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Sep 26, 2023 · The trial. William J. Hennessy Jr. More than three years after her arrest for the murders of her mother and sister, Megan Hargan went on trial. Prosecutors tell the jury Megan was so desperate for ...
- Who Are The Hargans?
- A Fatal Discovery
- Who Pulled The Trigger?
- The "Toe on The Trigger" Defense
- Immeasurable Grief
On Friday, July 14, 2017, at about 5 p.m., Fairfax County Virginia Police visit the next of kin to deliver awful news: 63-year-old Pam Hargan and 24-year-old Helen Hargan are dead. Det. Brian Byerson: Pamela was shot twice — in the mudroom. Lead detective Brian Byerson says police are recording and whispering to avoid being overheard, when they giv...
It's 1:44 p.m. on July 14, 2017. Carlos Gutierrez, Helen's boyfriend in Texas, is having a hard time with 911 dispatchers in Virginia. The call ends without a promise of help. So, 15 minutes later, Gutierrez calls again. And this time, he makes a startling revelation about something he says Helen had told him on the phone that morning. Megan Hargan...
A police spokesman was calling the Hargan shootings a murder-suicide, but the next day when Det. Brian Byerson saw Helen's autopsy report, he was certain it was something else. Det. Brian Byerson: The gunshot wound on Helen Hargan was in the top of her head. The rifle bullet had traveled downward into her neck. Det. Brian Byerson: She would have to...
More than three years after her arrest for the murders of her mother and sister, Megan Hargan is going on trial. Prosecutor Whitney Gregory: I think she's pure evil. Whitney Gregory and Tyler Bezilla are prosecuting the case. Prosecutor Tyler Bezilla: Megan is a pathological liar. … That's what she is. The Commonwealth of Virginia opens by arguing ...
Peter Van Sant: As the jurors come back into the room, they have a decision, are you looking at their faces? Prosecutor Tyler Bezilla: Yes. After a three-week trial, it takes the jury less than two days of deliberations to reach a verdict. Tyler Bezilla: I thought my legs were gonna go weak 'cause we were standing up, and it had been just, like — m...
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- Peter Van Sant,Josh Yager,Lauren A,White
Feb 1, 2024 · Updated on February 1, 2024 03:45PM EST. A Virginia woman twice convicted of killing her mother and sister in and staging it to look like a murder-suicide in 2017 was sentenced to life in prison ...
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- Liam Quinn
Jan 30, 2024 · Alberto Luperon Jan 30th, 2024, 4:51 pm. Megan Hargan (Fairfax County Police Department) The woman convicted of shooting her mother and sister to death and staging the scene as a murder-suicide has been sentenced to life in prison after jurors convicted her in a retrial. Megan Hargan, 41, was ordered on Friday to serve two consecutive life ...
Sep 23, 2024 · Woman Stages Mom and Sister’s Murder-Suicide to Steal $400K for House Down Payment: "Unfeeling". “This is two murders. This isn’t a murder-suicide. [Helen] could not have done this to herself,” said Fairfax County police detective Brian Byerson on Snapped of the Megan Hargan case. When police entered the upscale home of Pamela Hargan in ...
Nov 11, 2018 · Woman, 35, arrested after she 'killed her mother and 23-year-old sister in their Virginia home and then staged the crime scene as a murder-suicide' Megan Hargan has since been charged with two ...
Feb 7, 2020 · On July 14, 2017, Fairfax County Police responded to a 911 call about a possible shooting at the Hargan home and found Helen and her mother dead of apparent gunshot wounds. The Hargan crime scene ...
