Detectives in the United States now fear that a serial killer, with a genius level IQ, could be responsible for over 30 murders. The man, 66-year-old Rodney Alcala, is known as the dating game killer. He got this name because he once appeared on an American TV show Perfect Match. He was just recently found guilty last week of five murders in Los Angeles.

Alcala, who is a photograph with an IQ over 160, is linked to killing schoolgirl Robin Samsoe back in 1979 when she was only 12 years of age. He is also linked to four other women’s deaths, who’s cases, for decades, remained unsolved. However, the police think that Alcala, who has been in custody since 1979 and has twice had previous convictions overturned, could be responsible for dozens more deaths in New York and Los Angeles in the 70’s.

A court in California heard that the bodies of two of his victims had been posed nude and possibly photographed after their deaths. One of the victims was attacked with a claw like hammer. The others were repeatedly strangled and resuscitated to prolong their agony before they were killed.

It is very likely that Alcala will be sentenced to death for each of the five killings. He recently, while representing himself, posed questions that he then answered himself. He went on to show the jury a video of his appearance on The Dating Game in 1978, where he successfully picked up a woman for a date.

Prosecutor Matt Murphy said that Alcala gets off on inflicting pain on others. He hunts them like prey and then commits unspeakable acts of horror on them.