Michael Gargiulo, dubbed the 'Hollywood Ripper,' is charged with murdering three women and attempting to murder a fourth.
On February 21, 2001, Ashton Kutcher was late for a date. Then single and best known for his work on the Fox comedy, Kutcher was an acquaintance of 22-year-old fashion design student Ashley Ellerin. No one answered when he arrived at Ellerin's home. He peered through a window and spotted what looked like red wine stains. Kutcher assumed she went out without him and the actor left. The next day Ellerin was found dead in her home, stabbed 47 times.
Prosecutors in the murder trial said in their opening statements that Gargiulo would target women who lived near him and who were outgoing. He'd stalk his victims, studying their movements so that he would know exactly when to attack. The slayings took place in the dead of night. After his arrest, Los Angeles County sheriff's detectives had two undercover deputies placed in Gargiulo's jail cell to record Gargiulo's behavior. Gargiulo told the undercover officers he previously looked up the crimes of serial killers Ted Bundy and Ed Gein, attempted to workshop an explanation with the officers over a particularly damning piece of evidence against him and ran the idea of saying he suffered from blackouts by them as a possible defense.Deputy Dist. Atty.
The last victim he's charged with attempting to murder was his Santa Monica neighbor Michelle Murphy in 2008. Murphy survived the attack, fighting Gargiulo off, causing him to bleed. It was the drops of blood from that wound that connected Gargiulo to the crime.Michael Gargiulo appears in court with defense attorney Daniel Nardoni for opening statements in his murder trial on May 2, 2019 in Los Angeles, California.
The 2008 attack on Murphy is indisputable because of DNA evidence, but Gargiulo's defense says Gargiulo suffers from a mental disorder that left him unable to recall his actions that night.
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