'Boy next door killer' Michael Gargiulo should get the death penalty, jury decides
by Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times
Oct 18, 2019
4 minutes
LOS ANGELES - A jury Friday recommended the death penalty for Michael Gargiulo, the serial killer convicted of murdering two women and nearly killing a third who were his neighbors in the Los Angeles area.
The jury deliberated for several hours over three days in the penalty phase of a sensational trial that featured testimony from actor Ashton Kutcher and gruesome descriptions of the slayings carried out by a man dubbed the "Hollywood ripper" and the "boy next door killer" for his proximity to his victims.
Prosecutors depicted Gargiulo, 43, as a savvy predator capable of discerning the rules of society and making
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