Suspect who fatally stabbed a person to loss of life mentioned he needed to kill a intercourse offender for years ‘because they hurt children’ | EUROtoday

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A wannabe vigilante who allegedly stabbed and killed a person in Fremont, California, instructed police he focused the sufferer as a result of his identify was on a public intercourse offender registry, based on court docket paperwork.

Fremont police have been known as to a house within the metropolis after David Brimmer, 71, was allegedly stabbed by Varun Suresh, 29.

Brimmer died on the scene, whereas Suresh was detained. Officers mentioned in a report {that a} knife was recovered from his particular person. He was charged with homicide on Monday.

Court paperwork launched on Monday declare that Suresh instructed police that he had needed to kill a intercourse offender for years as a result of “they hurt children.” He reportedly additionally instructed them that every one intercourse offenders “deserve to die” and defined his rationale for the alleged killing.

Varun Suresh, 29, was charged with murder after he allegedly hunted down and killed David Brimmer, 71, in Fremont, California. Suresh allegedly told police he had wanted to kill a sex offender for years

Varun Suresh, 29, was charged with homicide after he allegedly hunted down and killed David Brimmer, 71, in Fremont, California. Suresh allegedly instructed police he had needed to kill a intercourse offender for years (Fremont Police Department)

“It is not your duty to decide whether Heaven will accept them, it’s your duty to send them to the gates,” he allegedly mentioned.

Brimmer is listed on California’s Megan’s Law web site as a intercourse offender. In 1995, he was convicted of committing lewd and lascivious acts with a toddler, and he spent 9 years in jail for his crimes.

According to police, Suresh didn’t know Brimmer.

When investigators searched Suresh’s telephone, they reportedly discovered screenshots of a number of profiles on the Megan’s Law web site. The web site contains names, addresses, bodily descriptions, pictures, and convictions of these on the registry.

The screenshot of Brimmer’s profile was reportedly taken about 45 minutes earlier than the primary 911 name was made to reporting the stabbings, based on police.

Police say Suresh impersonated a “CPA going door-to-door looking for new clients” as a ruse to get Brimmer to reply. Suresh allegedly was carrying a bag, a pocket book, and occasional round with him to “appear authentic.”

David Brimmer, 71, was fatally stabbed by Varun Suresh, 29, outside his home in Fremont, California on September 18, 2025

David Brimmer, 71, was fatally stabbed by Varun Suresh, 29, outdoors his residence in Fremont, California on September 18, 2025 (California Department of Justice)

“Suresh thought [Brimmer] may be ‘monitoring’ his residential street ‘thinking someone was going to kill him,’” court docket paperwork say. “So, Suresh used the same ruse at [Brimmer’s] neighbors’ houses prior to going to the victim’s address. This…would make Suresh appear legitimate.”

Investigators mentioned that Suresh ultimately knocked on Brimmer’s door and spoke with him to attempt to “appear as non-threatening as possible.” Suresh reportedly shook Brimmer’s hand and, after confirming his identify, mentioned “I knew I had the right guy.”

According to court docket paperwork, Suresh then dropped his gadgets and pushed Brimmer again into his residence. Brimmer managed to flee tried to flag down a car for assist, however it didn’t cease, based on experiences.

Suresh alleged Brimmer grabbed a rock as if he have been going to defend himself after seeing the suspect’s knife, however “didn’t fight back.” He additionally allegedly instructed police that he requested Brimmer if he “believes in God” and instructed him to “get his last words in.”

After a chase that lasted two blocks, and led to a neighbor’s kitchen, Suresh ultimately caught Brimmer, and allegedly stabbed him within the neck. The suspect instructed the person to “repent,” based on court docket paperwork.

Brimmer managed to show onto his abdomen and tried to crawl away, however Suresh reduce his throat, investigators mentioned.

“I just wanted to make sure it was done,” Suresh allegedly instructed authorities.

After his arrest, Suresh allegedly mentioned that he by no means deliberate on getting away together with his homicide and claimed he would have known as the police himself if he wasn’t certain they have been already on the best way. He reportedly mentioned he needed to be arrested.

“I’m hoping that because [the victim is] a pedophile… like, everyone hates pedophiles… so like, it should be cool. It should be cool,” Suresh allegedly mentioned, based on court docket paperwork.

Investigators declare in post-arrest interviews Suresh mentioned he was “not sorry” for killing Brimmer and that he “didn’t feel sad at all,” and went as far as to explain murdering the person as “honestly really fun.”

Suresh was beforehand arrested in 2021 for making a faux bomb risk, for making prison threats, and for housebreaking after he left a suspicious bag at Hyatt Place, the place Fremont police had shot and killed a suspect in an unrelated incident the earlier evening.

After his 2021 arrest, Suresh reportedly instructed police that he believed the CEO of Hyatt Hotels “was a pedophile, that he wanted to kill him, that he was ‘hunting’ the CEO and had been for a while.”

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/california-stabbing-sex-offender-suspect-court-b2832219.html