DNA Sample Sought in Cypress Avenue Homicide Case

A San Mateo County judge today granted a request from the district attorney's office to have Nicholas Vargas, one of the men charged with the , provide a DNA sample as part of the homicide case.

Richard Keyes, the defense attorney for Brandon Thompson—the other defendant facing charges in the homicide—asked for the same DNA sample. But Superior Court Judge Richard Livermore denied Keyes' request.

Now, according to District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe, prosecutors are looking into testing Vargas's blood to compare it with blood found at the scene of the slaying, which took place April 10 after an argument at Vargas's parents' house on Cypress Avenue.

Both Vargas and Thompson, who was on parole for car theft, remain in San Mateo County Jail without bail.

They are expected to be back in court on July 12 to set a date for the preliminary hearing.