Aaron Vargas Gets 9 Yr. Sentence for Killing His Molester
Was the Sentence to Severe?
The sick saga of Darrell McNeill and Aaron Vargas began when Vargas was 11 years old. That's when Darrell McNeill started molesting Vargas. McNeill continued to stalk Aaron Vargas for the rest of his life. Tracking Vargas down when he moved, finding his work places, calling him at home a dozen times a day, Vargas could not escape his molester.
Aaron Vargas tried to get on with his life. He had a girlfriend and they had a baby daughter. His girlfriend, Selena Barnet, told the court that McNeill was insisting on baby-sitting the couple's baby girl. Was that the final act that drove this man to commit murder?
Vargas had turned to alcohol and drugs, presumably to cope with the abuse he had endured. He was not a lone victim of McNeill. About a dozen men, including McNeill's stepson came forward to say that they had been victims of abuse by Darrell McNeill too.
Vargas met with some of the alleged victims of McNeill about 3 days before the shooting. On the night of the shooting Vargas had been drinking and remembers McNeill denying Vargas's accusations. Vargas shot Darrell McNeill with a Civil War type pistol. He shot him and watched him die.
Judge Ronald Brown said that Vargas had intent to kill on his mind when he went to McNeill and that he (the judge) couldn't condone violence. "The circumstances support the conclusion the defendant intended to kill the victim, and the method was intended to make the victim suffer," Brown said.
Aaron Vargas, victim since the age of 11, spent his life running from McNeill and numbing his pain with alcohol abuse. When Vargas tried to make a life for himself, McNeill was always there. Was Vargas just protecting himself and his little daughter? Is it ever okay to take the law into your own hands and deliver punishment? After 20 years of molestation and abuse, should the judge have given Aaron Vargas a lesser sentence or probation?
Darrell McNeill was a husband, father, business man and a volunteer for the Boy Scouts. He was well liked in the community. But that was before the "secrets" came out after the shooting. The town rallied behind Vargas. In a 20/20 interview Vargas told "20/20" he doesn't see himself as a hero or a vigilante.
If you were the judge, what would your sentence be for Aaron Vargas killing Darrell McNeill?
Sources:
abc 20/20 story
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15 Comments
Post a CommentOf course molester get out of jail a lot of the time. Justice isn't blind any more. It's lost. Of course, I don't believe he should have taken the law into his own hands. I'm just saying that everything is geared to protect criminals and screw the victim.
CJ makes an excellent point.
I agree with JC.
My only question is: why didn't Vargas go to the police about the molestation and subsequent harassment? At the very least, he could have been grated a restraining order. Having said that, if all the facts are true, I wouldn't have given him nine years.
How do we know for sure that McNeill molested him? If he did, somehow I understand Aaron's anger would go to this extreme. But is this an excuse to murder someone?
What a tragedy that someone else can cause another person to act like that. too bad, he never had a moments peace and now he is in jail. Is this justice?
I must agree to an extent with CJ. Why wait so long? Why not report it right away. I think I would like to know more of the facts before I rush to judgment though.
I am not one to answer this question as I would question why the sentence was too short. If none of these men brought this Mcneill before the cops and a judge. Why did he allow this man to continue molesting others when he was an adult. In light of all the new incidents coming out and molesters being brought to trial Vargas could at any time go to the cops especially if there were others willing to step forward. A planned murder is Murder in the first degree and punishable no matter the reason you planned it or make it come to pass. This man is lucky he had a judge who believed he let this Mcneill rule his entire life like this without clear proof or him ever going to the authorities. I for one believe no man is given the right to kill another period not in this way.
I think the sentence is too severe -- I hope he gets parole. This could be a blessing though. He may be able to kick his addictions while he is in prison.
I think the sentence is too severe -- I hope he gets parole. This could be a blessing though. He may be able to kick his addictions while he is in prison.