Who was the fugitive who escaped from Rodney Alcala in the movie The Woman of the Hour?

Monique has lived a ‘troubled life’ since attack

Woman of the Hour tells the chilling true story of serial killer Rodney Alcala and his appearance on The Dating Game TV show, but one of the wildest stories involves the runaway girl who escaped a terrible fate. Monique was one of the few survivors of Rodney Alcala’s attack. deadly killing spree From 1968 to 1979.

Monique’s story

The film tells most of Monique’s story, but timeline Chopping and changing between different murders gets a little confusing. The real story is that the runaway was just 15 years old when she ran away from Rodney Alcala on Valentine’s Day in February 1979. This was a year after his television appearance. Flirting Game.

She was hitchhiking home when Rodney offered her a ride, but Rodney actually took her back to his apartment and sexually assaulted her.

He then took her to a mountain range in California and photographed her just like in the movie. He escaped the encounter by feigning embarrassment and asking Rodney to hide what happened between them, and then slipping away when he went to the restroom at a service station.

He filed a criminal complaint against himself to the police and he was arrested, just like at the end of the movie. However, what the film did not show was that he was released after this arrest because his mother posted bail.

After this he killed two more women and was finally arrested for good in July 1979. The murder of 12-year-old Robin Samsoe is what put him behind bars permanently and on death row.

Where is Monique Hoyt now?

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More than 30 years after she ran away from Rodney Alcala, Monique testified against him in court. She was 46 and gave the “most searing” testimony against him. LA Weekly report He was following the hearing. He was “so shaken up” when he confronted Rodney that he “needed an LAPD detective to sit with him” in the courtroom. The report also said she “never recovered” from the attack and has lived a “troubled life” ever since.

Monique lives a private life and not much is known about her outside of the trial. He was extremely angry about Rodney’s 1994 book You, Jury, in which he wrote “ugly” stories about himself.

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