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'Dating Game' killer Rodney Alcala gets life term for killing 2 women

Rodney Alcala admitted to killing Ellen Hover from

Rodney Alcala admitted to killing Ellen Hover from Yorktown (January 8, 2013 8:39 AM)

The so-called "Dating Game" serial killer was sentenced Monday after admitting to murdering two women, including a Yorktown resident.

Rodney Alcala, who appeared in 1978 as a contestant on "The Dating Game," was ordered to serve 25 years to life for raping, torturing and strangling two 23-year-old women. The body of Ellen Hover, a wealthy socialite from Yorktown, was discovered in Pocantico...

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