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Talk about a needle in a haystack. They will never identify all these photos and now that they have sentenced him to death no one will ever know the truth. Another of Life's great mysteries.
Yes i do beleive that these pictures of these individuals were victims of this serial killer. It looks like to me with the pictures of men in them too, he probably talked them into having a party of some sort and who knows killed them afterwards, and these children could be kid of mothers he killed.
Some of these photos are just sick!!! I pray that these people are alive and didnt fall victim to this sick mans world. He should have been locked up years ago!!!!!
I get a bad feeling when I see these pics...I hope these aren't victims! I hope all are alive and ok...
My previous comment was not meant for public post but for investigation only.
I looked through these photos thinking I would not be surprised to see one of myself. In the summer of 1975 or 1976, I was walking around the downtown area of my small Nebraska hometown when a man started following me around and taking pictures. He did this for a while and then asked if I would go to his car while he changed film and if he could get my name and address so that he could send me the pictures. I told him no and went into a store until he left. He looked very similar to this man. It may not have been him but it could have been someone very much like him. I'm so very grateful.
Most of these seem to be very old. From hairstyle and clothes....seventies and eighties. I hope you find all the people and that they are all safe.
I understand several of these people have already been identified, but they haven't said if they're all alive....
I hope these pictures can help some families find peace.
This is so sad. I hope some of these women can be identified through these photographs. I will make a posting on my blog to help spread the word about these photos. -Christina
It looks like some of the women are drugged and some look sad. It seems like a lot of these pics where taken in his apartment, maybe he posed as a photographer. The curtains are in a lot of the pictures, even the nude boy is in the apartment. Looks like the $70's early 80's, I am sure there a many more victims, this guy needs to die.
Wow...I really hope these pictures don't represent victims.
whew! No fat people. I feel safe!
This is creepy
One of these photos is familiar. Who needs to be notified of the people photographed and the place?
pic 21 looks like it could almost be a young version of actress daphne zuniga.
This son of a B*tch, may he rot in h*ll if he did something to these people, escpecially those little children. I am sickened by the thought of the possibility. I pray these people are identified and alive.
we all have a duty as citizens to view these photos, no matter how disturbing the source, to help bring those home that need peace.
Picture #31 was DEFINITELY taken in Virginia Beach
The 9th picture down on the left look like tattoo artist Kat VonD ~
I think some of the pictures could have been cropped to leave out some of the more revealing body parts. Some photos (as they are) might prove embarrassing to those who's pictures are posted all over the internet.
Does this guy have a background in photography? In looking at these photos, I wonder if part of his MO was that he told these women he was some sort of scout or could help them get into modeling and then got them alone to photograph them. Wasn't there someone else who did this? If they are victims, I can't imagine how else he would get his hands on photos like these unless he took them himself, and the women certainly don't like they were in distress at the time the photos were taken.
It looks to me as if he carried a camera with him and took pictures of the person he was planning to abduct. I am also noticing a pattern of people wearing red clothing being singled out. Does this ring a bell with anyone out there?
This gives me the chills.
Sad to say that I don't recognize any of them. I hope someone can idnetify these people.
My nephew Russell Goudy was tortured and murdered in July of 1977 and found in the hills of San Dimas. Before his death he told everyone a photographer was taking pictures of him for a surfing magazine. There are no photos here that look like Russell.
If the authorities find more pictures, please contact me since Alcala at one time was linked as a possible person of interest in my nephews case.
Russell's murderer was never found. The detective on the case Mr. Vance, stated that the particular way in which Russell was murdered was characteristic of William Bonin who has already been executed.
Carol Tickenoff Harper
My God, it is overwhelming to think about.
I just wish NONE of the pictures represent people that were brutally attacked and had to fight for their lives. Horrible.
Why don't they torture the sick SOB until HE tells THEM whether or not these poor people were his victims. Such sick, twisted minds that live in this world.
I think the authorities should allow convicted drug and gang members to assist them in extracting information leading to discovery of the whereabouts of these innocent people. So Nancy Grace, if someone were to take matters into their own hands to extract details, would you feel that civil rights were violated? When is it ok to violate civil rights?
Lets hope and pray that every one of the people in these photo's will be accounted for! It's so sad to look thru these and wonder if some of them met a horrible fate at the hands of this monster!
How can all of these people be killed an no one know? I cannot believe that our criminals have more rights than the victims and can walk the streets with no consequences.....How???
Eye for an eye – bludgeon this SOB with the claw end of a hammer.
Again, after choking in my tears just looking at these photos knowing that maybe all or some of these children have been killed in a horrific way, I PLEAD for the law makers to change the current laws which protect the monsters who prey on children and do not protect the children. Sociopathy HAS NO CURE. How many victims could have been spared if this sociopath would have been STOPPED the first time he was in jail. Whomever determined that these monsters could be helped WAS WRONG and IS WRONG. Shame on the current law system! Shame that this current law dismisses these poor women and children as if they never existed, just like the monster wanted!
Lot nicer than any so called internet pictures. You just don't see beauty anymore. People are being products these days. And I'm not being nostalgic. I wasn't even born when these were taken. Remember, this guy was a photographer after all.
Sorry, a bit inappropriate but I just got to say those are beautiful pics and beautiful people in them.
UNBELIEVABLE.. I REALLY HOPE HE JUST TOOK THE PHOTOS AND DID NOT HURT THESE POOR PEOPLE
God bless these women and children. These pictures scare me. I hope each and everyone is found alive.
Time to use the water boarding techic again.
This is sad. Someone should try and match these faces against those of the missing at doenetwork.org.
Very Creepy by looking at the pictures i don't want to visualize what a
serial killer monster would be thinking of doing to these innocent people especially the children! SICK!
its so sick seeing this.
There are some very sick people out there,I literally feel sick just seeing pictures of children like that. I hope and pray that these children were never taken or touched or ANYTHING!
Just at a glace, it looks like there are some duplications in your list. It might help to get an expert in and eliminate some of the duplates and narrow the volume of information people have to sort through. Some of these look pretty old, early 70's and on, judging from the fashion. If any of these people are victims, then narrowin the scope of the information my make the identifcation process go faster.
Some of these pics should be cropped.
Kudos to CNN for posting the pictures while keeping the dignity of the potential victims.
At the very least someone might get closure.
I pray that these girls are all fine but, some of the shots the girls look like they are not happy to be in these photos and it's frightening. I am a photographer so, some of these really bother me a lot. I have chills to my bones. I hope you will keep us updated and remove photos of girls/boys that you find out are fine and this list gets much shorter.
Many of these pictures look like they were taken in the same appartment. I see the smae pieces of furniture or curtains in several of them. Did that many people dissappear from the same community or was he bringing people back there from all over the place? Or picking up transients.
This is sad.
When I look at the pictures, I noticed that several took pictures that appeared to be nude, but only showing minimal chest area. Is that a coincidence, or could they have been directed to do so by him? It is just weird that so many of the pictures have that pose in common.
These photos look like typical snapshots from the 70's. There is no fear in their faces, or apprehension. They also don't look like they were shot with a long telephoto lens from a distance. I'm no expert, but they seem to have been shot on various brands of film as well.
Did the killer ever work in a photo developing lab, or at a store where he could have handled film sent in for developing? Maybe he just stole the photos he liked from customers' orders.
the headphones in several of the pictures appear to be similar if not identical although the girls are differentl. Some of the furniture that appears in different photos also appears to be the same. (brown bureau in the background of the picture with the blond in the articles cover photo; also the class table with the LPs underneath)
So very sad..
It's shocking, scary, sad, disturbing... No words to describe the mixed emotions.
I'm a parent and I just can't imagine if some of these pictures are linked to missing people and/or confirmed death by sick people out there.
Cannot imagine the sadness and pain of these parents and relatives to these innocent people.
I'm an amateur photographer and well there are for sure FBI expert and profilers looking into these images that were taking in the 70's, 80' and 90's.
It's clear that some of the pictures probably were snapped by the same person/equipment. They even were taken with some basic composition rules.
It seems to me that also some of these innocent young girls were under the influence of some stimulant. Quite clean the also the sadness and shame in the expressions.
In other pictures you can see that the person was relaxed, confident while others didn't even realized that were watched by a sick person.
Thanks,
Phil
The majority of these photos are of terrified women, forced to pose for him; in several, you can tell they are in tears, or near tears, esp. the pretty blond, that by the second photo is crying and begging. I assume she was about to die. How sad that this creature was allowed to run loose for so many years, committing these murders.
Had he been given a life sentence, when he raped the 8 yr. old, instead of going on "The Dating Game,: The majority of these murders would have never taken place.
This is just sad, extremely sad!!!! Those innocent children, and women that were targeted! How did the cops know where to look?
You should number the pictures so that if someone identifiies themselves they can tell you which one it is
If this so called person is found guilty there should be no setting there for 20 years crap. He needs to be taken from the courthouse and exacuted then. crimes of this possible magnitude should have the exacutions televised after midnight. When exacutions like here in tx are carried out its -huh who?- there is no reality in them when we had hangings in the public square everyone was there to witness it. It had a reality and a deterant to it–when you saw someone hang it made an impression and one was probably more likely to think twice before doing these things. For those who say oh we shouldn't make these poor souls suffer during an exacution–do you think these sick basturds don't make the people including the children they rape and kill suffer! Wake up its all you bleeding hearts that help these sick fraks do their work.
Let's all hope that these people are not more victims of this maniac.
The fact that this man won the dating game through cunnning and manipulation on live TV goes to show you, you can never be too careful about strangers. Beware all of you who think online dating is a good idea, you could end up with someone like this creep. One date could be your last one.
God, there's so many. Hopefully all of them were not victims of this monster. This makes me very sad.
Knowing the context of the photos make them creepy, but I wonder if the man did photography as a hobby, or perhaps these are a collection of fantasies since many of them are posed for.
Probably worked in a photo lab..
How can I find out if this serial murder ever happeneded to make his way to UA in AZ campus? Are all these murders in Ca? There used to be a strange man who walked around campus telling women he would love to take photos of them at his studio. I was sure if I said yes I would not have made it out.
Why weren't these photos made public 30 years ago??????
I pray that these people are still alive, especially the little children. If the killer took these photographs, it is too bad that he didn't become a photographer, to chose the path of a killer is horrific.
did he take all the photographs?!
These should have been cropped better to protect those who were posing nude or top-less. There is no reason to show more than the face. To do otherwise is a gross invasion of the privacy of the individuals involved. Choosing to pose for a "friend" or acquaintance thirty years ago does not give the police or the press the right to plaster your body all over the Internet. Did they sign so-called "model release forms"? I think not. The stated purpose (finding potential victims of a serial killer) can be met by cropping to the face. Any family member or old friend will recognize the face, not the naked chest and shoulders.
Have these photos been shared with NCMEC? Their database is much more comprehensive than that of local LE and their age progression artist is very good!
What a tragedy.
I had a friend who was murdered in the hills around california in 1976- her murderer was never found to my knowledge- she was strangled with a wire and stabbed 18 times, and left naked- but apparently unraped.
question- did this creep rape before or after death? I always thought she fought it tooth and nail. her photo is not up here- but she fits the profile exactly- 20 yrs, light brown hair parted in the middle- reasonable build.
This is a sad sad case. I'm hoping that all are found living happily ever after. I'm a believer in capital punishment: death to Rodney Alcala. He's sick man.
Aweful I think I am going to be sick,the look in these people eyes says it all.
NUMBER THESE IMAGES TO MAKE THEM EASY TO IDENTIFY!
I just want to cry. Please God let all of them be alive...
What a sick world we live in.
Thats one messed up cat
I HOPE THESE PHOTOS WILL BE POSTED AT THE
MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN's WEBSITE !!
How can person reporting a missing loved onebe notified where to view these photos?
I'd say several of those pic's could have been taken while the women were in the middle of some sort of torture. Some of those women look to be in pain at the time of the picture.
I don't recognize any of them, and I hope that they are not victims, but I'm not feeling to solid about them not being victims.
Holy smokes!!! This sicko was a predator to the max. Just looking at the pictures here you can see how many of the pictures were taken of "children" in the same home, or apartment. Look at all of the images with the same funky drapes, record albums and stereo, in the background, as well as the light cast from the flood lights you can see in a couple of images. These guy was obviously posing as a photographer in an effort to get these "children" to pose for him. Sick sick sick.
What a sick f#@*%. How many lives does a psychopath need to destroy before we put him where he belongs, six feet under.... Has anybody noticed how he likes to take photos of toddlers with virtually no clothes on? Does anyone care? Helloooo? Anyone out there? Anyone got a gun? Screw the legal system that released him time and time and time again. Please.... somebody take him out and splatter his guts everywhere so we can all feel better. He needs to suffer mucho.
In looking these photos over, hoping to help in some way, I noticed that a number of the people in the photo appeared to be in the same location, an apartment, with stereo equipment behind them and headphones nearby. It would seem that they were all taken to or invited to that location, making it even more likely they may be victims of violence.
Is there anyway to determine whether that location was his apartment or home at some time?
Isn't there software out there that can compare these pictures to missing person records? You'd think this would be possible in this day and age....
Authorities may already have date information on some of these photos. However, I wanted to say that in photo 0201 (9th photo from bottom in right colum column), I am almost certain the young woman is wearing a bikini from the Banana Republic Summer 2000 line. I was with the company for six years and owned the same bathing suit.
I hope none of these people became victims of this man.
I believe these photos should be cropped closer and only show the subjects' faces. There is no need to advertise their nudity. Show respect for them and their families if they were in fact victimns of this killer. I don't think you should show the photos of young children, either.
Nothing ever good comes from taking pictures of people/females in various states of posed seduction and undress.........I would venture to say that some of these females in the pictures--in looking at their faces and eyes-- look like they are drugged, whether intentional or otherwise.
It is unnerving to think that some of these people had photographs taken in what seems to be remote, rugged areas......and a couple of pictures appear to be taken in different countries.
I am hoping that these people are alive and well and living their lives happily somewhere......
THANK YOU, Nancy Grace, for having a show such as yours-–if even person is helped, it's all worth it 10 times over !
It appears to me that some of these pictures are of the same subject. I hope that the identity of these people can be confirmed, and their safety is assured.
Wondering why CNN did not make it easier for us (the public) by grouping similar photos together?? It is obvious that some of these people are in one than one photo. Why would you not group these pictures?!? Examples: 123, 186, 194, 197 are all the same person.
I would really like to help. I am sure others would also. I just think you could have made it easier by grouping 'same subject' pictures *and* by setting picture links to open in new window!! (target='_blank') That way, I could look at more than one 'enlargement' at the same time.
To me, these are just common sense... oh, maybe that's the problem!
Considering the age of many of these young people shown here has not been determined, the content of some of these photos is inapproprate.
I hope everyone of these pictures prove to be currently living individuals, never knowing..... the monster.
Nancy please select out photo 211 and air it in particular on your show. It is obviously Alcala with an extremely innocent looking girl. If this girl can be identified, alive or dead, it can give more information on how other photos may have been obtained, i.e. luring her with photography to be a model etc. If she is dead or missing it is one picture with direct link to him.
ps photos were numbered on Orange Co Register website and this photo 211 does not seem to be among those you have posted but it IS Alcala
I hope they are ok, but the thought they are not makes me sad. Carl Osborne Las Vegas, NV
Is it just me, or is #3 the spitting image of Daphne Zuniga?
man thats so sad
Two or three different photographers are represented....one of them is well trained and used good equipment
They look into the camera without the slightest realization of the danger lurking there behind the shutter. I showed these pictures to my teens tonight...and we talked about the importance of that single decision to trust another human being. How difficult: to teach caution while encouraging open hearts and hands...
I am not sure which I feel more of right now....disgust, rage, disbelief or violation on behalf of these victims. I can't believe or fathom why anyone would let this absolute monster take their picture or how the US judicial system could fail all of his victims(whether they were hurt, killed or simply photographed by him-they are all his victims – he VIOLATED everyone of them!)
How did he escape justice??!! Will he again escape it?? I sure as hell hope NOT!! I feel for everyone of the families of these people...and those little children too....what a SIN!! He needs to die, horribly would be nice...but.....definitely death is the answer here...he has NO place in our world!! Never has!
I just can't believe how many pictures there are. So many of these girls pictures were taken in the same room. You can tell by the curtains, paint and brick on the wall. Some don't even look happy, and they looked drugged up. So disgusting and sad. I hope they find all of these people safe.
One more thing....I really hope and pray that some or all of these people weren't killed by him or even physically or mentally harmed. (I know...bad enough their pictures were taken by him)
I send my condolences and prayers out to all of them and their families, as well as the victims that he murdered....What a evil, disgusting, thing he is!!!
He is a really sick manipulating person.
I think this jerk has a fetish with the face, neck and breast area. Most of the woman and few men are all photographed revealing the upper chest area. I wonder if there is a direct link between his sexual assualt and the poses these women took in the picture. Almost all of the picture has woman in tube tops or strapless dress. I just find that odd and weird and some sort of a clue to alleged murders.
By far a disturbing individual. Looking in the eyes of most of these photos portrayed for me the reality that, more than likely, he has killed more than we are aware of to date. Lets hope that I'm wrong.
I hope that all of these people can be found and accounted for.
Did you noticed how some pictures were taken in the same room with the stereo and purple carpet? Scary, I hope the families will come forward for these people in these photos.
From my view I see someone living in the 70's or 80's shooting pictures of females. Most don't look forced to. So I think the suspect tricked them with that " I'm a model agent " thing. Or just played open handed saying he's an amateur photographer.
I don't think they're potential victims but maybe the habit was the inital thing which made him a serial killer.
I feel sorry for all the women who were lured by this vampire in the name of love for only to be killed.
The USA justice system is one of the best in the world and i will go for the lethal injection for this idiot.
Why would you make love to a woman you enjoy en later on kill her ? The women should be allowed to administer the lethal injection and all the TV cameras must be present so that nobody in the world should not emulate the serial killer's behaviour.
creepy.
i wonder if any cold cases will be solved by this (although hopefully these people are all alive).
also, if this guy had been given something like 50 years for the 1968 child rape, this wouldn't be a issue.
Back around 1975,summer, a man and a woman advertized in a newspaper for employees to travel and make excellent money selling a lemon scented cleaner that had the consistency of vaseline...l don't remember the name of the product. A friend and I applied and were taken around lawrence massachusetts to observe the product being sold by a young woman of about 17, blond, attractive, well spoken and from ohio. She had no family and was recently divorced (yes, at 17). She told us all the money she made goes to the man and the woman and they take care of her and other teens on the road paying for meals and hotels and travel. It was basically an enslavement contract, brainwashing unfortunate and poor teens and young adults. Needless to say, we didn't take the offer. We weren't desperate and had nice homes. We lived in a small podunky suburban town in Massachusetts.
One of the victims looks like a girl my age from my old town. She had moved to the city when we were about 14 and came to visit us all when we were about 16 or 17. She had very white skin and a pie face with thick black eyebrows, wide set brown eyes and very curly dark brown , shoulder length hair. She was about 5' tall and very muscular. Nobody ever heard from her again. We just thought she moved on. One picture looks just like her as I remembered her. A second picture, her jaw looks too angular – I remembered her having a pie shaped face. She would be around 52 years old now if it was her.
I don't remember meeting 'the man and woman' of the operation, so I don't have anything to recall what they looked like. But, looking back now as a middle aged woman, it was probably the perfect scam for a criminal to easily spirit young people far away from home.
I can't believe our mothers allowed us to even be interviewed by these people, but, it just seemed like back then, in small town America, everyone just trusted everyone.
Noticed that some of the pictures were taken in the same rooms, but definitely different times. Certain wall items moved over time. In one picture, a girl appears to have Egyptian makeup around the eyes and face, but she is wearing a wig and a Euro, possibly Turkish or Tunisian head dress. I ran some things through Photoshop and did some closeups. These pictures are from the 1970's, none any more recent. I.E. models of autos, Bell Bottom Jeans, hair styles, vintage cameras – even an old 8mm camera on a tripod. And of course the police have already cropped the nudity. In one shot, I thought I saw old Kodak boxes, like for developing your own prints in your darkroom . Probably nothing I'm saying helps but that's the best I have. Good luck.
A good amount of these people look like they are on some drugs....
Some of the pictures are of the same girls. Those are the ones you want to locate first. I'm sure he posed as a photographer and that's why there are so many good ones. Some of them look like they knew him or trusted him. I urge that everyone look at these photos, take a look at old family photographs. Help find these people.
Too bad you could not put these in a format where you could click though them in some way. I only looked at about a third of them because it is a pain in the rear to individually open and close each of them. I lived in the southern California area during these times.
Was he linked to Belmont ,Ca? Man who looks like him dressed as a female representing himself as a mother of a son in highschool. He came to my garage sale twice looking for books. He also visited the Full Circle Book Store in Belmont. Around the corner from the store a beautiful Swedish employee disappeared and has never been found. This was in the 1996-1998 period.
Doesnt anyone else see a problem with posting these pictures? Our privacy rights have being eroded more every day. Police have pictures of missing people; cant they do their job and match them up rather than throwing these all out for the public to view and ask the public to tell THEM that these people are alive?
Can you please make the pictures bigger? With a slow computer I cannot take the time to click on each one and then click back before I go to work. Thanks.
(Just found easier to see pictures on a CBS website.)
It's truly horrible how much these seemingly innocent photos evoke everyday life, and remind us how fragile the weave of the social fabric really is.
What about photos of the 30,000 American civilians each year who are sacrificed to the vagaries of the Second Amendment, or of the 70,000 civilians each year who are injured by firearms, 10% of whom are children?
Again, the social fabric is easy to tear but takes years to repair.
Some of the photos displayed appear to have been taken out of country. As creepy as it seems, It's probably a real good idea to check his passport(s) against missing persons reports in other countries.
In addition, a lot of these photos could be just casual shots but there are a few that seem to be from the same apartment or room. Something to concentrate on for sure.
Last, in some of these photos the subjects appear to be emotionless or not interested in the fact that they're being photographed. Could be either drugged or traumatized in some way.
Diddn't recognize anyone though, thank God.
Without all the dupe's, how many girls are they really? Are the pics being removed as the people have been Id'd? Why havent these pics been distributed all over the US? People do move and people moved around alot back then. I have yet to see these in NH without having to actually go look for them. Possibly a 100 people missing, you would think these would be everywhere for all to see......
I really hope they are all ok. They are all so beautiful...
i think that the pictures of girls with no shirts were victims but the other ones look like stalker pictures you can ell he was in a distance when he took them.
This is why if you ever see some stranger taking a picture of you or your innocent , precious, family, you need to walk up to them, take their camera, and bash it over their head. The people in this country should have legal rights to do this. To me this is justice.
the shear number of photos here is unbelievable. was this guy posing as a photographer? he certainly managed to get these women to disrobe for pictures....and then there are the children. the baby in the diaper brings tears to my eyes. i hope these young people all managed to get away from this creep before anything happened to them. this story makes me ill.
some of these photos are multiples of the same person.
I am very disturbed by how intimate a lot these photos are. Many of the young women appear topless, including one of a young male who appears to be completely nude. It amazes me how guileless these predators are and the apparent naivety of the victims. I hope that more victims found in these photos come forward saying they are still alive or where not harmed.
Appears to me that he/she may have been using photography as a lure. These photos show quite a few of the same people in a different number of poses. Darn shame that the killer wasted his/her talent. There are actually some very good photos catching an array of human emotion.
Don't know or recognize any of these people but I get a very creepy feeling looking at some of these photos especially the ones shot outdoors and in the dessert. Some look drugged, some look annoyed, but most look vulnerable. Those that are still alive are probably thankful this guy got arrested when he did, but some in this group probably not so lucky this creep's evil lens landed on them. Major creep out.
eerie
Another case to cross check is the disappearance of a young (early 20's) lady from a shopping center parking lot in Ventura, CA in the early 1970's. I don't recall her name, but worked with her father – Len Mellon – who was absolutely devastated by her loss.
Has the serial killer been identified, at least? Showing the guy's picture, if known, would certainly help.
this man is sick and should rott in prison....how can someone get away with something like that for so long it impossible right?
Im sure others have noticed many of the pics are the same girls,wondering if these girls were steady girfriends or just naive girls thinking they r getting modeling pics done;also at least one pic seems to be in europe(im sure the freak went all over killing women) hope they are showing these pics in european media
It would be more helpfull if these pictures were in a slide show. They would be easier to view and more organized. This is sloppy web design and could make it more difficult for these people to be identified. Please fix it so these people may come foward and their loved ones can help!!.
I really hope there are not victims. This is not an animalm because animals dont do this. What happen to us?
This is ridiculous how many more girls or woman have to die at the hands of these sick men. I have 2 boys & cannot imagine anyone hurting them, too many people are arrested & put away for the silliest things. These predators should be put away for life. What about those that are innocently sent to jail if they cannot make room for these idiots then send them to war on the frontlines. We have to do more for these woman, more laws.....please. How many cases are still cold, who speaks for these victims..GOD BLESS THE INNOCENT VICTIMS
I was just scrolling down the photos,and i realized i knew one of the girls in two of the photos.My friend told me she thought she saw a mutual friend of ours in the photos while watching nancy grace and told me to check it out. Neither of us have heard from Beth in years,but we worked together back in 1981-1986.We both remember Beth talking to us about this guy named rodney she would write to him and go visit him while he was in prison,we're not sure about rodneys last name but it is Beth Kellegher in two of the photos. We both hope she wasnt one of the victims.
Some of these photos definitely seem to be candid and most important, public photos..but there are others in which the women look sad, forlorn, hopeless...something, but anything other than happy....those photos bother me, I truly hope all the subjects are alive and well
I 'm looking for my sister who's been missing 25 years +. I couldn't tell if she was among the pics as there is no way to zoom in and they are very dark.
I am not in any of these pictures, but back in the 70s myself, my sister and a friend were approached by this man at huntington beach. He told us he was looking for models and took our picture on the beach. He, then asked us to go with him to his studio so he could take more pictures. We refused as we knew what would happen if our mother found out. Thank God for my Mother's iron fist.
I don't recognize any of the people in the photos. However I do see the same background in several of them. Either wallpaper or a sheet as a backdrop. Hope none of these people fell victim to him, but I bet some did.
My prayers are for all in these photos that they are safe.
Obviously an apartment in the village in Manhattan.
Village Voice on the floor.
shape and size of the apartment
60's with the Beatles on the wall
etc etc -
They should look in every state that monster(serial killer) traveled or lived. I bet they would find more victims there too.
That's just downright creepy. To know that that guy's been slumming around for years under the radar is appalling. If that guy can do it, who's to say how many more are doing it. As citizens, I feel we should be a little more diligent in spotting these creeps.
My thoughts and prayers are with these families of these beautiful women and children...may you find all the answers you need!
Thank you for posting the photos. It scares me to see these; in college the director of our department invited a friend of his who was a photographer to come and he offered to take head shots for theater students. When I showed up for mine with another student, he was annoyed. He had laid out lingerie and said he wanted me to wear it for some pictures, in exchange for head shots. I laughed, and we left. wonder how many men posed as photographers to take advantage of people? Probably more than we would like to think about.
OH MY gOD, I CANNOT EXPLAIN THE SADDNESS I FEEL LOOKING AT THESE INNOCENT FACES...I PRAY THAT SOMEONE CAN IDENTIFY THESE PEOPLE, AND AND PRAY TOO THAT THEY ARE OK. THESE IMAGES DISTURBED ME...EXPECIALLY THE CHILDREN,,,AND THERE ARE SO MANY IN STAGES OF UNDRESS...SOME YOU WOULD THINK COULD JUST BE RANDOM SNAPSHOTS, BUT THEN THE OTHERS ARE METHODICALLY TAKEN IN UNDRESS..SAD, SAD....GOD BLESS THEM...
Why are we even giving this man a trail? God They were someone's family, Mother,Sister, Brother. Lets pass a law when Serial Killers are involved with so many deaths. No Free Pass–Automatic Jail. I feel for the victims families.
A few quick things strike me as unusually common traits amongst the photographed women:
1) Most of the photos are shot from the waist up & the face is the central focus, very few are full body shots (somewhat like mental images stored in the brain – the face is the dominant factor)
2) Very few of the women are wearing makeup
3) None of the women appear older than their 20’s (most appear to be teens)
4) The women predominately have long hair
5) Many are not smiling & appear troubled or at least unhappy, unwilling, or compromised on some level
6) A handful of women are shot in bikinis or topless
7) The settings (backgrounds) of many of the shots are repeated – beach, outdoors, by a window; staged on some level, as if the subjects are posing in a photo shoot. They don’t appear natural or taken in the course of normal activity
They appear like reminders of persons of similar importance.
Is it me, or do a lot of these photos seem like he took pictures of naked people in that same creepy red room? Look at the majority of pics that look like the individuals are unclothed. They are all in that same red room. Hmmm???
I lived in Huntington Beach in the 70s, and I remember a guy asking to take my picture on the beach. I said sure, I didn't see any harm in it. When he asked me for my address to send me a copy of the pictures I told him no thanks. Now I wonder if the photographer was Alcala.
are you telling me these are all victims?
I haven't followed this creep too closely as there seems to be one right after another but am thinking many of these pictures are totally innocent. Did he ever take a class in photography? I know people who did and they are encouraged to just go "shoot" whomever or whatever to practice in different lighting, etc.
Some of these people appear to be posing. Most of these pictures look innocent or tame compared to what one sees on tv these days.
Are there actually any of his victims among these pictures that LE knows of by now?
This is so mind-boggling and sad. I pray for the families.
Well, when you got maniacs running around out like this Richard Speck kind of dude, coupled with sex maniac golfers like Tagger Woods trying to sink his nine inch iron into any willing female what can you expect from this degenerate society?
I am continually mortified by the lack of justice in our "justice" system! I went to college for criminal justice and did an internship at a medium security prison. There were people in there for 15-20 years for stealing works of art or uttering bad checks. This monster maims and kills and he's given a slap on the wrist? As are so many!
I am sure the bleeding hearts who believe in everyone's right to live will dislike my attitude, but all monsters of this type need to be put down; I don't want to pay for their care, especially when it is better than most functioning members of society have in this economy!
The fact that they have more rights than their victims sickens me! Individuals who choose to serve their country have fewer rights than criminals in basic training. No tv or newspapers, no contact with family for the first two weeks, no smoking, drinking, or sex. What is wrong with the lack of discipline? Anyone who commits heinous crimes needs to be put down...for the libs...in a non-cruel fashion...not that their victims were given that option!!! It also should be immediate, not several years of sucking dry the public coffers with appeals. If there is definitive evidence that they have done the crimes and the jury finds them guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, take them right to the point of execution and have it over with. It should also be a blanket law across our country that this is it for anyone of these monsters, then they won't act as though they can get away with these viscious acts.
If it wasn't that the timing might be a bit out and her teeth look too good, I'd swear the woman in front of the chain link fence was the Nation River Lady. She looks like many of the reconstructions of that unfortunate woman, and the assault that killed the Nation River Lady looks like it could be Alcala's work.
Haunting pics...there are some where you can sense the fear in a few of them
I am so digusted in what this monster has done he has violated so many women men and children makes me want to throw up, I am hoping he will be sentenced to death if he hasn't already i blame this on the jutice system for letting him loose , the laws should change if anyone violently sexual assaults anyone or kills just once should never see the light of day again. Shame on the jutice system for letting his mother post bail what a sick pig of a women, I hope he pray s and asks God for forgiveness if not there is a fiery hell waiting for his soul to burn up that brings me peace knowing that when we die that's when judgment day will begin that's the true sentence if were good law abiding citizens believ in God go to church we express our faith in what we do there is a heaven for us.
Photos 0016, 00182 and 0183 are photos of my relatives, they are present and accounted for.
The picture of the "Woman" doing the Cpt. Jack pose with multi colored jeans & flowered shirt, looks to be a "Guy" in drag IMO I would almost bet the farm on that!
Two very good reasons not to pose for semi nude/nude photos. One, the guy might be a freaky serial killer. Two, decades later they might crop up for the entire world to see on cnn and might be embarrassing to you in your new life.
The women without shirt on looked drugged--scary....hopefully they were sick obsessions and not victims.
Wow, that alot. Many of them have brown or dark hair.
It would be very tragic is these were victims. However, after looking at the photos, all apparently taken around the same time, the inconsistencies from the photos make me wonder if this guy worked in a photo developer shack like the old Kodak shacks. Something like that "One Hour Photo" movie.
Many of these pics appear to be over 30 years old. And few of them have any identifiable
sorry,,,,,few of them have identifiable backgrounds. I heard about them several weeks ago, but this is the only time I've seen them. Have they been released to the press? They should be.
RU kidding me? Most of these pics are available via any google search, including the pic of the topless girl that is obviously underage. I am appalled that CNN has the ignorance to even publish these pics let alone put child pornography up on the Nancy Grace blog!
Can anyone tell me why these freaks of nature are walking our streets? There should be a broad sweeping law that covers Federal, State, county, parrish, township, commonwealth, corner, bend in the road, hill, crack in the sidewalk,etc., that puts these bastards away the average life of an US citizen without parole for each charge. Or just kill them. We waste so much time, money and precious air on these THINGS, MONESTERS, OR WHATEVER THEY ARE. If you rape or abuse a child, you have destroyed not only a life but many lives, all of their family who cares about them. Also a soul, which came directly from God and is not yours to harm. I understand our Constitution, just give them what they deserve, which because of their crime is not cruel or unusual. Cut to the chase.
These pics are clearly stock photos from the 1970's.... look at the fashions, auto's, LP records, etc!! Are the police so daft as to expect the public to ID these people from 40 years ago? Are these people even missing?
It's sad to see so many faces without a name that could be victims of this sickco. i wish they would put all rapist and child predetors,who set out to harm women and young girls and i wouldn't douth he's did this to a baby. Cause this sickcos don't have feelings so how could they stop. we must stop this madness before more women and children are killed.
Dear Nancy:
I love you and your show. What you do to help the victims and their families is wonderful. How beautiful your twins are. I am really needing some help. I have an eleven year old grandson with Asperger's Autism. However, he is very verbal and bright. Since last April he has moved back to our area in Missouri. Hel lives with his mother who has custody. My son has visitation rights but is able to see Jordan when he wants too. Last summer Jordan told us he was being sexually abused by the mother's live in boyfriend. It was reported and went through all the proper channels. It ended up they said there was not enough evidence. My son lives in Cape Girardeau County and the mother lives in Scott County which is the next County just south of us. There is a very big difference in the two. Almost like night and day. Once again allegations have surfaced and Jordan's school hotlined the information. It is an open investigation but I think we are ending up about where we did last time. My ex-husband, my son John(Jordan's father) myself and my daughter and Jordan's stepmom are completely unrelentless in trying to save Jordan from this horrible place where he loves. He absolutely has his mind made up he will not go back there. He begs and pleads with us. He told me "Grandma terrible things go on at my Mom's house and I won't be hurt again." It just breaks my heart. We have been praying alot. Do you have any suggestions for me? I know that this might be something you get involved with but I have know one else to turn too. Please consider this and if you can do anything or offer any advice I would be forever thankful. I fear for his life is he returns to that home.
Sincerely,
Toni Scott
Your biggest fan
The Doe Network may be a good place to start in the search for missing people. Some of these photos may be of missing persons posted on Doe Network. Hopefully we can identify the unidentified.
Did he hurt all these beautiful beautiful people. if so please donot let him out ever ever!
And if you do know one of these people, what do you do? Important detail left out!!
Looks like a collection of pictures from someone that works for The Hostel
Upon scrutinizing these photos, it leaves me a heavy heart thinking about these people being potential victims. There is one in particular that bugs me the most. What does one do with that feeling?
saige, you thank god that you have emotions, your human. the monster doing this felt nothing. that's what makes us better.
To Toni Scott- My thoughts and prayers go out to your family. I hope you are legally able to keep your grandson in your care where he belongs. My daughter was molested at age 5 by my live-in boyfriend at the time. That was over 13 years ago and I haven't lived with a man since. It scares me to no end to think of something like this happening to ANY child, not just my own. Record his statements, take pics of any bruises, marks, anything that might be related that show up on his little body. Most of all, make sure he knows you are there for him. And if decapitating these predators that hurt our children is ever legalized... knock yourself out! Dont give up... that little man needs all of you!! -rebecca
Have they fount out if any of these people are missing persons yet? I've noticed in some of the pictures they have the same orange background and must have been taken at the same place. Do they have any idea where these photos was taken? When is there going to be an update on this story.
With today's technology, why is it so hard to track what these sex offender do? Along with GPS bracelets that only a few get; How about a device added- in the bracelet that interupts computer access? It doesn't solve the problem, but surely could eliminate a 'huge' way that these Sex offenders gain access to their 'porn'. And also making owning a computer or even having one where you live an automatic violation of Parole? Oh, I forget. They have rights. The way the Criminal Justice system has been, they may as well make all these horrific crimes legal becasue 'justice; is not being served to these victims or families. If it was, there would be no repeat offenders. How many people actually have to be victimized before an offender is stopped. How long do we keep blaming their background, allowing excuses for what they do? Who cares if you didn't get your train set for X-Mas or your mother didn't breast feed you...If your that disturbed by what happen that you need to hurt innocent victims, you need to be locked up, or better yet, put down.
nancy one of thoes girls look like one of the girls that have been missing here in nashville named tabitha tuders
I have been watching your show for a long time , and i love to see the new pics of your babys! I just want to say that i have looked at the pics of a lot of the girls here and i can see pain in there fases, and i know that look ; because i had went though that pain myself for years when i lived at home, i was molested and raped for years and i see the hurt that i had though there eyes, i hope that others see what i see and they never let that man back out on the streets to harm again!
It is nothing new, as it is said that the area here in Washington State coddles and patronizes those who are prone to being serial killers, even preening them! The 80's seemed to have proven it....so....famlies suffer loss of their loved ones, they report them missing, only to be told such missing persons are 'adults' and maybe they do not want contact with the family...the old story, no advocates any who find themselves victims of such could summons to rescue them from such situations....
How long are the American people going to put up with these scumbags who laugh in the face of the law. We seem to watch a constant parade of sickos come before the court and get off for terrifying crimes (like this guy) and start all over again. We now have DNA which leaves very little doubt if the accused did kill women and children (or men), yet we put them on trial for months or years. Then if they get convicted, they lie around in jail, being fed, given medical attention and sometimes getting off because some bleeding heart has discovered a loophole in the conviction. I'm not a muslim but in certain cases, such as this one, I'm all for bringing in Sharia law. Convict the perp, walk him outside and finish him off with a bullet in his sicko brain. There is another way. Build a prison on a desolate, remote island with cells purpose built for these scumbags, lock them up and seal the doors with a gap beneath the door for (limited) food to be pushed into the cell.
BROWNN GIRL LOOKS LIKE A GIRL NAMED LESLIE EDMUNSON?
Why such a horrible crimes? Killing the future generation of America, and the world.
I am so sorry for all the families, and for this beautiful people.
Sickos! you don't get it with the help of God will get all, and you will pay
dearly for theses terrible behavior.
Nancy–These pictures look like they were taken in the 1970's. Please state the approximate years the pictures were taken, so that if any of these people are still alive, it would help in figuring what their present age would be, and perhaps look for an middle aged adult or senior citizen that might look like that. Also, maybe this guy took these pictures just so he could look at them later, to get his kicks, so to speak. Not all of the photos look like people were posing for someone. Some don't even look cognizant of the fact that they were being photographed. Just some things to think about. I do hope that the families of these people can see these pictures and let you know what happened to them (still alive, still missing, or found and buried) so that the police can close their files and go on to the next person. Closure is so important. To Saige: what you do with your feeling is: Take ACTION! Give the URL to as many Missing Persons sites as possible. That will hopefully help their families in one way or another. You see, your knowing that you've helped in some way will make you feel less helpless and leave your heart lighter. God Bless you and Everyone.
Sad, sad, sad.
So what is the status of the investigation? Seems like at least a number of photos were taken in the same apartment / room. Should be possible to locate the site through the guy's addresses right?
OMG- the boys- the men? Are they posing for him voluntarily? Oh those poor people. Young and niave. What about those girls that are obviously nude? It looks like he convinced some people (wether they were random, prostitutes or lovers) to let him take nude photos, and yet some of the shots seem like the people were unknowlingly being photographed. ugh this is just creepy.
Thoughts and prayers are with the families of everyone.
Very good reasons here to be careful!
maybe the pictures are of the Serial killers family or friend / ex- girlfriends. You can insinuate what you want, But just because the killer was guilty in the murders, doesnt mean the pictures link to them. And for the nude boys... Who the hell knows who he is? ........... You dont know so back down. get on twitter. myspace or something ............ Find something better to do with your lives now , its been done............ Move on...
WOW "CHE"!!!!! Some people actually take it quite seriously that there are pics of young girls & nude boys found in the locker of a convicted serial killer, especially since there are so many people missing in this country...they just "vanished". People being flippant about these issues is what allows these sick folks to get away with their crimes...look at what happened in California. Instead of "moving on", we all need to be encouraged to become more vigilant & start demanding changes in our laws that protect our children, family & friends from these psycopathic non-human beings!!!!!
All these women r gone...we also have a serial killer in north carolina like 6 or 7 dead women ..cant find anythin out
All you people carrying on about how terrible it is that these "beautiful people" have been harned need to know one thing. The lonliest person in the world is a missing fat and ugly person.
i would like 2 no if this guy visited miami florida in 1989-1991 i met a man when i was 14 it could of been 16 he said he was taking pictures to be in a magazine n i was young n stupid believed him never checked anything out i should have nown cause he didnt even have a car he was taking buses anyway i posed at the beach wearing sport wear but i never got any pics or negatives or heard from him again i saw him twice but always in a public place please tell me if u no anything about this california guy being in miami at that time.
Vander Slute's (sic)Parents need to be arrested and held accountable for not "parenting" a scum bag like this. Human life is precious and he never got the flick! His actions have intruded into our private lives and needs to be expunged as well!!
Ok so if a photographer is a serial killer then every photograph he takes has to automatically be releated to people he might have killed? I mean sure its a possiblity, but frankly I dont buy it.
It seems unlikely all these people are victims. What im thinking is did this guy work as a photographer or develop pictures for a living, then he could have easily stole them. Some of these pictures look too happy and relaxed. Families and groups of people, as well as individuals. He may have had s double life, One where he was a killer, one where he was a normal guy... these could be friends, relatives or old girlfriends.
I hope the answers come out
As I'm looking at these photos, it seems that most are posing for the person. Is it possible that these people were taken off the SK's victim personal belongings? It seems to me there would of been a mass missing persons report about the people pictured above. Having no information about this serial killer, I would say that the photographer was close to some of these people. It shouldn't be hard to find the area that these were taken from and follow the investigation from there.
I wish I could come up with more clues from these. Some of these, obviously the Christmas tree photo, probably belonged to the people in them instead of shots taken by the serial killer. Though there are precious few details from items in the shots, a quick dating of the instamatic camera comes up '65-'69 and a few albums (Disreali Gears and a CCR album) along with the stereo gear (Garrard turntable) and fashion seem to corroborate late 60's, early 70's for some of these photos. I wonder if the motorcycle and another shot of a girl in a motorcycle helmet have any relevance, maybe he targeted people touring the country. The Kawasaki Mach III seems to be a 1979 or so model. The last thing I wondered might give clues about ta more specific location of the apartment is the art work. I don't recognize it, but someone might. Photo 10, the blue apartment shows what looks to me like the Village Voice on the floor, lots of floodlight or spotlight bulb cases, supporting the amateur photographer theory, and disturbingly, two ropes suspended from the ceiling, seemingly with extra segments attached by electrical taped. Maybe he advertised as a photographer in the Village Voice? That's all the detail I can muster on all this without feeling ill. Sorry if all this has been covered. I didn't catch the broadcast segment.
While I highly doubt that a majority of the persons depicted as the primary subject in these obviously cropped photographs, I do believe that these photos were used for malicious purposes. These photographs despite the location, (some were taken in different countries) gender, age, and obvious physical characteristics, have one thing in common. They show a vulnerability of the subject. I submit that the photographer used these photos to study, recognize, and take advantage of such in his malicious endeavors.
People like this have a special place in hell where they will have the same things that he did to all those people happen to him for all of eternity
I believe he is a very good Photographer. There was something very "normal" about the photographs. But I suspect that's how they fit in with normal people. I found myself just admiring the photos and forgot how I came upon them. I mean don't get me wrong, they where all taken in a creepy context and the dudes friggin sick. He should cop to all the names and dates as best as he could (unless he's dead).
To help expose additional cases, hypnotism should be standard procedures for those who are founded guilty!
Maybe he just developed film for a living, back before the digital era. Since most of these don't look like they were taken with a digital camera...
Yep I'm calling this one, all these photos were originally acquired by someone who developed film for a living. The killer did NOT take these photos.
If a person is sentenced to death. What is the harm of giving them sodium pentathol to loosen their tongues. This can be done without harming the condemned. Society has a right to know if these were any of his victims. When do the murdered begin to have more rights than the condemned.
Once you're condemned to death, you do not have the right to be silent anymore!
For all of the weirdness and sickness of this person, a few of those photos are quite good technically. It's a shame that talent is wasted on such a low life.
If you look you can see same person in picture at different potions. And some of the picture have two of the people in them from other single photos.
The more shocking ones are of the little ones.
This world is becoming sicker and sicker.
LUCY HORNE- your friend beth kelleher is not dead. she was alcala's girlfriend at the time of robin samsoe's murder.
alot of the photos shown appear to have the same women in multiple shots..
Pic. 29 and 46 are pic's of the same person but different sex. Look at the moles on left shoulder, above left breast, and about mid breast. I pray they find all these people in the pics to be alive. Although I have a bad feeling when looking at some of the photo's
there people who can talk to the dead ,hunt the huners.after talk to them.can find out what happend .what they look like or driving.i dont have this gift yet.
The 9th one down definately looks like Kat VonD!!!! What a sicko. People like this cannot be rehabilitated!
im sure the police have already done this but have they ran all the faces through the missing people database? i mean for every single state? surely somebody will recognize their photos of missing loved ones, maybe local news channels will run some of the pictures each news cast as well as post them online. im sure the local papers would run stories also, if people recognize diffrent areas then mayb they can approach the papers and media, i agree pictures look like they have been taken in the 70s by the clothing and picture quality. maybe we, as the concerned public petition for the "serial killer" to not have to be put to death just yet mayb offer him life in prison to idetify these people.. i agree he should pay but mayb they could get him to tell who these people are.. mayb they should plaster his cell walls with their pictures and torture him somehow to get him to tell... just a thought..
9 OF THE GIRLS IN THES PHOTOS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AND ARE STILL ALIVE. Once they saw their pictures and they called police and 9 of these girls so far are identified and are still living. Hopefully the remaning girls on here will be identified and alive as well.
SOME OF THESE PICTURES HAVE THE SAME BACK GROUND. LIKE A DROP CLOTH OR PHOTO BACK GROUND. SOME EVEN LOOK AS IF THEY WERE TAKEN IN A STUDIO OF SOME KIND WITH HEADPHONES ON. DID HE POSE AS A PHOTOGRAPHER MAKING THESE YOUNG PEOPLE PROMISES OF FAME THEN HURTING THEM? SOME PICS LOOK AS IF THEY WERENT AWARE OF BEING PHOTOGRAPHED. I PRAY THESE ARE INNOCENT PICS BUT I MUST SAY MOST OF THEM GIVE ME A BAD FEELING. WE AS THE PUBLIC NEED MORE INFO ON THESE PICS. POSSIBLE DATES AND POSSIBLE LOCATIONS TAKEN.
This is what I'm talking about, if there wasn't Sooo Much Pornography in this world, there would be less Rapes, Molestation's, kidnappings and Forced prostitution among Humans, think about it.