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A serial killer generally known as the “Hollywood Ripper” and the “Boy Subsequent Door Killer,” who has already been sentenced to loss of life for 2 murders in Southern California in 2001 and 2005, has been extradited to Illinois for the 1993 homicide of an 18-year-old.
Michael Gargiulo, 48, has been charged with the August 1993 homicide of Tricia Pacaccio, 18, who was discovered by her father exterior of her dwelling in Fairview, Illinois, after spending a night with associates, in accordance to FOX 32.
“Michael Gargiulo, was a buddy and classmate of the sufferer’s brother. The defendant’s residence was positioned one block from the Pacaccios,” Prepare dinner County Assistant State’s Legal professional Ethan Holland informed reporters from the courthouse in Skokie, Illinois, on Friday.
Gargiulo was a suspect in the course of the preliminary investigation, however he wasn’t linked to the crime by means of DNA till after he had left for California the place he killed Ashley Ellerin, 22, in 2001 and Maria Bruno, 32, a mom of 4 whose breasts have been minimize off throughout her killing, in 2005.
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Michael Gargiulo has been charged within the 1993 homicide of 18-year-old Tricia Pacaccio exterior of her dwelling. (FOX 32)
Actor Ashton Kutcher testified at Gargiulo’s trial for Ellerin’s homicide that he was supposed to choose her up for a date that evening in 2001, however she had been murdered by the point he arrived at her home. She was stabbed 47 occasions.
Gargiulo allegedly additionally tried to homicide one other girl within the Los Angeles space in 2008.
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A sketch of Gargiulo in court docket on Friday. (FOX 32)
After these murders, Holland mentioned extra witnesses got here ahead. “These witnesses indicated that within the late Nineties Michael Gargiulo had admitted that he had killed a lady in Chicago.”
Holland mentioned somebody generally known as “Witness A” “accompanied Gargiulo, and one other particular person to eliminate knives that Gargiulo possessed. Gargiulo admitted to witness ‘A’ that he was afraid that police have been coming after him.”
Pacaccio was discovered lifeless exterior of her dwelling in August 1993. (FOX 32)
He added that one other one who got here ahead, generally known as “Witness C,” mentioned that Gargiulo had informed him he had “buried the b—-. When pressed by witness ‘C’ to inform the reality, Gargiulo mentioned that he was solely kidding and he had truly ‘left the b—- on step for lifeless.’”
Gargiulo was lastly charged with Pacaccio’s homicide in 2011, however wasn’t extradited till he was sentenced in California.
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Gargiulo is being held with out bond and is due again in court docket on Sept. 20.
Fox Information Digital has reached out to the Prepare dinner Nation State’s Attorneys Workplace.
