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Joseph Naso, the serial killer called the “Alphabet Killer”, has claimed he murdered 26 women, far more than the four deaths for which he was sentenced.
The 91-year-old is serving his sentence in California. He got the name “Alphabet Killer” because his victims had first and last names beginning with the same letter.
According to fellow prisoner Bill Noguera, Naso spoke about his crimes for more than ten years.
A new documentary, ‘Death Row Confidential: Secrets of a Serial Killer’, which includes interviews with Naso, will be released on Oxygen on September 13.
So, what do these new claims reveal? And what happens next?
Let’s take a look:
‘Alphabet’ serial killer killed 26 women, not just 4
Naso was convicted in 2013 for killing four women whose first and last names began with the same letter.
The victims were Roxene Roggasch, 18, found near Fairfax in 1977; Carmen Colon, 22, murdered in Port Costa in 1978; Pamela Parsons, 38, and Tracy Tafoya, 31, both killed in Yuba County in the early 1990s.
This pattern earned him the name “Alphabet Killer.”
But fellow inmate Bill Noguera, who spent over ten years with Naso in San Quentin prison, said Naso confessed to murdering 26 women in total.
Noguera told local ABC station KGO that Naso even kept a “Greatest Hits” list of his victims.
Naso was reportedly upset when one of the murders on his list was linked to another serial killer, Rodney Alcala, known as “The Dating Game Killer.”
Alcala, who was also at San Quentin, was accused in media reports of killing one of Naso’s victims, 19-year-old Pamela Lambson.
Naso admitted to Noguera that he murdered Lambson after pretending to be an official photographer for the Oakland A’s and convincing her to pose for nude photos, the report said.
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A father of two and former Little League coach who worked as a school photographer, Naso raped and killed Lambson, whom he called the “Girl from Berkeley,” before leaving her body against a tree in late 1977, Noguera said.
Naso reportedly staged at least six victims for photographs as though dead before killing them. He also admitted to searching for victims while listening to The Doors’ song ‘Riders on the Storm’, drawn to the line, “There’s a killer on the road/His brain is squirming like a toad.”
Noguera, who spoke with Naso for years, said the killer’s poor hygiene was so bad that he had to hold his breath around him, even in the open air.
Authorities in California and other states are now considering reopening old cases following Naso’s alleged admissions.
Naso is still on death row at a prison medical centre in Stockton. He has not issued any official statement, leaving investigators to decide whether his claims can be backed by evidence strong enough to correct the record or support fresh charges.
What we know about the new series
The new documentary, ‘Death Row Confidential: Secrets of a Serial Killer’, will air on Oxygen on September 13.
It includes interviews with journalists and inmates, among them Dan Noyes, the only journalist who has ever spoken directly with Naso.
The series also shows how Naso’s former fellow prisoners Ken Mains and Bill Noguera helped solve several of his unsolved cases, bringing some closure to the families of victims.
The production is backed by Wolf Entertainment, Fireside Pictures, Universal Television Alternative Studio, part of Universal Studio Group, and Vanity Fair Studios.
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