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[Music] he's accused of attacking at least four women he's been called a serial sexual
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thrill killer this is not a typical murder case this is a systematic slaughtering of beautiful women by a
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serial killer for young women only one survivor the Hollywood Ripper is one of the most horrible cases I've ever seen
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this is a man who spied on them who stalked them and then brutally stabbed them to death and that's defendant
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Michael crow Shula Ashleigh eller in 2001 Ashleigh LaRon was supposed to go on a date with Ashton Kutcher and he
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rang the doorbell and nobody answered he saw what he thought was spilled wine all
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over the place unfortunately we later learned that that was her blood Maria Bruno 2005 mother of four was
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brutally murdered signed her El Monte apartment she was stabbed to death you think she was asleep when she was
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attacked I do Michelle Murphy 2008 this attack would change everything how did Michelle Murphy somehow get away
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from this guy she fought we have some blood on the steps okay and then blood on the concrete steps here leading out
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down this walkway and into the alley so how significant did you think that blood was gonna be cute we actually have
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a hit a DNA hit and who does it match Michael are three of them i'm lori maher since the fall of 2008
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i've been covering a man known as the Hollywood Ripper it's a story that 48-hours helped to break wide open
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Tricia pecan Chiyo in 1993 one question has haunted this quiet Glenview community who killed
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Trisha Boccaccio and why who would do this why would anybody do this what was your reaction when you got a phone call
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that a witness had come forward to 48 hours I was shocked I would you have imagined that a
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television show would be able to help you solve a crime no but it's never happened to me frankly it's almost a
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miracle that these cases relate together you say to yourself who could do this you think oh my god is a monster