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Rodney Alcala... The Dating Game Killer

*WARNING: this post contains mentions to sexual assault, assault, murder and more content that may not be appropriate for some viewers. Read at your own discretion*

Rodrigo Jacques Alcala-Buquor was born on August 23, 1943 to parents Raoul Alcala Buquor and Anna Maria Gutierrez in San Antonio, Texas. “ Rodney “ was raised in Los Angeles, Califorrnia, however at the age of 8, his family moved to Mexico. His father has been regarded as “absent” by Rodney. There we're multiple Alcala-Buquor children, however, not much is known about them or detailed in resources.

In 1960, at the age of 17, Rodney joined he military where he worked as a clerk. He ended up being medically discharged only 4 years later after having a break down which resulted in him being diagnosed with Antisocial Personality Disorder.

He then went to UCLA where he graduated in 1968 with a Fine Arts degree. 

1968- 8 year old Tali Shapiro is found raped and beaten, having been beaten using a steel bar. A motorist saw Rodney lure her into his apartment and called police to notify them of the incident. 

After this, Rodney fled to New York where he attended NYU film school under the alias John Berger. He ended up working at a New Hampshire camp for the arts as a children’s counselor using a slightly dissimilar alias of “John Burger”.

June, 1971- 

Cornelia Crilley, a 23 year old TWA flight attendant was found raped and murdered in her apartment in Manhattan.

1971- 

Rodney is caught by 2 child campers  at the New Hampshire arts camp due to an FBI wanted poster at the Post Office and was arrested. He was then extradited to California for the trial. However, the family of the young girl had moved to the East Coast in an effort to move on from the horrors that Rodney had committed. They then went to Mexico and the parents of the child refused to subject her to testifying. Without testimony from the primary witness and victim of the attack, Alcala was given a lesser sentence.

Rodney Alcala is released in 1974 after only 17 months in prison under the cause of “indeterminate sentencing”. 

1974- Rodney is arrested after being out of prison for 2 moths after violating parole. He had provided marijuana to a 13 year old girl of whom he had kidnapped.

Alcala was then released 2 years later for the same reason before [indeterminate sentencing].

In 1978, he was hired at the LA Times as a typesetter where he was questioned on the Hillside Strangler murders. At this time, Rodney was a registered sex offender with a criminal record on file. However, it’s believed that he had faked credentials to receive the job in the first place. 

1977- Cold case investigators believe that Alcala is irresponsible for the murder of Ellen Jane Hover after briefly moving to Manhattan with the permission of his parole officer.

During his time at the LA Times, Rodney used fake credentials to convince dozen of young women that he was a photographer. These women then posed in compromising positions and were photographed for Alcala’s “portfolio”. Most of these women are still unidentified to this day. 

1979- The Samsoe Murder

Robin Samsoe, a 12 year old girl from Huntington Beach, CA disappeared between the beach and her ballet classes on June 20, 1979. He body was found 12 days later in the Los Angeles foothills. Her earrings were later found in a train locker owned by Alcala in Seattle, WA.

In 1980, Rodney was put on trial and convicted for the Rape and Murder of Robin Samsoe, where he was sentenced to death. This conviction, however, was overturned by the Orange County Superior Court due to the jury hearing testimony regarding Tali Shapiro as well as other rape and kidnapping convictions. This was believed to lead to a jury bias that led to reasonable doubt of the legitimacy of his conviction.

In 1986 Alcala was put on trial again for the Samsoe case after the state rep-files the case. He was once again convicted for the crime and sentenced to death, however it was once again overturned by a panel in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. It was said that testimony that could have changed the evidence of the case was not allowed to be provided as it supported Alcala. A witness supported Alcala’s claim the park ranger that found Samsoe was “Hypnotized by police investigators”.

In 2003, Alcala’s DNA is found in connection with 6 additional murders. They also found one of these victim’s earrings in the same Seattle locker as they found Robin Samsoe’s. 

4 of the additional victims were:

- Jill Barcomb, 18, who was a New York runaway in an LA ravine (1977). She was originally believed to be a victim of the Hillside Strangler.

- Georgia Wixted, 27, found in her Malibu apartment after being bludgeoned to death (1977).

- Charlotte Lamb, 31, found in the laundry room of her el Segundo apartment complex after being raped and strangled (1978).

- Jill Parenteau, 21, Killed in her Burbank apartment (1979).

In 2006, the state motioned to combine the cases of the 4 women with that of the Samsoe case, which was approved. In 2010, Rodney stood trial for the combined charges. He decided to act as his own attorney for his third trial, tetstifying in his own defense while asking himself questions (he was essentially interrogating himself from the stand). Alcala testified that he was at Knott’s Berry Farm applying for a photographer positions at the time Samsoe was murdered. He did not, however, provide any testimony regarding the other 4 murders other than “not remembering” killing any of the women. For his closing argument, he played Arlo Guthrie’s “Alice’s Kitchen”, in which the protagonist tells a psychiatrist he wants to kill. 

After less than 2 days of deliberation, Rodney was convicted on all 5 counts of first-degree murder. Tali Shapiro served as a surprise witness during the penalty phase of the trial. He was sentenced to death.

Court psychiatrists later proposed that additional diagnoses for Rodney could bet that of Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), and Malignant Narcissism with psychopathy and sexual sadism comorbidities. 

In December, 2012, Alcala was extradited to New York and convicted to additional charges of murder. He was sentenced two an additional 25 years two life, as the death penalty hasn’t been an option in New York since 2007.

Rodney is now incarcerated at California State Prison, Corcoran (as according to Wikipedia) awaiting execution. He is now 77 years of age. It is thought that his victim's range anywhere from 8 to 130 in numbers. He is additionally associated with crimes in Washington and Wyoming, however these aren’t crimes he’s been convicted for.

Why he’s called the Dating Game Killer:

In 1978, he appeared on a television. show called the dating game, in which a contestant questions 3 different individuals anonymously and picks one of these 3 to go on a date with. He was introduced as a “successful photographer who got his start at the age of 13.” He actually won a date with contestant Cheryl Bradshaw, however, she refused the date after meeting him. She later said that she had found him “creepy”. He was at the height of his killing spree during his appearance on the show. It is proposed that this rejection from Cheryl may have exacerbated his desire to murder women as he would go on to kill at least 3 more women after this appearance. 

Here is a link to a clip of him on The Dating Game:

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In a paper of no less than two pages, double spaced, 12 font: if you had to pick a job in the criminal justice system, which job would you choose and why would you choose it?Then you will need to choose an agency that you would want to work for (Orange County District Attorney, Huntington Beach PD, NYPD, etc;).Once you have chosen the job and the agency, visit their webpage and find out what…

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In a paper of no less than two pages, double spaced, 12 font: if you had to pick

In a paper of no less than two pages, double spaced, 12 font: if you had to pick a job in the criminal justice system, which job would you choose and why would you choose it?Then you will need to choose an agency that you would want to work for (Orange County District Attorney, Huntington Beach PD, NYPD, etc;).Once you have chosen the job and the agency, visit their webpage and find out what…

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Reasons To Hire a Fraud Attorney in Huntington Beach and Irvine, CA

Being accused of a crime that resulted in the death of an individual is not to be taken lightly. Sure, the crimes are categorized by the intent and process and the objective, but it is essential to hire the best manslaughter attorney in Huntington Beach and Irvine, VA, to come up with a suitable defense in a court of law.

It is essential to understand the basis of manslaughter first. Not every unnatural death committed by another individual is known as a homicide. It helps to learn that a crime of passion resulting in death is manslaughter that is believed to be caused with intent. Other types of manslaughter are recognized to be involuntary as per the “California Penal Code Section 192(b).” Accidental deaths due to negligence or committed in self-defense are believed to be caused unintentionally.

The accused person can be truly innocent of the crime, too, with the actual offender setting a trap for the concerned person by pining the blame. Again, a mentally unwell individual may be absolved of the crime by the judge when enough evidence is produced to prove the accused as mentally incapable of understanding the gravity of the offense.

Whatever may be the reason behind the action, one must begin looking for a competent attorney for the defense. Although there are many legal professionals ready to take responsibility, it is certainly not an easy task. One would have to check the credentials and ask around to learn more about the past record of the said lawyer. The best way of making the final decision rests on the following information:-

· Responsive- Time is definitely of the essence when one is charged with manslaughter. Hiring a lawyer who keeps delaying the process endlessly or appears to be too busy to respond to the client would be a strict no-no. Investigating the case and arranging all meetings at the earliest is a sign of professionalism. Anything less would raise doubts about the quality of the concerned attorney.

· Specialization- Hiring a jack of all trades would not do either. The lawyer who needs to be hired to defend manslaughter must be well-versed in the process and informed about criminal law. Years of experience in handling criminal cases would be a huge plus here.

· Local Court Experience- Apart from being informed about the nuances of criminal law, the attorney should have experience defending the clients at the local court. Although the actual procedure may not differ from other courts yet a local lawyer is sure to have the right connections and would be able to predict the judge’s decision more or less correctly. Knowledge about the local court procedures and manner of functioning can go a long way in ensuring success.

One may also hire a fraud attorney in Huntington Beach and Irvine, CA, with the right amount of expertise and experience for defense against fraudulent practices that include embezzlement of funds and deliberate misplacement or destroying essential records and other documents. Such an attorney would also be able to defend against other white-collar crimes too.

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Even as the House of Representatives laid the groundwork Monday for a second impeachment of President Donald Trump, one of his supporters, Jessica Martinez, took heavy political fire 3,000 miles away in her role as a member the Whittier City Council.

Martinez was in Washington D.C. last week when Trump supporters broke into the U.S. Capitol in the hope of upending the recent presidential election. Now, many in the city of 86,000 want her to step down from the council.

She’s hardly alone. From local teachers to attorneys to students to business owners, people from all parts of Southern California who attended the D.C. insurrection — some as participants in the breach of the Capitol buildings, some as instigators of the violence that left five people dead, and others, like Martinez, who say they were on hand simply to express an opinion — are facing a swarm of public shaming.

“As Americans, we have the right to free speech as long it’s exercised peacefully,” Martinez said Friday, as she condemned the violence. “That’s what I was doing.”

But as locals react to Internet evidence of who did what during the insurrection, a debate is emerging over free speech rights, their limits, and their consequences.

Exposed

Like the insurrection itself — shown live on television and re-shown by many participants on social media video — the consequences of having a role in taking over the Capitol are playing out in public.

At least 161 faculty members and trustees at Chapman University in Orange have signed a publicly circulated petition calling for the removal of law professor John Eastman. They say Eastman, who spoke to the marchers before they broached the Capitol, helped to incite the violence.

In Los Angeles, a Cal State Northridge student, James McMillan, drew focus in the college paper, The Sun Dial, which reported his “Storm Congress, baby!” posted to social media outside the Capitol.

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In the Inland Empire, Jim Riley, owner of Riley’s Farm, drew a “false information” warning from Facebook over his posting “What I Saw at the Insurrection.” By late Monday, the Oak Glen company’s page was at risk of being unpublished.

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In south Orange County, elementary school teacher Kristine Hostetter is facing an investigation by officials at Capistrano Unified School District after parents flooded district offices with complaints that she’d been seen in social media posts marching toward the Capitol with people who said they were planning to storm the building. Hostetter didn’t respond to requests for comment.

Also in Orange County, a Huntington Beach hairdresser and conservative activist said he felt threatened after publicly praising the insurrectionists as “patriots.”

On Monday, some who were in D.C. were trying to distance themselves from the event.

On the day of the insurrection, Jan. 6, Michelle Stauder Peterson, the lead organizer for the Huntington Beach chapter of the “Recall Gavin Newsom” effort, posted a video on Facebook showing herself and a friend joining a crush of protesters entering a door into the U.S. Capitol. Her video captures people yelling expletives at police officers who are trying to hold back the mob.

But within hours of sharing the video, Peterson, a tax preparer, took it down and also apparently deleted her Facebook account.

Reached by phone, Peterson said, “I have no comment. Thank you.”

Others, however, remained strident.

Leigh Dundas, an Orange County attorney, delivered a speech to Trump supporters on Jan. 5, a day before the insurrection, telling the crowd that if Vice President Mike Pence didn’t vote to throw out Electoral College results Americans would have to choose to live as “slaves” or to “rise up” just as they did during the American Revolution.

“Any alleged American who acted in a turncoat fashion and sold us out and committed treason, we would be well without our rights to take ‘em out back and shoot ‘em or hang ‘em,” Dundas said in a video shared to her social media page.

Dundas — who made headlines over the summer for doxxing Orange County’s health officer Nichole Quick for implementing a mask mandate — could not be reached for comment on her involvement in last week’s event. But in another Facebook post, she said she was in the crowd outside the Capitol that got tear gassed. She also defended videos that showed her shouting profanities at Capitol Police, arguing that police were the aggressors and repeating the unfounded claim that outside agitators — not Trump supporters — were the actual participants in the Capitol building violence.

Speech protected; so is criticism

Legal experts say protesters who argue they shouldn’t be punished for expressing a political viewpoint are correct — up to a point.

“The First Amendment is broadly protective of speech, even if that speech is abhorrent to a majority of Americans,” said David Snyder, executive director of the First Amendment coalition.

But, he added, the right doesn’t protect people from criticism or some forms of punishment.

“Just because people have the right to speak freely under the First Amendment, does not mean they are insulated from any criticisms of that speech, or any political consequences for engaging in that speech,” Snyder said.

Other experts pointed out that while protections for speech don’t extend to defamation and criminal behavior. However, they noted, speech alone can’t cause a person to lose their employment.

“If someone just wants to denounce someone somewhere, that’s an expression of their own First Amendment rights,” said Eugene Volokh, a free speech expert and law professor at UCLA. He pointed out that in California, like many other states, it’s illegal to fire someone for expressing political speech.

That’s the needle Whittier council member Martinez hopes to thread.

On Friday, after images emerged online showing her in D.C., she denounced the breach at the Capitol.

“I detest violence and the fact that people were hurt, injured and killed,” she said. “I think it’s horrible and that should never occur.”

Martinez, a Trump supporters who claims, without evidence, that the November election was hacked, added: “I wanted to stand as a citizen concerned about our election integrity and to ask them to review the evidence.”

But on social media, critics emerged.

“Nah, doesn’t work that way,” read one post on Twitter. “You posted on your social media pgs. You supported an insurrection against the government… you’re a traitor….”

Whittier Mayor Joe Vinatieri said that since Martinez didn’t take part in the violence at the Capitol building, there’s no reason for her to be removed from the City Council.

“Everyone has their First Amendment right to protest, whether you’re on the left of the right, that’s your right,” he said. “She chose to utilize her right.”

Others, however, suggest that participating in this particular protest — which ended America’s streak of handing over national power without violence — disqualifies people from holding a political position.

Democrats for Justice, a Whittier-based political group, said it has already gathered garnered more than 5,000 signatures calling for Martinez to be removed from office. The petition says Martinez was part of an “armed coup” and that she is a “domestic terrorist.”

Stakes are high

Marching into the Capitol building wasn’t speech, and people who participated in the protest in that fashion are starting to face criminal prosecution and public punishment. Reuters, among others, has reported that some who stormed the Capitol have been fired after their identities were publicized online.

Those punishments figure to expand.

On Monday, newly elected State Sen. Dave Min, D-Irvine, called for California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer to work with federal authorities to prosecute any local residents who were involved in the insurrection.

He also asked that they pursue criminal felony charges under California’s conspiracy law.

“It seems nearly certain that Californians, including some residing in Orange County and the 37th Senate District I represent, took part in the planning of these crimes,” Min said in the letter, citing media reports of locals involved in Wednesday’s events.

Min also asked for a private briefing on the status of state and local investigations into any role locals played in the insurrection.

Doubling down

Even in the face of video evidence, some who went to D.C. question news accounts of what happened. Like Martinez, they claim liberal agitators, not Trump supporters, were at the front edge of the violence.

“I hear NO stories of anyone actually making it to the house chamber, which leads me to believe that the people who actually got to the chamber were Antifa cowards waiting to do their thing,” wrote Riley, owner of the Riley’s Farm apple orchard, in a Facebook post that drew the label “false information.”

Riley, in an interview, said there was no excuse for the violence. And in his view, he added, Trump did not push for it.

“What he was doing was saying ‘be passionate about voter fraud,’” Riley said.

By Monday, in anticipation of being shut down by Facebook, Riley was referring followers to MeWe, another social networking site.

Eastman, once the dean of Chapman’s law school, before making an unsuccessful run for California Attorney General, decried violence and chalked up the unrest to a few bad apples. A day after the insurrection, Eastman said “it was a wonderful rally.”

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-on January 11, 2021 at 11:17AM by Ryan Carter, Pierce Singgih, David Downey, Brooke Staggs

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Randy Steven Kraft (1945-?) PART ONE

Randy Steven Kraft, also known as the Freeway Killer and the Scorecard Killer, is an American serial killer who raped, tortured, mutilated and murdered at least 16 young men in a series of killings between 1972 and 1983, most of which were committed in California. Kraft is also believed to have raped and murdered up to 51 other boys and young men. He was convicted in 1989 of killing 16 victims and is currently incarcerated on death row at San Quentin State Prison in Marin County, California.

On March 19, 1945, Randy Steven Kraft was born in Long Beach, California. He was the 4th child, and only son, of Opal Lee and Harold Herbert Kraft, who had moved to California from Wyoming at the beginning of World War II. Harold worked as a production worker and Opal as a sewing machine operator. The Kraft family struggled financially, and Kraft’s mother took on many jobs to supplement her husband’s salary. Despite her heavy workload, Opal Kraft always made time for her kids, whereas Harold Kraft never attended social gatherings with his family and was later described at distant. As a child, Randy was doted on by his 3 sisters and his mother, and was known to be accident-prone. In 1948, the family moved to Midway City, California, in neighbouring Orange County. The new family home was a small wood-frame Women’s Army Corps dorm on Beach Boulevard that Kraft’s father renovated into a 3-bedroom home. Kraft attended Midway City Elementary School, where his mother was on the PTA. Kraft was noted for his intelligence by both classmates and teachers. By 1957 he was deemed intelligent enough to attend AP classes at 17th Street Junior High School.

By adolescence, Kraft had taken an interest in politics. He became a Republican with aspirations of becoming a U.S. senator. Shortly after enrolling at Westminster High School, he and 2 friends founded a Westminster World Affairs Club. At Westminster High School, Kraft was again seen as a pleasant, bright student with A grades. He dated girls occasionally, but some classmates and teachers later said they suspect Kraft was gay, something Kraft later stated he had known since high school days, despite initially keeping his sexuality a secret. On June 13, 1963, he graduated 10th out of a class of 390. That fall, Kraft enrolled at Claremont Men’s College in Claremont, California, where he signed up for a degree in economics. Not long after enrolment, Kraft joined the Claremont Reserve Officers Training Corps and often attended demonstrations in favour of the Vietnam War and, in 1964, for the election of conservative presidential candidate Barry Goldwater. Kraft later said that these actions were a mimic of his parents’ political views and not his own, saying that his 2nd year at Claremont was when he abandoned his “last gasp” of his conservative ideology. The same year, Kraft entered his first homosexual relationship. In 1964, Kraft began working as a bartender at a cocktail lounge that catered to gay men. He was known to travel to Laguna Beach and Huntington Beach to have casual sex with hustlers. In an effort to tell his parents about his sexuality, Kraft took a series of male “friends” to meet his family while enrolled at Claremont, although he was also known to occasionally date women. Initially, though, Kraft’s family were oblivious to the fact that he was gay.

In 1966, Kraft was arrested and charged with lewd conduct after making sexual advances towards an undercover police officer in Huntington Beach. Because he had no prior criminal record, no charges were filed. In 1967 his political beliefs shifted radically, becoming an ardent left-wing supporter – he eventually registered as a Democrat in 1967. The same year he registered as a Democrat, Kraft became a party organiser, campaigning for the election of Robert Kennedy and receiving a letter from the senator thanking him. By his senior year Kraft had became an unenthusiastic, lazy student who was drinking, taking drugs and attending all night gambling sessions with other students. The lack of effort in his studies in his final year meant that Kraft failed to graduate and had to repeat his economics class, causing him to graduate 8 months later than his class. In February 1968, Kraft finally graduated from Claremont Men’s College with a Bachelor of Arts in economics.

4 months after graduating from college, Kraft joined the U.S. Air Force and was sent to a boot camp in Texas before being stationed at Edwards Air Force Base in southern California, where he supervised the painting of test planes. During his service, Kraft attained the rank of Airman First Class and supervisor-manager. The same year Kraft was promoted, he told his family that he was gay. In a letter he wrote to a friend, he said his father had flown “into a rage”, and his mother was more understanding, if somewhat disapproving. Kraft’s family ultimately accepted his sexuality and he remained close to his parents and sisters, but his siblings noted that he started to “distance himself” from his family after he announced his sexuality to them. On July 26, 1969, Kraft was discharged from the Air Force after telling his superiors that he was gay. The discharge was officially listed as being on “medical” grounds. Because of this, Kraft sought legal advice from an attorney to try and challenge the grounds regarding his discharge from the Air Force. The Air Force refused to change the status of his discharge. Following these incidents, Kraft moved back into his parents’ home and worked as a bartender.

In March 1970, Kraft encountered a 13-year-old Westminster boy named Joey Fancher at Huntington Beach. Fancher told Kraft that he had run away from home and Kraft invited the boy to his apartment on the promise that Fancher could live there. Fancher agreed and went to the apartment in Belmont Shore, where he was drugged and assaulted. Hours later, Fancher managed to escape after Kraft left him unattended in the apartment to go to work. A member of the public called an ambulance after seeing Fancher in a drugged and dishevelled condition. Fancher needed his stomach pumped as a result of the drugs he had ingested. At the hospital, Fancher told police that Kraft gave him drugs and beat him. He didn’t tell his parents or the police that he had been sexually assaulted. A search of Kraft’s apartment was conducted with his roommate’s cooperation. However, since Fancher had told police that he had voluntarily taken the pills Kraft gave him, and the search was conducted without a warrant, no charges were filed. In 1971 Kraft found new work as a forklift truck driver in Huntington Beach. To try and further his career prospects following his military discharge 2 years earlier, he enrolled at Long Beach State University, taking teaching courses. Whilst there, Kraft became friends with a fellow teaching student called Jeff Graves, a Minnesota native who was 4 years younger than Kraft. The pair began a relationship.

Between 1971 and 1983 it is believed that Kraft killed 67 people. All were males between 13-35, most of whom were in their late teens to mid-20’s. Kraft was charged and convicted of 16 of these murders, all of which had occurred between 1972 and 1983. Many of the victims had been in the Marines and most of the bodies showed evidence of high levels of alcohol and tranquilisers in their bloodstreams, indicating that they had been subdued before being abused and killed. Kraft’s victims were typically lured into his vehicle with the offer of a lift or alcohol. Once inside, they would be plied with alcohol and/or other drugs before being bound, sexually abused, tortured and finally killed. The methods of killing would usually be either strangulation, asphyxiation or bludgeoning, although some victims died due to fatal doses of pharmaceuticals and one victim was stabbed to death. The victims would most often been disposed of alongside or near various California freeways. Photographs found at Kraft’s home indicate that some victims were driven to his house before being killed. Many of Kraft’s victims were burned with a car cigarette lighter, usually around the face, chest and genitals.  Several victims were found to have suffered extensive blunt force trauma to the face and head. In several cases foreign objects were inserted into the victims’ anus while other victims had had their genitals removed, or been mutilated and dismembered. Most of Kraft’s murders were committed in California, with a few victims being killed in Oregon and 2 more known victims killed in Michigan in December 1982.

On October 5, 1971, police found the nude body of 30-year-old Long Beach resident Wayne Dukette dumped near the Ortega Highway. Dukette, who was a bartender at a gay bar called “The Stables”, was last seen alive on September 20, 1971. Decomposition had destroyed any signs of foul play on the body and the cause of death was listed as acute alcohol poisoning due to a high blood alcohol level. The first entry on Kraft’s personal journal (known as his “scorecard”) reads “Stable”, leading investigators to believe Dukette was Kraft’s first victim. fifteen months after the murder of Dukette, Kraft killed 20-year-old Marine Edward Moore. Moore was last seen alive leaving his barracks at Camp Pendleton on December 24, 1972. His body was found next to the 405 Freeway during the early hours of December 26. Cuts on Moore’s body showed he had been thrown out of a moving vehicle, and an autopsy revealed that Moore had been bound at the wrists and ankles, then beaten with a blunt object about the face before being garrotted. His body showed evidence of bite marks and a sock had been forced into his rectum. 6 weeks after the murder of Edward Moore, the body of an unidentified youth, estimated to be between 17-25, was found alongside the Terminal Island Freeway in Los Angeles. The victim had suffered ligature strangulation and had also had a sock placed in his rectum. 2 months later, on April 9, 17-year-old Kevin Bailey’s corpse was found beside a road in Huntington Beach. Bailey’s genitals had been removed and he had been sodomised prior to death. By July 28, 2 more victims had been murdered. The first was an unidentified body discovered on April 22 and the 2nd was 20-year-old Ronnie Wiebe, whose strangled body was dumped next to an onramp to the 405 Freeway on July 30, 2 days after going missing. Welts on Wiebe’s wrists and ankles indicated he had been bound and suspended from some kind of device before his murder.

Kraft is only known to have murdered one other victim in 1973 – 23-year-old bisexual art student Vincent Cruz Mestas. Mestas’s body was discovered in the San Bernardino Mountains on December 29. One of the victim’s socks, like in other cases, had been forced into his rectum. Mestas’s hands hand been severed from his body and were never found. By November 1974, 5 more victims had been found next to or in the region of mass transportation in southern California. 3 of these victims had been conclusively linked to 1 killer. 2 of the victims, 20-year-old Malcolm Little and 19-year-old James Reeves, had each been found next to a freeway with foreign objects inserted into their bodies, but the body of the 3rd victim, Marine Roger Dickerson, showed evidence of bite marks like several earlier victims. On January 3, 1975, Kraft abducted and murdered 17-year-old high school student John Leras, who was last seen boarding a bus in Long Beach. Leras’s body was found the following day, having been strangled before being dumped at Sunset Beach with a foreign object protruding from his anus. Drag marks along the beach near where the body was found indicated that 2 people had carried Leras’s body into the water. 2 weeks after this murder, on January 17, the body of 21-year-old Craig Jonaitis was discovered dumped in the parking lot of the Golden Sails Hotel near the Pacific Coast Highway and Loynes Drive in Long Beach. Jonaitis had been strangled with a piece of string, maybe a shoelace. The trail of bodies was starting to get a lot of attention...

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Terror Attack Thwarted in Los Angeles, Authorities Say

LOS ANGELES — Federal authorities said on Monday that they had thwarted a domestic terror plot by an American military veteran aimed at “multiple targets” in Southern California, including Huntington Beach, the port of Long Beach and the Santa Monica Pier.

The suspect, who was identified as Mark Steven Domingo, was seeking retribution for the recent attacks on mosques in New Zealand, according to the authorities. He spoke of unleashing an attack similar to the massacre in Las Vegas, aiming to kill hundreds of people and was especially targeting white nationalists, Jews, churches and military bases, according to court documents filed Monday.

The suspect was arrested Friday night after he received what he thought was a live bomb, but in fact was an inert explosive device that was delivered by an undercover law enforcement officer as part of an investigation by the F.B.I.’s Joint Terrorism Task Force.

He has been charged with providing and attempting to provide material support to terrorists. Mr. Domingo, 26, of Reseda, “planned and took steps to manufacture and use a weapon of mass destruction order to commit mass murder,” according to the criminal complaint filed Monday.

Last week, Mr. Domingo “purchased several hundred nails” meant to be used as shrapnel inside an explosive device, the complaint said. The person Mr. Domingo believed was a collaborator was an undercover law enforcement officer.

Mr. Domingo was previously an active duty Army infantryman who had been deployed to Afghanistan from September 2012 to January 2013. Officials said they reviewed many online posts in which Mr. Domingo voiced his enthusiastic support for “violent jihad” and his desire to attack the Los Angeles area.

On March 3, Mr. Domingo posted “America needs another Vegas event,” a reference to the massacre in 2017, “something to kick off civil unrest.” Later that month he posted “there must be retribution” for the attacks on mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand.

The arrest comes just two days after a shooting at a syngagoue in the San Diego area that killed one woman and wounded three others, leaving many on edge and wary of copycat attacks.

Mr. Domingo had three firearms registered to him, including two semiautomatic firearms and a bolt-action rifle, according to law enforcement. He was a recent convert to Islam, the complaint said, and expressed support for the activities of the Islamic State.

Over several weeks the informant met with Mr. Domingo and discussed his detailed plans to carry out an attack.

“This investigation successfully disrupted a very real threat posed by a trained combat soldier who repeatedly stated he wanted to cause the maximum number of casualties,” said the United States attorney for the Central District of California, Nick Hanna. “Protecting Americans from terror attacks is the No. 1 priority of the Justice Department, and anyone who plots to use a weapon of mass destruction will be held to account.”

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The arrest of the leader of the La Luz Del Mundo church following allegations that he sexually abused children and solicited sexually explicit photos of minors has sent shock waves through Mexico and the United States. Naasón Joaquín Garcia, 50, and co-defendants Alondra Ocampo, Azalea Rangel Melendez and Susana Medina Oaxaca — all of whom are affiliated with the religious organization headquartered in the Mexican city of Guadalajara — are alleged to have committed 26 felonies, including human trafficking, production of child pornography and forcible rape of a minor, in Los Angeles County between 2015 and 2018. A day after the charges were announced, Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador faced scrutiny about a concert earlier this month at the Palacio de Bellas Artes that appeared to be a tribute to Garcia. The government had given permission for the space to be rented for the event. Lopez Obrador responded that authorities in Mexico did not have the information that came to light Tuesday when Garcia was taken into custody at Los Angeles International Airport. “What I can say is my conscience is at peace, because I am a supporter of respect and tolerance,” he said. “That is what I defend.” Garcia, Ocampo, 36, and Oaxaca, 24, were scheduled to be arraigned in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday. Melendez remains at large, authorities said. Prosecutors allege Garcia and his co-defendants committed sex crimes locally for years while leading La Luz Del Mundo. The organization, which claims more than 1 million followers worldwide, has churches in East and West L.A. The church — formed in 1926 — has been the subject of controversy for decades, as it has spread from Mexico into California and other areas. In the past, critics have compared it to a cult that preys on the poor. Samuel Joaquin Flores, Garcia’s father and predecessor who died in 2014, was previously the subject of child sex abuse allegations that he adamantly denied. He never faced charges. La Luz Del Mundo, which translates to the Light of the World, names Garcia on the church’s website as its international president. Garcia is described on the site as having “dedicated his life to serving God from a young age.” Garcia served as a role model for other youths, “bringing a message of love and salvation to people’s souls” and was sent as a missionary to Spain and Portugal, according to the site. For more than 20 years, the website says, Garcia served as a church minister in various places in the U.S., including Los Angeles, North Hollywood, Huntington Park, San Diego, Santa Ana and Santa Maria. At a news conference Wednesday morning, a spokesman for the church said that the allegations against Garcia were false and that the church trusts that the legal system will find him innocent. “The apostle of Jesus Christ has always adhered to the law,” said Ashley Valdez, the spokesman. “The church categorically rejects each allegation made against him.” With tall columns and sculptures of lions, the Light of the World church in East L.A. looms large over what neighbors have described as a relatively quiet area. A stained-glass window at the front entrance carries the names of Garcia’s late father and grandfather, previous leaders of the organization. A large banner wishing Garcia a happy 50th birthday in Spanish hangs on one side of the building, which is also inscribed with the phrase “House of God and Gate to Heaven.” The church has been open through the night for congregants to pray following the announcement of the charges against Garcia. By Wednesday morning, a dozen congregants had filled the first of about 50 pews inside the sprawling church. Women wearing long dresses covered their hair with colorful headscarves. Congregants at the church refused to talk about the allegations. “We can’t talk,” said a man in the building’s parking lot. “I don’t know anything.” “We ask that you respect our sacred space,” said a female congregant nearby. “Our statements are online.” But a neighbor who grew up in the area said he had heard rumblings about inappropriate behavior at the church — namely women complaining about Garcia’s advances. Other neighbors said the church owns several houses on its street that appear to be empty. Erica Huerta, a college advisor at a high school in Long Beach who lives nearby, said she sees girls in long skirts walking to the church early every morning. “It’s a routine — we know they’re going to church,” she said. In a statement posted to the organization’s Facebook page, religious officials defended Garcia, saying he “has always behaved in accordance with the law and with full respect for the institutions and the dignity of the people.” “Because of the Christian principles that the church preaches and practices, we reject any conduct that violates the dignity of the people,” the statement reads. “Consequently, we hope that the unfounded accusations do not degenerate into acts of discrimination and religious intolerance against members of the church.” The attorney general began investigating Garcia and others last year, prompted in part by a tip to the state Department of Justice through an online clergy abuse complaint form. The criminal complaint filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Tuesday against Garcia and his co-defendants outlines graphic and disturbing details about the crimes prosecutors allege they committed. In August 2017, according to the complaint, Ocampo told a group of girls in Los Angeles County that if they went against the desires or wishes of “the Apostle,” a term used to refer to Garcia, that they were going against God. A month later, in September, Ocampo directed minors to perform “flirty” dances for Garcia “wearing as little clothing as possible,” the complaint reads. After that dance, Garcia purportedly gave a speech to the children about a king having a mistress and stated that an apostle of God can never be judged for his actions. Four people mentioned in the complaint were sexually assaulted by Garcia in L.A. County, prosecutors said. In one incident outlined in the criminal complaint, Ocampo called a girl, who is younger than 16 and identified in only as Jane Doe 1, to Garcia’s home and directed her to serve him coffee in his office without clothing. When she entered his office, Garcia allegedly put his arms around her, kissed her on the lips and touched her in intimate locations, according to the complaint. Prosecutors further allege that Ocampo repeatedly took photos of three naked girls, sometimes as they performed intimate acts, telling them that they were for “the servant of God,” referencing Garcia. On one occasion, Ocampo took the girls to an office building, provided them with schoolgirl outfits and photographed them in sexually explicit poses, according to the complaint. On at least one occasion, according to the complaint, Garcia thanked three girls for the photos. According to Valdez, there are about 40 Light of the World churches in Southern California, and the congregation in East L.A. has about 1,500 members. Garcia, a man whom congregants believe was ordered by God to direct the church, was once a pastor in the East L.A. church. “He is the mouthpiece for God,” Valdez said.