{"id":42168,"date":"2021-02-22T20:10:06","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T04:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=42168"},"modified":"2021-02-22T20:10:08","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T04:10:08","slug":"man-admits-killing-two-young-boys-in-the-1980s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=42168","title":{"rendered":"Man Admits Killing Two Young Boys in the 1980s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"left\"><strong>LOS ANGELES COUNTY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/pit-bull-owner-sentenced-15-years-life-animals-killed-woman\/district-attorney-los-angeles\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6360\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6360\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/District-Attorney-Los-Angeles.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"282\" height=\"261\"\/><\/a>Convicted sex offender Kenneth Rasmuson plead guilty Monday to sexually assaulting and murdering two children in the 1980s, prosecutors stated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"left\">The defendant\u2019s guilty plea took place in the Pomona Courthouse after consultation with family members.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"left\">\u201cThis was a heinous offense and this individual will not share the sidewalk with the rest of us,\u201d said Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gasc\u00f3n. \u201cThe defendant was always facing life in prison, making the rhetoric from tough-on-crime voices incredibly dangerous and entirely removed from reality. Splitting this case up or seeking the death penalty in a state with a moratorium would have dragged the victims through decades of legal proceedings for an execution that is exceedingly unlikely to be imposed. Spending exorbitant amounts on a death penalty prosecution that is ultimately just for show would force the families of these victims to relive their trauma through decades of litigation. That\u2019s not in the interests of the victims, nor is it in the interests of the public.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"left\">The defendant pleaded guilty to two counts of murder and also admitted the special circumstance allegation of multiple murders.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"left\">Due to a recent court ruling, the special circumstance allegations had not been dismissed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"left\">The defendant faces up to life in prison. He is scheduled to be sentenced on April 27.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"left\">Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer attended the court hearing today to request jurisdiction because one of the victims was from Anaheim Hills.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"left\">In a motion to the court last week, District Attorney Spitzer signaled his intent to seek the death penalty in spite of the state\u2019s moratorium if he was granted jurisdiction.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"left\">District Attorney Gasc\u00f3n stated that he does not seek the death penalty because of its disparate application, absent deterrence effect, the extraordinary cost to taxpayers, and because it subjects victims to decades of appeals\u2013forcing them to relive their trauma.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"left\">Rasmuson, 59, murdered 6-year-old Jeffrey Vargo who disappeared on July 2, 1981. The boy left his house in Anaheim Hills to go look at a firework stand.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"left\">The following day, two construction workers found the boy\u2019s body in Pomona.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"left\">The murder remained unsolved for decades until a DNA hit connected Rasmuson to the crime and he was arrested in Idaho, according to prosecutors.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"left\">Investigators also linked Rasmuson to another boy\u2019s unsolved death in 1986.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"left\">The second victim, Miguel Antero, went missing from his home on April 8, 1986. On the day of his disappearance, a 6-year-old\u2019s body was found in a wash located in Agoura Hills.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"left\">DNA evidence also connected Rasmuson to the second slaying.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES COUNTY Convicted sex offender Kenneth Rasmuson plead guilty Monday to sexually assaulting and murdering two children in the 1980s, prosecutors stated. 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