Well, it does say the pictures were from the early 70's, but Acala was in jail in 71-74. So, if it's the early 70's that leaves 1970 to his arrest in August 12, 1971.
This brings a question up that I've had all along, how do we know that Acala took all of these pictures? Could some of these girls have been actual models that he met and gave him some of their portfolio shots (or he took them from their portfolio). These two girls in the Copenhagen shot for instance, do look like models to me. So do several others in the collection. The one sitting at the kitchen table obviously having a conversation with him, looks like she may be describing her modeling experience or something, kinda like interviewing for a job. I'm wondering, if Acala was really a decent photographer, because he didn't work as one ever, did he?
I wouldnt think they would give him photos out of their portfolio but I would think without a doubt they brought their portfolio with them if they were coming thinking they were going to have a photo shoot, so he could have access to take them. They must have released all of the photos that could have been out of a portfolio, because they released everything that could be cropped so it didnt show nudity/graphic images. I wonder if thats the case, will anyone see those photos as ones they took and come forward? It doesnt seem that he ever worked as a photographer, at least not in what Ive read about him thus far.
I doubt anyone that came in contact with him had ANY idea they should be scared of him until it was way too late, as he seemed to have an amazing ability to charm people into thinking he wasnt harmful. Per his article on trutv:
"
Los Angeles Police Detective Steve Hodel investigated. He says professors at UCLA told him they must have the wrong guy. They just couldn't imagine that the well-spoken, sophisticated art student could have committed such a crime."
"When he got out (from the 2 year sentence he got for 'Julie J') Alcala's
trusting parole officer gave him permission to go to New York to visit relatives, for the summer of 1977."
"The
FBI finally connected the dots and questioned Alcala in Los Angeles. He admitted knowing Ellen Hover, but investigators hadn't yet found her body, so they let him go and apparently filed the case away."
"The
Hillside Strangler Task Force eventually followed Alcala to his mother's home, interviewing him there in March 1978. They were questioning all sex offenders in the area. They didn't actually suspect him of the killings, but did charge him with possession of a small amount of marijuana. He was out of jail on the drug charge by the end of June."
"This was just a month after Jill Barcomb's murder—and a mere few days after the
FBI had questioned Rodney Alcala regarding Ellen Hover's death in New York earlier that year."
"Alcala had been interviewed by the
Hillside Strangler Task Force in conjunction with Jill Barcomb's death just weeks before he allegedly raped and killed Lamb."
If he was able to fool so many people that are trained to pick up on people like him, those poor people have no chance.
These statments (also on trutv) infuriate me. Family member or not, WHY did they keep trying to protect him?
"Rodney Alcala's mother posted bail. And he would strike again."
"Alcala's sisters (Christine xxxx and Marie xxxx) and his mother insisted that Alcala had called both sisters from his mother's house around the time of Robin's abduction. While those calls do appear on phone bills, there's no way of confirming whether Alcala or his mother made them."
