Miguel s body was found in a wash in Agoura Hills on April 8, 1986, the same day he went missing from his Agoura Hills home.
Rasmuson was arrested in Idaho in 2015 after a DNA hit connected him to Jeffrey s killing, and he was subsequently linked to Miguel s slaying. He pleaded no contest Feb. 22 to two counts of murder and admitted the special circumstance allegation of multiple murders.
Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer made the highly unusual move earlier that month to charge Rasmuson for Jeffrey s killing, even though the defendant was already facing trial for that murder in Los Angeles County.
Convicted Sex Offender Sentenced to Life in Prison for 1980s Murders of Two 6-Year-Old Boys Kenneth Kasten Rasmuson, now 59, was arrested in Idaho in 2015 after a DNA hit connected him to one of the slayings
Published April 27, 2021
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A convicted sex offender was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murders of two 6-year-old Southern California boys in the 1980s.
The sentence for Kenneth Kasten Rasmuson, now 59, was handed down following a series of emotional statements from the families of Jeffrey Vargo and Miguel Antero.
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Convicted Sex Offender Sentenced to Life in Prison for 1980s Murders of Two 6-Year-Old Boys Kenneth Kasten Rasmuson, now 59, was arrested in Idaho in 2015 after a DNA hit connected him to one of the slayings
Published April 27, 2021
GETTY
A convicted sex offender was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murders of two 6-year-old Southern California boys in the 1980s.
The sentence for Kenneth Kasten Rasmuson, now 59, was handed down following a series of emotional statements from the families of Jeffrey Vargo and Miguel Antero. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather.
Convicted Sex Offender Sentenced to Life in Prison for 1980s Murders of Two 6-Year-Old Boys Kenneth Kasten Rasmuson, now 59, was arrested in Idaho in 2015 after a DNA hit connected him to one of the slayings
Published April 27, 2021
GETTY
A convicted sex offender was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murders of two 6-year-old Southern California boys in the 1980s.
The sentence for Kenneth Kasten Rasmuson, now 59, was handed down following a series of emotional statements from the families of Jeffrey Vargo and Miguel Antero.
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Pomona, California: A convicted child rapist who killed two 6-year-old boys in Southern California in the 1980s was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Kenneth Rasmuson, 59, showed no emotion as he was sentenced in Los Angeles County Superior Court in Pomona.
Rasmuson abducted and killed 6-year-old Jeffrey Vargo, who disappeared on July 2, 1981, after he left his house in Anaheim Hills in Orange County to look at a fireworks stand.
His body was found the next day at a construction site in Pomona, in eastern Los Angeles County.
“I had hoped to be at your execution because I wanted to look in your eyes and see the same terror that my son saw at his last moment, the boy s father, Bob Vargo, told Rasmuson at the sentencing hearing. “Because of your evil acts, the last time we saw our son was to view his scarred and lifeless body lying in a casket with his favorite toys,