The Orange County Register is publishing summaries of the 58 killers sentenced to death by Orange County judges, two per day during weekdays, from the oldest case to the newest. Here are Nos. 37 and 38:
Kevin Boyce, a member of the Crips street gang, was sentenced to die for murdering Shayne York, an off-duty Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy, after finding York's badge during a 1997 take-over robbery of a hair salon in Buena Park. Boyce kicked York in the side, called him a "pig," and shot him in the back of the head. "I always wanted to kill a cop," Boyce boasted, according to testimony. "I hope this one dies. "
Eduardo David Vargas, a Santa Ana street gang member, was sentenced to death for the ambush slaying and robbery of 17-year-old Jesse Muro Jr., a student at Century High School, who was shot twice in the back of the head as he walked on a Tustin street on April 1, 1999. Vargas and his accomplices stole pocket change from Muro before Vargas forced his victim to lie face down on the ground before he shot him in the head.
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