Alcala, 66, center, acted as his own defense attorney in the trial in which he was accused of killing four women in Los Angeles County as well as Robin Samsoe, 12, of Orange County in the late 1970s. He focused on the Samsoe case, for which there was little physical evidence. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Tim Samsoe of Norco hugs his wife, Teresa, after Rodney James Alcala was convicted of killing Tim’s sister, Robin Samsoe, in 1979 when she was 12 years old. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Rodney James Alcala confers with his investigator. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Tim, center, and Robert Samsoe, right, both of Norco, and Tim’s wife, Teresa, talk to reporters after Rodney James Alcala was convicted of killing the Samsoes’ 12-year-old sister, Robin, as well as four women in Los Angeles County. It was his third conviction in Robin’s murder; the previous convictions and death sentences were overturned. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Rodney James Alcala is led into Orange County Superior Court to hear the jury’s verdicts on five counts of murder. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Robert Samsoe hugs
