Who was Rodney Alcala’s victim Jill Barcomb and how did the teen die?

JILL Barcombe's beingness was tragically chopped abbreviated erstwhile she ran into homicidal maniac Rodney Alcala.

Here's everything we cognize astir the young unfortunate of 'The Dating Game Killer'.

Who was Jill Barcomb?

Jill Barcomb was 1 of Rodney Alcala's earliest known victims.

Originally from Oneida, New York, she had conscionable relocated to the Los Angeles country erstwhile she encountered the serial killer.

Jill had lone been successful Southern California for astir 3 weeks erstwhile she was murdered.

Brutal murder

On November 9, 1977, Alcala brutally murdered Jill erstwhile she was conscionable 18 years old.

Her assemblage was discovered the pursuing time connected a ungraded way adjacent Mulholland Drive successful Los Angeles.

Jill had been positioned aft she was strangled to decease and the transgression country revealed grounds of a horrific assault.

Initial investigation

Initially, authorities mistakenly believed Jill mightiness person been a unfortunate of the notorious Hillside Strangler, who was terrorizing Los Angeles astatine the time.

In a cruel twist of fate, Jill's 15-year-old person Judith Lynn Miller was abducted and murdered by the existent Hillside Strangler conscionable a period later.

Jill's lawsuit went acold for decades until 2003 erstwhile advancements successful DNA exertion helped link her execution to The Dating Game Killer.

Breakthrough

The breakthrough came portion Orange County investigators were preparing their 3rd prosecution against Alcala for a fig of different murders.

DNA grounds led to his indictment for the murders of Jill and 4 different women: Robin Samsoe, Georgia Wixted, Charlotte Lamb and  Jill Parenteau.

The quality of Jill's execution near a lasting interaction connected her family.

Her member Bruce Barcomb opened up astir experiencing nighttime terrors aft his sister's assemblage was discovered.

He said: "It wasn't conscionable murder. It wasn't conscionable rape. It was brutal.

"It was sadistic and cipher could recognize wherefore the things happened to her."

Conviction

In 2010, much than 3 decades aft Jill's beingness was chopped short, Alcala was yet convicted of her murder.

An Orange County assemblage recovered him blameworthy of 5 counts of first-degree murder, including Jill's, and helium was sentenced to death.

His decease condemnation ne'er came to pass, however, and the monster died of earthy causes successful 2021 aged 77 at a infirmary adjacent the Corcoran authorities situation in California.

Jill's lawsuit highlights the value of advances successful forensic technology, which yet helped bring her slayer to justness aft truthful galore years.