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image captionA Los Angeles judge says "death and destruction followed" Michael Gargiulo
A convicted murderer nicknamed the "Hollywood Ripper" has been sentenced to death for killing two women in the 2000s.
Relatives of his victims wept as a judge gave Michael Gargiulo the sentence in Los Angeles on Friday.
Ashley Ellerin, 22, and Maria Bruno, 32, were both stabbed to death in their California homes.
Gargiulo was caught after another potential victim, Michelle Murphy, then 26, managed to fight him off.
He fled the scene, but left some blood behind - enabling police to track him down.
At Friday's sentencing, Ms Murphy broke down, telling the court how "spending the night alone creates a world of fear in me" more than a decade later.