The Murder of Zipora Yagodajev

Case of Raymond Vargas and Laura Sudol

Williamsburg, Brooklyn

This page is dedicated to the memory of Zipora Yagodajev who was raped and murdered.

Zipora Yagodajev was raped after Raymond Vargas  strangled to death on December 16, 1991.  He then charred body which was found under the Williamsburg Bridge.  Zipora had left her Williamsburg home on the morning of December 16, 1990 to buy candy for a Hanukkah party.  Her charred body was found the next morning. 

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Table of Contents

1990

1. Girl, 15, Found Strangled Under the Williamsburg Bridge  (12/18/1990)
2. Hasidim Try to Explain Girl's Killing  (12/19/1990)
   
   

 1991

1. Suspect Seized in Strangling of a Girl, 15  (02/18/1991)
2. Parolee Confessed to Killing Of Girl, 15, Prosecutor Says   (02/19/1991)

1992

1. Brooklyn Man Convicted in Strangling of Girl, 15    (03/14/1992)

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Girl, 15, Found Strangled Under the Williamsburg Bridge
New York Times - December 18, 1990

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Hasidim Try to Explain Girl's Killing
New York Times - December 19, 1990

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Suspect Seized in Strangling of a Girl, 15 
New York Times - February 18, 1991

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Parolee Confessed to Killing Of Girl, 15, Prosecutor Says
New York Times - February 19, 1991

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Brooklyn Man Convicted in Strangling of Girl, 15
New York Times - March 14, 1992

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