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48 HOURS
Air Date: Saturday, May 30, 2020
Time Slot: 9:00 PM-11:00 PM EST on CBS
Episode Title: (#3201/3202) "The Hollywood Ripper - Parts 1 & 2" (Repeat)
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"48 HOURS" AND MAUREEN MAHER TAKE VIEWERS INSIDE THE INVESTIGATION OF "THE HOLLYWOOD RIPPER," A SERIAL, SEXUAL THRILL KILLER

48 HOURS and Maureen Maher investigate Michael Gargiulo, the serial killer known as "The Hollywood Ripper" in an encore two-hour broadcast Saturday, May 30 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

Prosecutors say Gargiulo attacked four young women. One of the victims was killed on the same night she was planning to go on a date with actor Ashton Kutcher. Kutcher was a key witness at trial.

For more than 10 years, Maher has been tracking the Hollywood Ripper. Maher's coverage began in 2008, with the unsolved murder of Tricia Pacaccio who was stabbed and left to die on the doorstep of her family's Glenview, Ill., home in 1993. At the time, Gargiulo was a 17-year-old high school student living around the corner. Police did not suspect him, but Pacaccio's family later did.

Gargiulo headed to Los Angeles, and where he went, say prosecutors, attacks followed. In 2001, 22-year-old fashion student Ashley Ellerin was stabbed 47 times. In 2005 Maria Bruno, a mother of four, was also killed, and in 2008 Michelle Murphy was attacked, but she survived. Gargiulo lived near all of his victims.

Maher's report on the case aired in 2011. Soon after the 48 HOURS broadcast, two key witnesses came forward, and Gargiulo was charged with the murder of Pacaccio almost 18 years after her death. Maher and 48 HOURS go inside the investigation that connected police in two states and brought Gargiulo to trial in California. The broadcast features a deep dive into who Gargiulo is and how he got away with killing for so long.

48 HOURS: "The Hollywood Ripper" is produced by Chuck Stevenson, Ruth Chenetz and Lauren Clark. Doug Longhini, Gayane Keshishyan Mendez and Greg Fisher are the development producers. Dena Goldstein is the field producer. Linda Martin is the update producer. Patti Aronofsky is the senior producer. Nancy Kramer is the executive story editor. Judy Tygard is the executive producer of 48 HOURS.

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