May 17, 2019
Los Angeles, California
After working LAPD uniform patrol for six-years, I transferred to Hollywood Detectives and one of my first case assignments was the investigation of the rape and attempted murder of the eight-year-old victim, Tali Shapiro.
Tali’s assailant was RODNEY JAMES ALCALA, who after serving less than three years for the attempted murder of young Tali in his “1 to 99-year indeterminate sentence” after a prison psychiatrist declared him “cured” was released from prison and would go on to become one of America’s most notorious serial killers.
To listen to Hollywood & Crime podcast “Tali” Episode 1 Click Below.
Alcala circa 1971
Actor Jay Allen in 2017 episode Murder Made Me Famous, “The Dating Game Killer” Season 3, Episode 9, aired November 2017. (Steve Hodel interview lower right of photo.)
Alcala Hodel CBS News Interview (4 minutes)
Rodney James Alcala circa 1969
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Episode 1 TALI (Hollywood Homicide Detective Steve Hodel’s investigation/arrest of Alacala)
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