Comment on Ogden killer to spend at least 10 more years in prison

An Ogden man who beat his wife to death in 1995 will spend at least another decade behind bars. The Utah Board of Pardons and Parole has set May 2026 as the next time Stephen Elliard Vargas will have a hearing during which he can ask again for parole. The 60-year-old is serving up to life in prison for the bludgeoning death of Rebecca Vargas, who was leaving him. At a May 3 parole hearing, Vargas said he was mad and jealous when he killed his wife by hitting her in the head with a hammer, The St...