This scene is true to the real-life story, as the end titles reveal that a teenage runaway escaped Rodney by asking him to keep the encounter a secret on Feb. 14, 1979. Amy had run away to a nearby diner and called for help, where she watched out the window as police arrived at the gas station and arrested Rodney.

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Netflix’s Woman of the Hour focuses on the Dating Game Killer and his TV appearance, but how was Rodney Alcala caught in real life?

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