Rosie Alfaro

Who is Rosie Alfaro?

Maria del Rosio “Rosie” Alfaro is an American female murderer currently on California's death row for the 1990 murder of nine year old Autumn Wallace in Anaheim, California. Autumn Wallace, the victim, allowed Alfaro inside the home since she recognized Alfaro as a past guest from previous occasions, and an acquaintance of her older sister. Autumn was at home by herself, waiting for her sister and mom to return home from work, when Alfaro arrived and asked if she could come inside to use the bathroom. Alfaro, who was 18 years old, pregnant, and high on cocaine and heroin, needed another fix, raided the Wallace home, supposedly to garner cash to purchase drugs. When Alfaro originally planned to approach the Wallace home, she expected the home would be vacant; when she found Autumn at home, she then realized she would have to kill her because she would know who committed the burglary. Alfaro stabbed Autumn 57 times, and then proceeded to take whatever she could that was of possible value. She later changed her original confession and stated that an unidentified male accomplice forced her to start stabbing the girl, and then he finished the slaying. Alfaro has never identified the male; police and the Orange County Prosecutor said he never existed.