Convicted Sex Offender Accepts Plea Deal in Killing of Orange County Boy

Six-year-old Jeffrey Vargo was abducted from his Anaheim Hills neighborhood and killed in 1981. Courtesy of Connie Vargo

POMONA—A convicted sex offender pleaded no contest Feb. 22 to two counts of murder in connection with the deaths of two young boys—including one from Anaheim Hills—within a five-year span.

Kenneth Kasten Rasmuson is expected to be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The 59-year-old is scheduled to be sentenced on April 27 at the Pomona courthouse.