looks like any other photograph of a loving couple cuddling for the camera, but unfortunately, that scenario could not be further from the truth.
The man in the picture is suspected serial killer Michael Thomas Gargiulo, and police have no idea who ? or where ? the woman is, although they fear the worst for her.
Gargiulo, 39, has been held at the Los Angeles County Jail for the past 7½ years and is awaiting trial for the murder of three young women and the attempted murder of a fourth.
The former bouncer and air-conditioner repairman is known variously as the ?Chiller Killer,? the ?Boy Next Door Killer? and the ?Hollywood Ripper,? and investigators believe may have murdered as many as 10 women.
The charges relate to the 1993 murder of 18-year-old Tricia Pacaccio; the 2001 stabbing death of Ashley Ellerin, a 23-year-old fashion student and one-time girlfriend of ?Two and a Half Men? star Ashton Kutcher; the 2005 slaying of Gargiulo?s neighbor Maria Bruno, 32; and the attempted murder of another neighbor, Michelle Murphy, in 2008.
But it?s the victims detectives don?t know about, or are struggling to identify, who are weighing heavily on the minds of prosecutors as Gargiulo enters his eighth year of incarceration without trial.
Investigators realized that Gargiulo may be responsible for other murders after he dropped an ?odd? comment during initial questioning over the attack on Murphy, allegedly stating that ?just because 10 women had been killed and his DNA was present? didn?t mean he had killed anyone.
The best lead they have is a series of four photographs found on Gargiulo?s hard drive featuring him cuddling up to a mystery brunette. LA County Sheriff?s Detective Mark Lillienfeld believes the pictures were taken in California between 2001 and 2003.
?[The woman] resembles some of the victims of the murders of which he has been charged,? Lillienfeld told People Magazine on Nov. 5.
?It?s possible, and we?re hoping, that she is fine and living her life. We?d simply like to identify her and confirm that she?s OK.?
Police can’t find mystery woman in photo with suspected serial killer | New York Post
The man in the picture is suspected serial killer Michael Thomas Gargiulo, and police have no idea who ? or where ? the woman is, although they fear the worst for her.
Gargiulo, 39, has been held at the Los Angeles County Jail for the past 7½ years and is awaiting trial for the murder of three young women and the attempted murder of a fourth.
The former bouncer and air-conditioner repairman is known variously as the ?Chiller Killer,? the ?Boy Next Door Killer? and the ?Hollywood Ripper,? and investigators believe may have murdered as many as 10 women.
The charges relate to the 1993 murder of 18-year-old Tricia Pacaccio; the 2001 stabbing death of Ashley Ellerin, a 23-year-old fashion student and one-time girlfriend of ?Two and a Half Men? star Ashton Kutcher; the 2005 slaying of Gargiulo?s neighbor Maria Bruno, 32; and the attempted murder of another neighbor, Michelle Murphy, in 2008.
But it?s the victims detectives don?t know about, or are struggling to identify, who are weighing heavily on the minds of prosecutors as Gargiulo enters his eighth year of incarceration without trial.
Investigators realized that Gargiulo may be responsible for other murders after he dropped an ?odd? comment during initial questioning over the attack on Murphy, allegedly stating that ?just because 10 women had been killed and his DNA was present? didn?t mean he had killed anyone.
The best lead they have is a series of four photographs found on Gargiulo?s hard drive featuring him cuddling up to a mystery brunette. LA County Sheriff?s Detective Mark Lillienfeld believes the pictures were taken in California between 2001 and 2003.
?[The woman] resembles some of the victims of the murders of which he has been charged,? Lillienfeld told People Magazine on Nov. 5.
?It?s possible, and we?re hoping, that she is fine and living her life. We?d simply like to identify her and confirm that she?s OK.?
Police can’t find mystery woman in photo with suspected serial killer | New York Post
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