Creepy California Serial Killer Wore White-Faced Mask During Burglary Spree
September 8, 2025
Los Angeles, California
Facts:
An alleged serial killer who met his victims on dating apps before robbing and killing them had a lengthy California crime history that included wearing a white-face mask to hide his black identity during a burglary spree, authorities revealed.
Prosecutors charged 34-year-old Rockim Prowell of Inglewood on Monday for robbing and killing two men he met on dating apps in 2021 and 2023. He allegedly also attacked a third victim in February of this year, tying him up, beating him with a baseball bat, and stealing his wallet.
Prowell, who was already on probation for two burglary convictions between 2019 and 2021, was likely linked to as many as 30 break-ins across Los Angeles. During the spree, he attempted to avoid detection by sporting a creepy rubber mask that made him look like a young, white man, as confirmed by security footage reported by FOX 11.
Cops found the mask after pulling Prowell over in a car linked to the crimes. It is unclear whether Prowell wore the ghoulish face when he allegedly seduced, robbed, and murdered 51-year-old Miguel Angel King and 53-year-old Robert Gutierrez before fleeing the scene in their cars.
King was found dumped in the Angeles National Forest with a fatal bullet wound. Authorities never located Gutierrez’s body, but his car was discovered in Prowell’s garage.
Prowell allegedly tied up and tortured a third man, Jordan Andrews, 40, in February of this year, beating him viciously with a baseball bat. Andrews managed to escape, but Prowell rammed him with a car as the victim fled, breaking his leg.
Prowell now faces two counts of murder and one count of attempted murder, plus carjacking, burglary, and assault with a deadly weapon. He is being held on $2 million bail.
