Ashton Kutcher could be called to testify during the murder of his ex-girlfriend

Ashton Kutcher he looked worried after learning that he might be called to testify during the trial that opened against the murderer of his ex-girlfriend.

The appearance of the 41-year-old Hollywood actor emaciated when the paparazzi photographed him getting out of his car in Beverly Hills last wednesday.

The news that his name was on the list of 200 possible witnesses to testify in the trial of Michael Gargiulo He took Kutcher by surprise.

Gargiulo, nicknamed the "Hollywood Ripper", was accused of murdering three women, including the former girlfriend of the actor" Butterfly Effect ", Ashley Ellerin.

The mutilated body of the model and the student of the time was found in his apartment in February 2001.

The record indicated that Gargiulo, an air conditioning repairman, had burst into her apartment and stabbed her to death.

Kutcher would pick her up that night to take her to a Grammy party, but no one answered when she knocked on the door.

The actor, who was at the time in This show of the 70s, He looked out the window and saw what he thought was red wine spilled on the floor.

In his statement, the interpreter told police that he thought Ellerin had not reacted because she was angry at him for being late. So he left.

The next day, the roomie of Ellerin He found his mutilated body in the apartment.

The stains that Kutcher confused with the red wine were actually the blood caused by the 47 stab wounds that the girl has received, some of up to six inches deepinflicted on your neck, chest, belly and back by an intruder who was holding a knife and attacking her while she was taking a bath.

According to his close friends, Kutcher would have had "nightmares" for several years.

Ellerin's friends soon named Gargiulo, who lived nearby and had repaired the heating of his apartment. CBS.

They told the detectives that they had seen their van in front of Ellerin's house late at night. But the police could not provide enough evidence to accuse Gargiulo and his murder has become an unresolved affair.

Four years later, the same story occurred with the murder of Maria Bruno, who had recently separated from her husband and moved to an apartment in Los Angeles, in the same compound where Garguilo lived. December 1, 2005, She seemed lifeless and mutilated in her bed.

Both crimes remained unresolved for years, until April 28, 2008. Michelle Murphy she woke up in bed in Santa Monica with a man on her stabbing her brutally.

Your attacker sank the knife 17 timesbut despite the terrible cuts in his chest, shoulders, and right arm, Murphy had the strength to defend himself.

Gargiulo's DNA coincided with the samples collected in the previous two cases and he was immediately arrested.

Prosecutors have called Gargiulo a systematic serial killer of beautiful women who probably He felt badual pleasure in manipulating, stabbing and killing his victims.

For nearly 11 years, Gargiulo has been behind bars, while police and prosecutors have carefully gathered evidence that, hopefully, would condemn him. two murders and one badbadination attempt.

Now he is finally judged. A jury has been selected in the last days and Thursday, the prosecution and defense lawyers will make their opening statements.

He pleads innocent of all charges.