VENTURA, Calif. (TCN) — A couple was recently convicted of luring the boyfriend’s former girlfriend outside a bar before beating and killing her.
According to a Sept. 5 news release from the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office, a jury found Margarita Jimenez and Jorge Garfias guilty of the first-degree murder of Yanelly Vargas and not guilty of kidnapping the victim.
On March 17, 2024, the Oxnard Police Department responded to a fight between a man and woman outside a business. Prosecutors said a gunshot was heard during the 911 call. Responding officers discovered 30-year-old Vargas unresponsive with a gunshot wound, and she was transported to Ventura County Medical Center, where she died…