هذا الشخص جنن الشرطة لمدة 15 سنة!! 😱

Today, we will talk about a not-so-good criminal, an intelligent one because he managed to continue committing his crimes for 15 years without leaving behind any evidence or anything for the police to take and use against him. For 15 years, the police tried to catch this person, but all their attempts failed until he finally fell into their trap. We will start the events of the case in the year 2001, specifically in Los Angeles, America, which is considered the place where Hollywood is located. We will get to know many characters, so focus with me. [Music] The first character we will get to know is Ashley. She is a 22-year-old girl studying fashion design and living in Los Angeles. All her friends say about her that she is a studious and smart person who never gives up on her dreams and tries to do anything to achieve them. For this reason, she was studying at another institute specialized in design as well, but she was taking extra classes besides the ones she took at university. This means she never had any free time. The house she lived in was shared between her and her friend and was a short distance away from where she was. Because of her location, Ashley was able to meet many famous people from Hollywood itself. She even met the actor Vin Diesel. In December 2000, she met a 23-year-old person named Josh. The period when she met him was the beginning of his career, and he was just starting to gain fame, so the situation was very suitable for her. Of course, don't ask me how she met them all at the same time; I don't know. It's her business. In any case, they met somehow, and events unfolded until February 21, 2001. On this day, Ashley had a Grammy party; she was nominated to receive an award or was attending the party. Therefore, Josh was outside the house and had another party, a post-Grammy party, to go to. But when the time came, unfortunately, Josh couldn't make it back at the scheduled time. So, he called her and told her that he would be a little late and apologized. She told him it was okay, no problem, she was also running late and was still getting ready. So, they agreed on a new time, and it was supposed that Josh would come and everything would be fine. At 10:15 PM, he arrived at her house. He picked up the phone and called her, but she didn't answer. He didn't think much of it because he was already going to her. So, he decided to go and talk to her in person. He rang the doorbell. No one opened. When no one opened the door, he tried to get a look through the window of the house and saw that the house was messy and there was a red liquid on the floor. He didn't know what it was, but he assumed it could be paint, or a drink, or something else, because Ashley was rearranging her house and changing the room's layout at that time. So, he told himself that maybe this mess was due to the rearranging she did in the house. He rang the doorbell again, twice, and then a third time, but no one answered. He thought she was angry with him because he was late. So, he went back home and said that he would talk to her the next day and apologize. But the next morning, before Josh could talk to her again, her friend, who lived with her in the same house, opened the door. Her head was almost cut off, and she had been stabbed 47 times. Her condition was very, very bad. Of course, it was natural for her friend to call the police, and the police came to the house. As soon as the police arrived at the house and started investigating the matter, checking for fingerprints or DNA or anything, they saw Josh's fingerprints on the doorknob because when he came to her at night, he touched the door and tried to knock. So, his fingerprints were on the door. Therefore, he was the first person the police questioned. They called him for questioning and told him that she had died and gave him the details. Of course, he was very shocked and surprised by the matter. He went to the police and told them what had happened to him, that he had come to her and she hadn't opened the door, and so on. They asked him a few questions and then confirmed that he couldn't possibly have been involved in the matter. They cleared him because it was proven that he wasn't involved. However, they were in a difficult situation because they didn't have any other evidence, nothing to help them reach the criminal. Josh's fingerprints were there, but they cleared him. What would they do next? So, they searched the house more thoroughly and noticed that there were no signs of forced entry on the door, no broken locks, or signs of a struggle. This means that the person who killed Ashley must have entered the house with her consent, meaning she opened the door for him and let him into her house. But who could this person be? Ashley's friend told the police that there was a person named Michael who was bothering her a lot and trying to go out with her and get closer to her, but she always refused. So, they thought he might be the reason because Ashley was rejecting him. However, they brought this person in for questioning, and they discovered that he had nothing to do with the matter. After many months of investigation, the police managed to reach the name of a suspect. This person's name is Michael Gargula. We will call him Mike for ease of speaking. At the same time that the police were investigating Ashley's case in Los Angeles, they received a call from the police in Illinois, telling them that there was a cold case from 1993. The person they were suspicious of was named Michael Gargula, and he was in Los Angeles. This happened at the same time as the police were investigating the case. The case from 1993 was the murder of an 18-year-old girl. On August 13, 1993, it was a Friday, specifically the night of Friday. A girl named Rasha was out with her friends. She was returning home, but before she could get inside, someone attacked her, stabbed her 50 times, and left her murdered on the doorstep of her house. The first person to discover her body was her father. He was going out to walk the dog, and as soon as he opened the door, he saw his daughter's body. He literally had the house key in his hand, meaning she was dead, and the house key was in his hand, meaning she was about to enter the house but didn't make it. According to her family, she was a very kind girl with no enemies at all, so they didn't have anyone in mind who might have done this. So, what the police did at that time was ask if anyone had spoken to her or communicated with her on the day she disappeared or the day before. Anyone who had said anything to Rasha should bring it to them. One of the people who had been in contact with Rasha was Michael Gargula. Michael was very close to Rasha, and her family too. The day before she was killed, he was with her, and he drove her home because they knew each other and he knew her brother, and they were always in contact. When the police compared the events in the two states, Los Angeles and Illinois, they saw a very, very strong similarity in the case. The first similarity was that Mike's name appeared in both cases. The second similarity was that the method of killing was exactly the same: stabbing with a knife. One was stabbed 47 times, and the other was stabbed 50 times. Of course, let me remind you again that there was still no tangible evidence. The police reached Mike's name through deduction, by asking people close to the victims, just talk. The search for him took many months, but after months, they finally managed to reach him and bring him in for questioning. The first thing they did when they brought Mike in was ask him for a DNA sample because they were very suspicious of him. But Mike refused to give them a DNA sample, telling them that as long as there was no reason and no official warrant, and they couldn't legally take his DNA, he wouldn't give it to them. As long as there was no official report from the higher authorities, and they had no evidence against him, there was no reason for him to give them a DNA sample, so he refused. Of course, they wanted the DNA sample to compare it with the DNA sample found under Rasha's fingernails in 1993. They knew there was foreign DNA but didn't know whose it was. Because Mike's name was mentioned in both cases and they were suspicious of him, they asked for his DNA. But they had no tangible evidence against him, so they released him. However, they kept him under surveillance because they suspected that this person might be involved in the cases, but that meant they had to keep monitoring him until they found something. [Music] After a period of surveillance, they learned that he was sick and admitted to the hospital. As soon as he was discharged from the hospital, they went to the hospital administration and told them that this person was a suspect and they needed a sample. They asked them to give them something to take from the person. Fortunately, he did give them the sample. Finally, after a long wait, the DNA analysis results came out. The DNA was 100% identical to the DNA found under Rasha's fingernails, who died in '93. At this point, the police were happy and said, "Finally, we have the evidence to catch this person. Let's go to the authorities," meaning those above them who issue arrest warrants or something. The story is that the DNA matched. They asked for patience and an order to go and arrest him and question him. The administration refused. The reason they refused was that the way they obtained the DNA was illegal. They took it secretly, they took it in a roundabout way. The administration told them that the DNA might have been swapped, that they might be framing him, that mistakes could happen with DNA. So, the administration was not convinced and refused to give them permission to go and arrest Mike. So, for the second time, the police operation was thwarted, and they couldn't proceed because the administration refused to give them an order for the police. These police officers were convinced he was involved. So, they were trying to catch him. After the order was refused, they started searching for him more and gathering more information about him in the hope that they could use the information they gathered against him officially. In their journey to find Mike, they learned that he was born in 1976 in Illinois. He had seven sisters, and he didn't tell his friends that he was subjected to abuse and assault by his father and brothers when he was young. Therefore, when he grew up, he became a very aggressive person, a bully, and he treated people poorly. During his teenage years, he was arrested more than once on various charges, such as breaking into stores and car theft. There is a very strange piece of information that shocked them: Mike was interested in or admired the serial killer Ted Bundy. He was very interested in him, and he would read any book, watch any video, or look at any document related to him. Because of his interest in murder and criminal cases, he believed that the killer could be identified through forensic science, analysis, and DNA. This greatly piqued his interest, and he started reading books about forensic science and autopsy, and how the judiciary or the forensic doctor could extract evidence from the body to identify the perpetrator. This matter occupied his mind a lot, and he read many books about it to the point where he told people, "I will commit a crime now, and no one will be able to know who I am because I have read many books and I know how they extract evidence and how to commit a crime without leaving any trace." In 1980, Michael moved from Illinois because he had a dream of becoming a famous actor in Hollywood. He lived very close to where the first victim lived. [Music] As soon as he arrived in Los Angeles, he worked as a bouncer in a bar but was fired after a short period because he beat up one of the customers. Once, one of his fellow bouncers asked him a question: "Have you ever killed a person in your life?" I don't know how this person chose to ask this question, but this person confessed to the bouncer friend, "Yes, I killed her in 1993." He confessed the whole case to him. But this person, the friend, because he lied a lot and his behavior was aggressive, didn't believe him and thought to himself, "He's definitely lying to me to prove he's strong or something." So, he didn't pay much attention to it and forgot about it. In 2000, Mike met Ashley, whom we talked about. He met her by chance while he was walking on the same road she was walking on. Her car broke down, and she needed to change a tire. Mike saw her and changed the tire for her. He learned where she lived and started watching her. The information I am telling you is a huge file of evidence, but despite all this evidence, the police are unable to catch Mike. As I told you, the same officers investigating the case see this and know for sure that Mike is involved in the cases, but they cannot obtain tangible evidence to present to the higher authorities to allow them to proceed. Time passed until 2005. It became 2005, and until now, the cases I have told you about, the criminal is known. In 2005, a woman named Maria Bruno, 32 years old, moved into a new house in Los Angeles with her four children. She had a dispute with her husband and left him to live alone. Only ten days after moving into the new house, her husband called 911, saying, "My wife is dead. I found her dead inside her house." [Music] [Applause] Of course, the first person suspected was the husband because he was in the house, and there were disputes between them, and he was the one who reported it. They started questioning him, asking him about the reason for his presence in the house and why he came to her. Indeed, her husband answered all the questions they asked. He said, "I was trying to get her back. We had an agreement that we would try to reconcile." He even said that the night before she died, they had dinner together. He told them, "If you don't believe me, go ask the restaurant staff." Indeed, the police asked the restaurant staff and confirmed that the information he provided was 100% correct. Therefore, they excluded him from the list of suspects. However, they had a number of suspects, but no one was identified as the criminal. The only thing they could do was continue investigating and asking questions, asking the neighbors and people until they found evidence. Indeed, the neighbors mentioned a person whose name they didn't know. The neighbors didn't know his name, but they told them that this person lived on the opposite side of Maria's house. This person's behavior was very strange, and the neighbors had noticed it and were somewhat suspicious of him. So, the police asked the neighbors to describe this person's features so they could draw a sketch and try to identify him. When they took the features and drew them, his features matched 100% with the features of Mike Gargula. But until now, they were unable to officially arrest Mike, even after matching the sketch. But three years later, in April 2008, Michelle tried to defend herself, but unfortunately, Mike was stronger than her and managed to stab her multiple times. However, through her resistance, she managed to wound his hand. He cut his hand with the knife he was stabbing Michelle with. After stabbing her, he thought she was dead and left. Fortunately, Michelle was not dead. When Mike left, she called her friend, called emergency services, and emergency services arrived at the house and were able to save her in time, and she remained alive. Finally, when Michelle gave the person's features to the police and confirmed that this person was indeed Mike Gargula, they were finally able to officially arrest him and finally catch him with strong evidence after 15 years of patience, from 1993 to 2008. Finally, Mike Gargula was arrested. Of course, you might think that he has been arrested and everything is fine, but unfortunately, the matter became more complicated from that moment on. Why is it complicated? Because the first victim was in one state, and the other victims were in Los Angeles, and in America, each state has its own laws. So, Mike will be tried in Los Angeles for the crimes he committed in Los Angeles, and he will be tried in Illinois, and in each trial session, he must go to the state where he committed the crime, and the investigators of that state will question him, and so on. Because of these details, his case took a very, very long time. Another reason that delayed his trial was that Mike had a very, very formidable legal team, and they were always trying to defend him in a way that there were constant back-and-forth sessions between the court and the defense team. They argued that when he committed the crime, he was not in his right mind. The court took this into consideration and conducted the necessary examinations, and they confirmed that he was 100% sound and could not have been unconscious when he committed the crime. Not only that, but his file became 3600 pages, 6600 pages. However, the only tangible evidence the defense team's many attempts could not overcome was that the court was insistent that Mike was guilty of all the crimes. They decided to sentence him to death, but they sentenced him to death with a stay of execution. The reason was that in Los Angeles, the last time they executed someone was in 2006, and the state's governor had suspended the death penalty somewhat. But Mike was sentenced to death, but the execution was stayed. Of course, the court's decision came out in 2021. From '93 to '21, they were able to issue a sentence against him. Nevertheless, the sentence has a stay of execution. Currently, Mike is in prison, sentenced to death. He could be executed at any moment, but we don't know when that moment will be.