Michael Gargiulo Serial Murder Cases
Michael Gargiulo
Search the Internet and find information (articles and/or documentaries) about the Michael Gargiulo serial murder cases, which occurred between 2001-2008.
Please answer the following questions:
1.Why couldn’t the Cook County Sheriff’s Office solve the 1993 Tricia Pacaccio murder?
2.What evidence did they have?
3.What mistakes were made that hindered the investigation?
4.What were potential leads/evidence in each case (Pacaccio, Maria Bruno, and Ashley Ellerin)?
5.What were the similarities in the three crimes?
6.How were the cases connected?
Please answer the question fully and concisely in your own words. Be sure to use standard English, spelling and grammar. Your answer should be at least 300 words.
Justify your position with facts as support. If necessary, conduct further research.
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Michael Gargiulo Serial Murder Cases
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Question 1
The Cook County Sheriff's Office could not solve the 1993 Tricia Pacaccio murder because there was no sign of forced entry or struggle, scarce physical evidence except bootprints, lack of additional crime scene forensics or interviews establishing suspects, and ultimately, the DNA did not initially match collected samples, impeding leads in the early stages of the investigation (More Critics of Stalled ’93 Murder Investigation Step Forward - CBS Chicago, 2011).
Question 2
The key evidence in the Tricia Pacaccio case was bootprints in the