Changes: Sam Vega

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Minor Character: Las Vegas

Name	Sam Vega
Gender	Male
Family	Carlos Moreno (step-son)
City	Las Vegas
Occupation	Homicide detective
Pathology	Serial Killer Vigilante
Modus Operandi	Varied
No. of Victims	4 killed 1 attempted 1 assaulted
Status	Deceased
Portrayed By	Geoffrey Rivas
First Appearance	Too Tough to Die

"The system had its chance, Jim! It didn't do jack!"

Sam Vega was a homicide detective and vigilante serial killer on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Vega sometimes briefed the CSIs at their crime scenes and often pursued criminals.

Background

Sam was a former member of the LVPD's gang unit. He has a step-son, Carlos Moreno, who owns comic book collectibles and works for LVPD Vice. He worked with the CSI's on occasion to solve crimes. He was described by his colleagues as overzealous. At one point in his time on the gang unit he killed one of his informants and veteran Detective Stanley Richardson covered for him. He later would aid Richardson in his vendetta against four murderers who escaped the justice system. Richardson gathered several of the murder weapons used in the old cases and gave them to Vega for him to use in the new killings.

Crime After Crime

VegaShot — Vega committing "suicide by cop"

He began his killing spree by bashing in Kevin Feltzer's skull with a wooden arcade ball. He then found Ramon Castillo from his time at LVPD's gang unit and killed him by placing rubber tires around him, covering him in gasoline and setting him on fire. He was brought in by Catherine Willows to help investigate his murder and directed her and Nick to a rival gang leader but failed to frame him for the crime. After this he killed Darlene Crocker by force feeding her PCP. He was later found out by the CSIs while attempting to kill his final victim, Rex Camford, by drowning him in the lake he was believed to have killed and dumped his wife. Captain Brass attempted to talk him into surrendering but Vega instead raised his gun to him whereupon the other officers shot and killed him, effectively committing suicide by cop. At the site where he tried to drown Camford, the CSIs find the skeletal remains of Camford's wife - with a bullet fired from Camford's gun inside the skull, allowing them to arrest him. Among Richardson's possessions, they also find a bloody knife which Vega used to kill an informant years earlier. Richardson had hidden it where they would find it, ensuring that Vega, who like his victims had gotten away with murder, would also have been brought to justice in the end.

Altered Stakes

Sam Vega's actions left lasting consequences. In Altered Stakes, because of the murders he committed, Carl Bowden, a man convicted of killing a man named Robert James, makes an appeal, claiming that the confession he made had been beaten out of him (which was probably true, since Nick saw that he was bloody after Vega had been alone in the interrogation room with him). Even though he led the LVPD to where the body was hidden, the case is reinvestigated and most of the evidence against him dismissed.

However, CSIs are able to find a woman whom he beat the same way and managed to connect him to the victim through the keys he left at the scene of the crime. As Bowden is realeased he is immediately arrested for the attempted murder of that woman and put back in prison despite Vega's mistakes.

Modus Operandi

Sam's methods of killing always varied. He stabbed an informant to death for holding out some information back on a case. Later he and Richardson would get their selection of victims based on stories that their fellow detectives would often share with Richardson. Vega would later take these cases and kill the suspects the same way that they killed their victims. Kevin Fetzer killed an eight-year old boy named Mikey Moran with a wooden arcade ball when he was 15 and the body was discovered with his pants down; as a special touch, Vega also put child-like underwear on Fetzer and lit a few candles on his nearby birthday cake. Ramon Castillo killed his girlfriend Marta Arterro by firenecklacing her. Finally, Darlene Crocker killed her twelve-year old daughter Chelsea by feeding her a lethal amount of PCP and set her son Ken up to take the fall. He then attempted to drown Rex Camford in the same lake where he tossed his wife's body after he shot her to death.

Known Victims

Unspecified date in 2005: Carl Bowden (assaulted; beaten for a confession)
Unspecified date in 2008: Unnamed informant (stabbed)
2011:
- November 16: Kevin Fetzer (bludgeoned with a wooden arcade ball)
- November 16-17: Ramon Castillo (fire-necklaced)
- November 17:
  - Darlene Crocker (poisoned with a lethal amount of PCP)
  - Rex Camford (attempted to drown; was rescued)

Known Accomplices

Stanley Richardson (provided the names of targets and the murder weapons for some of the victims; deceased)

Appearances

CSI:Crime Scene Investigation
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	#
Season 1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	N/A		1
Season 2	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	-	X	-	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	N/A		4
Season 3	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	-	-	-	-	-	X	-	X	-	-	X	-	-	-	-	-	N/A		4
Season 4	-	-	-	X	-	-	-	-	-	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	N/A		2
Season 5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	-	-	-	2
Season 6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	X	-	-	-	-	N/A	2
Season 8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	N/A								1
Season 9	-	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	-	-	-	-	-	X	-	N/A	3
Season 12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	-	-	N/A			2
Total																										21

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 |name=Sam Vega
 |gender=Male
+|family=[[Carlos Moreno]] {{c|step-son}}
-|birth date=
-|family=Carlos Moreno (step-son)
 |status=Deceased
+|occupation = Homicide detective
+|path=[[Serial Killer]]<br>Vigilante
+|mo = Varied
+|victims = 4 killed<br>1 attempted<br>1 assaulted
 |actor=[[Wikipedia:Geoffrey Rivas|Geoffrey Rivas]]
 |appearance=[[Too Tough to Die]]
+}}
-|occupation = Homicide detective<br>Serial killer}}''"The system had its chance, [[Jim Brass|Jim]]! It didn't do jack!"''
+''"The system had its chance, [[Jim Brass|Jim]]! It didn't do jack!"''
-'''Sam Vega''' was a homicide detective and serial killer on [[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]. Vega sometimes briefed the [[Crime Scene Investigator|CSIs]] at their crime scenes.
+'''Sam Vega''' was a homicide detective and vigilante [[serial killer]] on [[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]. Vega sometimes briefed the [[Crime Scene Investigator|CSIs]] at their crime scenes and often pursued criminals.
 ==Background==
-Sam is a former member of the LVPD's gang unit. He has a step-son, Carlos Moreno, who owns comic book collectibles and works for LVPD Vice. He works with the CSI's on occasion to solve crimes. He was described by his colleagues as overzealous. At one point in his time on the gang unit he killed one of his informants and Detective Richardson covered for him. He later would aide Richardson in his vendetta against four murderers who escaped the justice system. Richardson gathered several of the murder weapons and gave them to Vega for him to use in the new killings.
+Sam was a former member of the LVPD's gang unit. He has a step-son, [[Carlos Moreno]], who owns comic book collectibles and works for LVPD Vice. He worked with the CSI's on occasion to solve crimes. He was described by his colleagues as overzealous. At one point in his time on the gang unit he killed one of his informants and veteran Detective Stanley Richardson covered for him. He later would aid Richardson in his vendetta against four murderers who escaped the justice system. Richardson gathered several of the murder weapons used in the old cases and gave them to Vega for him to use in the new killings.
 ==Crime After Crime==
+[[File:VegaShot.png|thumb|Vega committing "suicide by cop"]]
 He began his killing spree by bashing in Kevin Feltzer's skull with a wooden arcade ball. He then found Ramon Castillo from his time at LVPD's gang unit and killed him by placing rubber tires around him, covering him in gasoline and setting him on fire. He was brought in by Catherine Willows to help investigate his murder and directed her and Nick to a rival gang leader but failed to frame him for the crime. After this he killed Darlene Crocker by force feeding her PCP. He was later found out by the CSIs while attempting to kill his final victim, Rex Camford, by drowning him in the lake he was believed to have killed and dumped his wife. Captain Brass attempted to talk him into surrendering but Vega instead raised his gun to him whereupon the other officers shot and killed him, effectively committing suicide by cop. At the site where he tried to drown Camford, the CSIs find the skeletal remains of Camford's wife - with a bullet fired from Camford's gun inside the skull, allowing them to arrest him. Among Richardson's possessions, they also find a bloody knife which Vega used to kill an informant years earlier. Richardson had hidden it where they would find it, ensuring that Vega, who like his victims had gotten away with murder, would also have been brought to justice in the end.
 ==Altered Stakes==
-Sam Vega's actions left lasting consequences. In [[Altered Stakes]], because of the murders he committed, Carl Bowden, a man convicted of killing a man named Martin James, makes an appeal, claiming that the confession he made had been beaten out of him. Even though he led the LVPD to where the body was hidden, the case is reinvestigated and most of the evidence against him dismissed.
+Sam Vega's actions left lasting consequences. In [[Altered Stakes]], because of the murders he committed, Carl Bowden, a man convicted of killing a man named Robert James, makes an appeal, claiming that the confession he made had been beaten out of him (which was probably true, since Nick saw that he was bloody after Vega had been alone in the interrogation room with him). Even though he led the LVPD to where the body was hidden, the case is reinvestigated and most of the evidence against him dismissed.
 However, CSIs are able to find a woman whom he beat the same way and managed to connect him to the victim through the keys he left at the scene of the crime. As Bowden is realeased he is immediately arrested for the attempted murder of that woman and put back in prison despite Vega's mistakes.
 ==Modus Operandi==
-Vega's originally stabbed a man to death for holding out some information back on a case. Later he and Richardson would get their selection of victims based on stories that their fellow detectives would often share with Richardson. Vega would later take these people and kill them the same way that they killed their victims. Kevin Fetzer killed an eight-year old boy named Mikey Moran with a wooden arcade ball when he was 15 and the body was discovered with his pants down; as a special touch, Vega also put child-like underwear on Fetzer and lit a few candles on his nearby birthday cake. Ramon killed his girlfriend Marta Arterro by firenecklacing her. Finally, Darlene killed her twelve-year old daughter Chelsea by feeding her a lethal amount of PCP and set her son Ken to take the fall. He then attempted to drown Rex Campford in the same lake where he tossed his wife's body after he shot her to death.
+Sam's methods of killing always varied. He stabbed an informant to death for holding out some information back on a case. Later he and Richardson would get their selection of victims based on stories that their fellow detectives would often share with Richardson. Vega would later take these cases and kill the suspects the same way that they killed their victims. Kevin Fetzer killed an eight-year old boy named Mikey Moran with a wooden arcade ball when he was 15 and the body was discovered with his pants down; as a special touch, Vega also put child-like underwear on Fetzer and lit a few candles on his nearby birthday cake. Ramon Castillo killed his girlfriend Marta Arterro by firenecklacing her. Finally, Darlene Crocker killed her twelve-year old daughter Chelsea by feeding her a lethal amount of PCP and set her son Ken up to take the fall. He then attempted to drown Rex Camford in the same lake where he tossed his wife's body after he shot her to death.
 ==Known Victims==
-*Carl Bowden {{C|beaten for a confession}}
+*Unspecified date in 2005: Carl Bowden {{C|assaulted; beaten for a confession}}
-*Unnamed informant {{C|stabbed}}
+*Unspecified date in 2008: Unnamed informant {{C|stabbed}}
+*2011:
-*Kevin Fetzer {{C|bludgeoned with a wooden arcade ball}}
+**November 16: Kevin Fetzer {{C|bludgeoned with a wooden arcade ball}}
-*Ramon Castillo {{C|fire-necklaced}}
+**November 16-17: Ramon Castillo {{C|fire-necklaced}}
-*Darlene Crocker {{C|poisoned with a lethal amount of PCP}}
+**November 17:
-*Rex Camford {{c|attempted to drown; was rescued}}
+***Darlene Crocker {{C|poisoned with a lethal amount of PCP}}
+***Rex Camford {{c|attempted to drown; was rescued}}
 ==Known Accomplices==
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 ==Appearances==
+{{AppearancesHeader|series=Las Vegas}}
-*Season One
+{{Appearances/LV/Season_1|16=R|total=1}}
-**[[Too Tough to Die]]
+{{Appearances/LV/Season_2|1=R|8=R|10=R|12=R|total=4}}
-*Season Two
+{{Appearances/LV/Season_3|7=R|13=R|15=R|18=R|total=4}}
-**[[Burked]]
+{{Appearances/LV/Season_4|4=R|10=R|total=2}}
-**[[Slaves of Las Vegas]]
+{{Appearances/LV/Season_5|12=R|22=R|total=2}}
-**[[Ellie]]
+{{Appearances/LV/Season_6|19=R|20=R|total=2}}
-**[[You've Got Male]]
+{{Appearances/LV/Season_8|10=R|total=1}}
-*Season Three
+{{Appearances/LV/Season_9|2=R|17=R|23=R|total=3}}
-**[[Fight Night]]
+{{Appearances/LV/Season_12|8=R|20=R|total=2}}
-**[[Random Acts of Violence]]
+{{AppearancesFooter|total=21}}
-**[[Lady Heather's Box]]
-**[[Precious Metal]]
-*Season Four
-**[[Fur and Loathing]]
-*Season Five
-**[[Coming of Rage]]
-**[[Snakes]]
-**[[Weeping Willows]]
-*Season Six
-**[[Spellbound]]
-**[[Poppin' Tags]]
-*Season Eight
-**[[Lying Down with Dogs]]
-*Season Nine
-**[[The Happy Place]]
-**[[No Way Out]]
-**[[Hog Heaven]]
-*Season Twelve
-**[[Crime After Crime]]
-**[[Altered Stakes]] {{C|last episode}}
 {{DEFAULTSORT: Vega, Sam}}
-[[Category:CSI: Las Vegas Characters]]
+[[Category:Las Vegas Characters]]
 [[Category:Serial Killers]]
 [[Category:Males]]
-[[Category:Criminals]]
 [[Category:Minor characters]]
 [[Category:Police Department Personnel]]
 [[Category:Deceased]]
+[[Category:Corrupt Law Enforcement Officers]]
+[[Category:Vigilantes]]
+[[Category:Killer Cops]]
+[[Category:Criminals]]
+[[Category:Psychotics]]