# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-gargiulo
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:31:29.933Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-gargiulo"
name: "Michael Gargiulo"
slug: "michael-gargiulo"
description: "Michael Thomas Gargiulo is a convicted American serial killer. He moved to Southern California in the 1990s and gained the nickname The Hollywood Ripper. He was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder and sentenced to death on July 16, 2021. As of April 2023, he was incarcerated in the California Health Care Facility; in September 2024, he was extradited to Cook County, Illinois, to face trial for the 1993 murder of Tricia Pacaccio."
tagline: "American serial killer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MichaelGargiulo.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1976-02-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.24
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.042298666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Gargiulo"
    title: "Michael Gargiulo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Gargiulo"
    title: "Michael Gargiulo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Gargiulo"
    title: "Michael Gargiulo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Gargiulo"
    title: "Michael Gargiulo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Gargiulo"
    title: "Michael Gargiulo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%BE%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%BB"
    title: "Гарджуло, Майкл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6830527"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump