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NEW AT FIVE ---
PROSECUTORS SAY THE
MURDER OF TWO
TAUNTON BROTHERS
NEARLY A DECADE AGO,
WAS A ROBBERY GONE
WRONG.
THE FIRST OF TWO
SUSPECTS WENT BEFORE
A JUDGE TODAY.
ALSO NEW TONIGHT ---
WE'RE HEARING FROM
MEMBERS OF THE VICTIMS'
FAMILIES, WHO HAVE BEEN
WAITING EIGHT YEARS
FOR JUSTICE.
EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER STEPH
MACHADO IS LIVE IN FALL
RIVER WITH THE
SOUTHEASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS MOBILE
NEWSROOM.
BETWEEN THEM, THESE
TWO MURDERED
BROTHERS FROM
TAUNTON LEFT BEHIND
FOUR CHILDREN...WE
SPOKE TO THEIR
MOTHERS ABOUT GETTING
SOME ANSWERS EIGHT
YEARS LATER.
Kyla "I dropped to my knees"
MORE THAN EIGHT YEARS
AFTER HER CHILDREN
WITNESSED THE DOUBLE
MURDER OF THEIR FATHER
KEVIN VARGAS AND UNCLE
SHAWN VARGAS....
KYLA CARROLL AND HER FAMILY
HAVE SOME ANSWERS...
Kyla Carroll/Mother of Kevin
Vargas'
Children: I didn't believe it
A GRAND JURY HAS INDICTED
TWO MEN IN THE DOUBLE
MURDER....26 YEAR OLD KEITH
COX, SEEN HERE IN COURT
THIS MORNING....AND 28 YEAR
OLD MATTHEW LANDER, WHOSE
COURT APPEARANCE HAS NOT
YET BEEN SCHEDULED.
"not guilty"
AT COX'S ARRAIGNMENT,
ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY
DENNIS COLLINS CALLED THIS A
ROBBERY GONE WRONG....
HE SAYS COX KNEW SHAWN
VARGAS, WHO SOLD
MARIJUANA, AND THEY HAD
EVEN ALLEGEDLY COMMITTED
AN ARMED ROBBERY
TOGETHER IN JANUARY 2008....
ONE MONTH LATER, COX AND
LANDER ARE ACCUSED OF
SHOWING UP AT KEVIN VARGAS'
SOMSERSET AVENUE STUDIO
APARTMENT ON A SUNDAY
AFTERNOON...AND SHOOTING
BOTH BROTHERS DEAD, WITH
KEVIN'S TWO AND FOUR YEAR
OLD SONS IN THE ROOM.
Kyla Carroll: I know that their
father
told them to get behind the
couch.
That was said the first day. So
he
made sure that they were safe.
Amanda Gross/Shawn Vargas'
Fiance: it brings back
everything
that happened from the start
AMANDA GROSS WAS ENGAGED
TO SHAWN VARGAS AT THE
TIME OF THE MURDER...AND
PREGNANT WITH THEIR
SECOND CHILD..
Amanda Gross/Shawn Vargas'
Fiance: My daughter never ever
got
to meet him and she will still
look at
his pictures and she will cry to
this
day just because she knows she
isn't going to meet him.
COX WAS ORDERED HELD
WITHOUT BAIL....AGAIN NO
ARRAIGNMENT DATE YET
FOR MATTHEW LANDER
WHO WAS ALREADY IN
POLICE CUSTODY ON AN
UNRELATED CASE....
COMING UP NEW AT 6
MORE FROM THE FAMILY
OF THESE TWO
BROTHERS, AND HOW
THOSE CHILDREN ARE
DOING TODAY....8 YEARS
LATER.
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NEW DETAILS NOW...
ON A HOMICIDE
INVESTIGATION WE'VE
BEEN TRACKING FOR
ALMOST NINE YEARS NOW.
THE MURDER OF TWO
BROTHERS IN TAUNTON
ON FEBRUARY 24th, 2008...
TODAY - ONE OF THE TWO
MEN INDICTED IN THE
MURDERS - APPEARED IN
COURT....
WHERE PROSECUTORS
REVEALED NEW DETAILS
ABOUT THE CRIME.
EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER STEPH
MACHADO IS LIVE IN FALL
RIVER - WHERE SHE
SPOKE TO THE VICTIMS
FAMILIES ABOUT LIFE,
EIGHT YEARS LATER.
THE PROSECUTOR
CALLED THIS A "ROBBERY
GONE WRONG"...TWO MEN
NOW CHARGED WITH
SHOOTING A PAIR OF
BROTHERS TO
DEATH....THEIR FAMILY HAS
BEEN WAITING 8 YEARS
FOR AN ARREST.
"not guilty"
KEITH COX FACING A JUDGE
MORE THAN 8 YEARS AFTER
THE MURDER OF TWO TAUNTON
BROTHERS...
23 YEAR OLD KEVIN VARGAS
AND 21 YEAR OLD SHAWN
VARGAS....
COX AND MATTHEW LANDER
WERE INDICTED ON MURDER
CHARGES BY A GRAND JURY
LAST WEEK.
I was excited but it's emotional
still,
because they're still not here
I didn't believe it
THE BROTHERS' LOVED ONES
PARTLY IN DISBELIEF THAT
ARRESTS WERE FINALLY MADE.
KEVIN VARGAS' 2 AND 4 YEAR
OLD SONS WERE IN THE ROOM
WHEN HE AND SHAWN WERE
SHOT TO DEATH....
KYLA CARROLL IS THEIR
MOTHER.
They witnessed two people be
murdered.
We're just very blessed that the
children...were untouched
CARROLL SAYS WHILE THEY
STILL HAVE AFTER
EFFECTS....HER BOYS ARE
DOING WELL TODAY... ALWAYS
HONORING THEIR FATHER...
They know about their dad. They
can tell you more than I can,
probably.
AMANDA GROSS IS THE
MOTHER OF SHAWN VARGAS'
CHILDREN....SHE WAS
PREGNANT WITH THEIR
DAUGHTER WHEN HE DIED...
My daughter never even got to
meet
him, and she will still look at
his
pictures and will still cry to
this day,
just because she knows she isn't
going to meet him.
KEITH COX WAS HELD
WITHOUT BAIL AT HIS
ARRAIGNMENT
TODAY....MATTHEW
LANDER'S ARRAIGNMENT
DATE HAS NOT YET BEEN
SET...
YOU CAN READ MORE
DETAILS ON WHAT THE D-A
ALLEGES THE TWO MEN
DID...RIGHT ON NOW
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