Michael Gargiulo Height, Weight, Net Worth, Age, Birthday, Wikipedia, Who, Nationality, Biography
Sarah Richards
Published Jan 20, 2026
In July 2021, after numerous postponed preliminaries throughout the last 10 years, Michael Gargiulo, named The Hollywood Ripper, was condemned to death for following and afterward violently wounding his clueless casualties to death. Gargiulo has frequently been depicted as a “sequential, psychosexual, thrill executioner.” He recently filled in as a bouncer and cooling repairman.
Gargiulo was seen as blameworthy in August 2019 of killing 22-year-old Ashley Ellerin over twenty years prior, which was trailed by 32-year-old Maria Bruno’s homicide in 2005. The two ladies were violently cut on different occasions in their Los Angeles region homes. Prior in 2008, he was additionally viewed as at real fault for the endeavored murder of Michelle Murphy, who was cut on numerous occasions in her St Nick Monica home.
As indicated by reports, Michael Gargiulo is right now spending time in jail waiting for capital punishment at the San Quentin State Jail.
| Born | Michael Thomas Gargiulo February 15, 1976 (age 47) Glenview, Illinois, U.S. |
|---|---|
| Other names | Hollywood Ripper Chiller Killer The Boy Next Door Killer |
| Conviction(s) | First degree murder with special circumstances (2 counts), attempted murder |
| Criminal charge | Felony murder |
| Penalty | Death |
| Victims | 3–10; 1 survived |
Span of crimes | 1993–2008 |
| Country | United States |
| State(s) | Illinois, California |
Date apprehended | June 6, 2008 |
Individuals Magazine Explores narratives the wrongdoings of Gargiulo in an episode named after his notorious moniker The Hollywood Ripper. The authority rundown of the episode states:
“A lady is killed that very night she should go out with rising star Ashton Kutcher, and police accept the signs highlight a chronic executioner; as the quantity of casualties climbs, one courageous lady figures out how to make due.”
The impending episode will air on ID this Monday, May 1, at 8:00 pm ET.
Michael Gargiulo was given capital punishment for the cutting passings of two Los Angeles ladies and an endeavored murder
Indicted chronic executioner Michael Gargiulo, otherwise known as The Hollywood Ripper, was given a capital punishment in July 2021. Los Angeles Predominant Court judge Larry Fidler gave over a sentence to the 45-year-old previous bouncer and cooling repairman. He is as of now spending time in jail waiting for capital punishment in California’s San Quentin State Jail.
Capital punishment was conveyed after a Los Angeles jury sentenced Gargiulo in August 2019 of killing Maria Bruno and Ashley Ellerin. The two ladies were severely cut a few times in their homes in the Los Angeles district. He was additionally recently sentenced for the endeavored murder of Michelle Murphy in 2008 after she was over and over wounded in her St Nick Monica home.
Furthermore, Michael Gargiulo was accused of homicide in Illinois for the 1993 wounding passing of 18-year-old Tricia Pacaccio outside her Glenview home. Reports express that Gargiulo, who was 17 years of age at that point, was a companion of Pacaccio’s brother and resided nearby to her home.
DNA proof was utilized to interface Michael Gargiulo, who “watched and paused” for his casualties, to every one of the three wrongdoings
During Michael Gargiulo’s Los Angeles preliminary, examiners claimed that every one of the ladies were youthful, gorgeous, and had a get-up-and-go — and all lived close to the chronic executioner. He supposedly “watched and paused” for “the ideal open door” to kill in “barrage style blade assaults and afterward get away from recognition.”
As indicated by reports, Gargiulo was 24 years of age when he initially met Ashley Ellerin, a style plan understudy at the Los Angeles Design Foundation of Plan and Promoting. She was going to leave for a date with entertainer Ashton Kutcher at that point, when outside her home, he inquired as to whether she wanted assistance fixing a punctured tire. She was found in her Hollywood home with 47 cut injuries in February 2001.
Gargiulo moved to a gated high rise in El Monte after Ellerin’s homicide, where he lethally cut Maria Bruno, a neighbor, on December 1, 2005. Then, at that point, on April 28, 2008, he cut Michelle Murphy in the arm while she was dozing. Murphy figured out how to guard herself from the assailant, who then cut himself during the battle and ran away from the wrongdoing area.
As indicated by the arraignment, Michael Gargiulo’s DNA was found on Murphy’s bedsheet. The DNA likewise connected him to an example found under Pacaccio’s fingernails. On June 6, 2008, the St Nick Monica Police Division captured Gargiulo and accused him of the endeavored murder of Murphy. He was subsequently accused of the wounding passings of Ellerin and Bruno.
ID’s Kin Magazine Explores will additionally dive into the chronic executioner’s wrongdoings this Monday.
