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Antonio Vega Jr

Case from Paterson, NJ dated Mar 17, 2017

Victim Details

Antonio Vega Jr

Male

Hispanic / Latino

Paterson

NJ

2017-03-17

25

Antonio

Vega Jr

07/03/2026

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In the early hours of March 17, 2017, a grim discovery was made on East 28th Street in Paterson, New Jersey. Firefighters, after extinguishing a blaze that had fully engulfed a white Audi, found the bodies of two men inside. The victims were later identified as 25-year-old Antonio Vega Jr. and his friend, 27-year-old Aaron Anderson, both residents of Paterson. The investigation quickly revealed a brutal crime; both men had been shot execution-style before the car was intentionally set on fire. T ...
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