'Hollywood Ripper' Found Guilty of Killing Ashton Kutcher's Date
August 15, 2019
Jurors have found the man known as the "Hollywood Ripper" guilty of first-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of two women, as well as premeditated attempted murder in the attempted killing of another. Michael Gargiulo, 43, showed no emotion when the verdicts came in for a trial that riveted Los Angeles. On Feb. 22, 2001, Gargiulo killed Ashley Ellerin, 22, in her Hollywood home. She had been preparing to go on a date that night with Ashton Kutcher.