25 Years Ago, Ashton Kutcher Showed Up for a Date and Became Part of a Hollywood Murder Case

25 Years Ago, Ashton Kutcher Showed Up for a Date and Became Part of a Hollywood Murder Case

On February 22, 2001, Ashley Ellerin was found dead by her roommate in the Hollywood Hills apartment that they shared. The 22-year-old fashion-design student had been stabbed 47 times and was nearly decapitated. Because her body had also been posed in an odd position, police were led to believe that her murder was the work of a serial killer. Michael Gargiulo—nicknamed the “Hollywood Ripper”—was found guilty of killing her and another woman 20 y…