Los Angeles:
Hollywood heartthrob AshtonKutcher will come face-to-face with a serial killer accused ofkilling his girlfriend, when he testifies in the trial nextyear.
Kutcher is due in court to testify in the trial ofalleged serial killer Michael Gargiulo, accused of stabbing todeath three women, including 22-year-old Ashley Ellerin.
The aspiring model and part-time stripper waspreparing for a date with Kutcher when she was murdered in2001, reported Los Angeles Times.
The 32-year-old actor has rarely spoken about theviolent death but his testimony to police reveals shockingdetails of what he saw on the night of the murder.
Gargiulo was arrested in 2008 after DNA evidence wasrecovered from the Santa Monica apartment of Michelle Murphy,who survived an alleged knife attack in April of that year.
Police say the evidence also links Gargiulo to thefatal stabbing of a Monterey Park woman in 2005 and the 1993killing of high schooler Tricia Pacaccio in Chicago.
On February 21, 2001, Kutcher had visited Ellerin'sHollywood bungalow and found that the lights were on in herapartment and her car was parked outside.
After knocking on the door and calling out to her withno answer, Kutcher said he looked through a window into theapartment and saw what he thought was red wine pooled on thefloor.
Unbeknown to Kutcher at the time, Ellerin had beenstabbed 35 times and was lying dead just beyond his view fromthe window. The red wine he had seen pooled on the floor washer blood.
Kutcher's testimony next year will be crucial forprosecutors to prove the time of death and strengthen theircase.
The court case will undoubtedly bring back someunpleasant memories for Kutcher, who went on to marry actressDemi Moore in 2005.
Kutcher is due in court to testify in the trial ofalleged serial killer Michael Gargiulo, accused of stabbing todeath three women, including 22-year-old Ashley Ellerin.
The aspiring model and part-time stripper waspreparing for a date with Kutcher when she was murdered in2001, reported Los Angeles Times.
The 32-year-old actor has rarely spoken about theviolent death but his testimony to police reveals shockingdetails of what he saw on the night of the murder.
Gargiulo was arrested in 2008 after DNA evidence wasrecovered from the Santa Monica apartment of Michelle Murphy,who survived an alleged knife attack in April of that year.
Police say the evidence also links Gargiulo to thefatal stabbing of a Monterey Park woman in 2005 and the 1993killing of high schooler Tricia Pacaccio in Chicago.
On February 21, 2001, Kutcher had visited Ellerin'sHollywood bungalow and found that the lights were on in herapartment and her car was parked outside.
After knocking on the door and calling out to her withno answer, Kutcher said he looked through a window into theapartment and saw what he thought was red wine pooled on thefloor.
Unbeknown to Kutcher at the time, Ellerin had beenstabbed 35 times and was lying dead just beyond his view fromthe window. The red wine he had seen pooled on the floor washer blood.
Kutcher's testimony next year will be crucial forprosecutors to prove the time of death and strengthen theircase.
The court case will undoubtedly bring back someunpleasant memories for Kutcher, who went on to marry actressDemi Moore in 2005.
