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Kevin Vargas

Case from Taunton, MA dated Feb 24, 2008

Victim Details

Kevin Vargas

Male

White / Caucasian

Taunton

MA

2008-02-24

23

Kevin

Vargas

08/02/2026

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On a tragic Sunday afternoon, February 24, 2008, the life of 23-year-old Caucasian male Kevin Vargas was violently cut short in his Taunton, Massachusetts, apartment. In a horrifying turn of events, Kevin and his younger brother, Shawn Vargas, who was 21, were both fatally shot. The double homicide unfolded in Kevin's apartment located at 729 Somerset Avenue, with his two young sons, aged just two and four, present in the room. Miraculously, the children were physically unharmed.

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  • Obituary for Kevin F Vargas at Hathaway Home for Funerals
  • Taunton Daily Gazette: 'Never give up praying': Family reacts to arrests in Taunton double murder cold case
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    I've been following the Kevin and Shawn Vargas case for years, and it's such a relief to see some mo... ...Read More
    04/29/2024
    I recently came across the news that there was finally a breakthrough in the 2008 murders of Kevin a... ...Read More
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    Does anyone else find it deeply unsettling that it took over 16 years to finally get a breakthrough ... ...Read More
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