A Los Angeles judge gave a death sentence to a man prosecutors called “The Boy Next Door Killer” for the murders of two women and the attempted murder of a third.

CNN VideoLOS ANGELES (CNN) - A jury has recommended the death penalty for Michael Gargiulo, known as the "Hollywood Ripper," the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office said Friday. The jury, made up of six men and six women, deliberated for "several hours" before reaching the death sentence recommendation, the office said in a release. A second murder victim, Mario Bruno, a neighbor of Gargiulo's, was killed and mutilated in December 2005. Gargiulo's sentencing is scheduled for February 28, the DA's office said. He has also been charged in a 1993 slaying in the Chicago area, the DA's office said.

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 guilty of premeditated attempted murder in the attempted killing of another. Michael Gargiulo, 43, showed zero emotion when the guilty verdicts came in Thursday afternoon in a trial that riveted Los Angeles. On Feb. 22, 2001, Gargiulo killed Ashley Ellerin, 22, in her Hollywood home. He was found guilty of killing 32-year-old Maria Bruno in 2005 and attempting to kill Michelle Murphy in 2008. Sharon Tates Sister Says She Narrowly Avoided Death in Manson Murders

The verdict in the "Hollywood Ripper" murder trial was read on Thursday with the jury finding Michael Gargiulo guilty of two murders and guilty of one attempted murder in California. Prosecutors accused 43-year-old Gargiulo of murdering three women including 22-year-old Ashley Ellerin, who was friendly with Hollywood actor Ashton Kutcher. On Thursday, the jury unanimously found Gargiulo guilty of first degree murder in the murders of Ellerin and Maria Bruno. The jury also found Gargiulo guilty of the attempted murder of Michelle Murphy. In 2005, prosecutors alleged he killed Bruno, a 32-year-old mother of four who lived in his apartment complex.

Gargiulo was convicted Aug. 15, 2019, on(CNN) - A California jury found Michael Gargiulo, aka the "Hollywood Ripper," guilty Thursday of the murders of two women and the attempted murder of another. The trial surrounding what became known as Hollywood Ripper killings began in Los Angeles in May, as lawyers for the prosecution and the defense framed their arguments. The 43-year-old was charged with the murders of Ashley Ellerin and Maria Bruno, in addition to the attempted murder of Michelle Murphy in 2008. Defense attorney Daniel Nardoni argued prosecutors had no evidence to link Gargiulo to Ellerin's murder. Gargiulo was also linked to the murder of Bruno, whose ex-husband discovered her mutilated body in 2005, KABC said.