In a tragic train of miscommunication, two Oregon sisters were shot and killed by Carlos Jimenez-Vargas (46) when he was released from custody with an ankle monitor that was not activated to prevent him from making contact with his wife.
The State Will Pay the Two Families a Total of $6 Million in Damages
State attorneys are now preparing to pay the families of the man’s wife, Gabriela Jimenez (43), and her sister, Lenin Rosas Hernandez (38), $6 million in a damages claim.
According to court records, the deaths of the two women on November 16, 2022, were the result of a miscommunication between the GPS tracking vendor, Vigilnet, and the Washington County Circuit Court’s pretrial release office.
A month before the double shooting, after which Carlos Jimenez-Vargas turned the gun on himself, resulting in a fatal injury, he had been arrested for strangling his wife. He was ordered released, but the judge barred him from visiting his wife and ruled that he wear a GPS ankle monitor to ensure compliance…