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Joseph Zargo

Case from New Haven, CT dated Dec 23, 2011

Victim Details

Joseph Zargo

December 19, 2022

Male

Hispanic / Latino

New Haven

CT

2011-12-23

2011-12-23

27

Joseph

Zargo

07/15/2026


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In the early morning hours of December 23, 2011, a 27-year-old Hispanic male named Joseph A. Zargo of West Haven, Connecticut, was shot and killed on Houston Street in New Haven. The incident, which marked the city's 33rd homicide of the year, was the tragic result of a planned robbery. Zargo, a father to a young daughter, was born in Bridgeport and was survived by his mother, daughter, and three brothers.

The investigation into Zargo's death eventually led authorities to Trevor Murphy, a ...
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