Mary Anne Schillaci, an Italian American, was Cunanans mother. He then drove Miglin's car to New Jersey, where he murdered yet another victim: William Reese, a cemetery worker, who appeared to have been shot to death so Cunanan could steal his 1995 red Chevrolet pickup truck. The story of Andrew Cunanan, the serial killer who fatally shot fashion designer Gianni Versace in 1997, ends this week, in Wednesday night's finale of American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace. My dad gave him a sports car. He was a private-school educated serial killer with a genius IQ. There Cunanan met his lifelong best friend, Elizabeth "Liz" Cote. He had the master bedroom. [7] He was adept at changing his appearance according to what he felt was most attractive at a given moment. ", Darren Criss as the serial killer Andrew Cunanan in the first episode of 'The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story. Most investigators now believe he was a pathological liar and drug abuser-turned psychotic who killed his friends over jealousy, killed Miglin and the cemetery worker for their vehicles, and killed Versace looking for a final act of fame. Trail left his apartment to see Cunanan shortly after 9 p.m. and was likely let into Madson's apartment at 9:45 p.m.[16], Cunanan's killings began in Minneapolis on April 26, 1997, with the murder of his friend, 28-year-old Jeffrey Trail. Mary Ann told Vulgar Favors author Maureen Orth that she never divorced her husband, even though they were leading separate lives. When reality TV hosts talk about the most dramatic season yet, their exclamations are typicall, The first time Kelly Mi Li ever tried therapy, she invited the world to watch. You can read more about Cunanan's parents in Newsweek's Assassination of Gianni Versace fact vs. fiction breakdown. [43] Police considered few of the findings to be of note, except multiple tubes of hydrocortisone cream and a fairly extensive collection of fiction by C. S. [14] In 1989, Cunanan dropped out of UC San Diego and settled in the Castro District of San Francisco, a center of gay culture, moving in with Cote and her boyfriend, Phil Merrill. He became a fixture in the nightlife of the Castro district, a gay neighborhood, befriending wealthy older men, and also reportedly took an interest in creating violent pornography. "Being accepted in high society and by wealthy people was what he expected. (Glee star Darren Criss portrays Cunanan in the series, and it turns out, he's a spitting image of the killer.). Several online obituaries list Mary Ann's death at the age of 73, on April 15, 2012. Something horrible must have happened to him in his adult life, Elena Cunanan said. Marilyn Miglin, the Chicago beauty mogul who rose to fame as a host of the Home Shopping At the time of Andrews birth, Modesto was serving in the U.S. Navy in Vietnam. [7] Cunanan identified as gay in high school, when he began having liaisons with wealthy older men. The Mystery Novelist Who Committed a Real Murder, Boston Marathon Bombings Survivors, 10 Years Later, A Complete Timeline of Adnan Syeds Trial, Release.
