LOS ANGELES (AP) — For crimes he called "vicious and frightening," a judge on Friday gave a death sentence to a man prosecutors called "The Boy Next Door Killer" for the home-invasion murders of two women and the attempted murder of a third. "Everywhere that Mr. Gargiulo went, death and destruction followed him," Fidler said at the all-day hearing. The sentencing, delayed by procedural issues and the pandemic, came nearly two years after a jury convicted Gargiulo and recommended his execution. At the trial, Kutcher said that he was late to pick up Ellerin, who did not answer her door. Prosecutors used him in their closing arguments, suggesting Ellerin was killed by another man who was jealous of Kutcher.

Source: Fox News July 16, 2021 22:18 UTC