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‘It’s a complete failure’: WashCo. DA calls for pretrial release revisions after murder-suicide

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Carlos Jimenez Vargas was facing domestic violence charges against family members. A judge granted him pretrial release without bail and with a GPS monitoring bracelet. He went to the home on SW Scholls Ferry Road a month after his October release. Two days later, he went back there for almost an hour, shooting and killing his wife and her sister.

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‘It’s a complete failure’: WashCo. DA calls for pretrial release revisions after murder-suicide

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -- The Washington County District Attorney is now raising the alarm on how the county handles pretrial release, especially with domestic violence cases. This comes after a man facing domestic violence charges shot and killed two women before turning the gun on himself, all while he was out on GPS monitoring. "In the last two years' time, we had 13 domestic violence-related murders in Washington County. It's probably the sin…

1 year ago·Portland, United States

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