A California judge formally handed down the death sentence to 45-year-old Michael Gargiulo, nearly two years after a Los Angeles jury convicted him of murdering two women and stabbing a third, who survived. Media outlets dubbed Gargiulo “the Hollywood Ripper” for the Los Angeles-area killings of Ashley Ellerin, 22, on February 22, 2001, and Maria …
Michael Gargiulo, the California man known as the “Hollyknown Ripper,” was found guilty Thursday of murdering two women and trying to kill another. A Los Angeles jury convicted Gargiulo, 43, for the 2001 slaying of Ashley Ellerin,22, in her Hollywood home and killing Maria Bruno, 32, in her El Monte home in 2005. Gargiulo was …
The man standing trial for multiple murders could have a celebrity take the stand against him, according to recent reports. Known in media reports as the “Hollywood Ripper,” Michael Gargiulo has been implicated in the death of 22-year-old Ashley Ellerin, among others. As it happened, actor Ashton Kutcher had been planning to go on a …
