- born: August 23, 1943
- from: San Antonia, Texas
- birth name: Rodrigo Jacques Alcala-Buquor
- nicknames: The Dating Game Killer, John Berger, John Burger, Rod Alcala
- convictions: batter, kidnapping, muder, probation violation, providing cannabis to a minor, rape
- sentence: death
- number of victims: unknown (anywhere from 7 to a possible 100)
- span of killing: 1968-1979
- where he killed: California and possibly New York
- date apprehended: 1979