“The pathologists’ testimony was disturbing. They methodically explained how the victims had died: Alcala would strangle these women, but do it slowly, bringing them back, again and again, to the brink of life so that he could violate them in every way possible. There was a copious amount of semen found at every scene. He would keep them alive so that he could recharge and do it again and again before finally deciding to watch the light of life leave their eyes. And then he would pose them and photograph their dead bodies. Rodney Alcala was a monster. There is no other word for him.”