177. The Freemont Killer: Varun Suresh

It's a little before noon on September 18th, 2025. We're in a quiet suburban cul-de-sac in Fremont, California. Suddenly, an elderly man, 71-year-old David Brimmer, staggers down from the street, blood pouring from a gash in his neck. He's desperately pounding on a neighbor's door for help.

Chasing him is a younger man armed with a knife. The old man stumbles into the neighbor's house, screaming, call the police. But the pursuer is right behind, determined to finish what he started. Moments later, on the front lawn of that house, David Brimmer collapses. The younger man pins him down and slashes his throat repeatedly. Within minutes, police sirens pierce the air. Officers find Brimmer lifeless on the grass and his attacker standing calmly nearby.

hands and clothes splattered with the blood of his victim. This man did not fight or flee. In fact, he tells the cops he wanted to be caught. He says the dead man on the lawn was a pedophile. and that killing him was, quote, honestly, quite fun. This is the story of Fremont's real-life Dexter. This is the story of a 29-year-old Indian American engineer, Varun Suresh.

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It's a Thursday morning in Fremont. Varun Suresh sits in his car parked not far from a certain house on Upper Winter Circle. In his hands is his smartphone. open to California's Megan's Law website. That is the state's public database of registered sex offenders. Ishwara, if you remember, when we were studying in Michigan, we also looked up this particular database to see if there were, you know, sex offenders.

Because this is a technology we weren't aware was available in US because it was never available in India. And lo and behold, we could literally see the addresses of all the sexual offenders near us. It was a very weird thing to have access to.

it was so amazing that the public had access to this database because if you had young kids in the house if you had a lot of women in the house you knew exactly what parts of town to like not venture into what to avoid at night so cool like you had the exact address of the house you had a picture of the house you had you know

name of the person the exact things they were charged with and how long they served in prison I mean insanely cool that you could keep yourself safe in that way This website might be a cool technology for some, but in this case Aishwarya, it proved to be deadly in the hands of Varun Suresh.

Like you said, when he was scrolling through this website, he could find the name, the photo, the address and the conviction details of the offenders. And he had done this before. But today, one profile leapt out to him. That was the profile of David Brimmer, 871, listed at an address on Solstice Court just around the corner from where his car was parked. Brimmer's record showed a conviction in 1995 for committing lewd acts with a child for which he served about nine years in prison.

Varun's eyes fix on Brimmer's mugshot and dress. He takes a screenshot of the profile at approximately 11-12 am. enough. But I'm guessing on a website like that, there are people with a lot longer, a lot worse record, a lot more recent record. So what about this person stood out? So when the police later investigated Varun's phone and laptop, they found that he was a frequenter on the Megan's database. So he used to go through profiles on the regular.

This specific profile on this specific day stood out purely because of the proximity of where he was parked. He wanted to find the nearest pedophile. And David Brimmer just happened to be here. But what I've painted for you is a very weird situation. Why somebody window shopping for pedophiles and why somebody on the lookout for them to understand how we got here. We need to know who these two people are.

David Brimmer is not just a kindly grandfather retiree, he is a convicted child molester. Decades ago, Brimmer was a church pastor in the Bay Area. In 1992, he was charged with sexually molesting four boys aged between 9 and 15. By 1995, he was convicted of lewd acts with a child and sent to prison for nine years.

Now 71 years old, Brimmer has been out of prison for years, living a low-profile life in Fremont. But under Megan's law, which makes sex offender information public, his past follows him. His name. photo, home address, all are one Google search away. Neighbours know him, if not personally, then by reputation. One can only imagine the uneasy quiet that hung over Brimmer's daily life. He's a free man. but not a forgiven one. Now on the other hand, we have Varun Suresh.

who had no personal history with David Primer. Varun is 29 years old, tech-savvy, and by outward appearances, an ordinary guy living in Fremont. But those who have met him might have noticed something unsettling beneath the surface. a fierce, almost fanatical hatred for pedophiles. In fact, this isn't the first time he's tried to go after one. Back in 2021, Varun was arrested for a bizarre incident.

He planted a fake bomb at a local Fremont hotel, the Hyatt Place, and made violent threats. When police caught him, Varun ranted that he believed the CEO of Hyatt Hotels was a pedophile and that he'd been hunting that CEO for a while. Yes, hunting, that's the word he used. For that stunt alone, Varun was charged with making a false bomb threat, criminal threats and burglary for sneaking onto property.

It was a serious incident, but fortunately no one was hurt. At the time, it must have seemed like the ravings of a troubled man obsessed with delusion. In hindsight, it was a red flag. Varun Suresh was deadly serious about hurting anyone he deemed a predator. Now, fate, or rather the internet, put David Brimmer in Varun's crosshairs. By late summer of 2025,

Varun is actively scouring the Megan Law's website, seeking a target. He's not randomly snapping. Investigators would later find multiple screenshots of sex offender profiles saved on Varun's phone. He was window shopping for victims. David Brimmer's profile, with that address so close by and a conviction that screams child abuser, was exactly what Varun Suresh was looking for on that day, 18th September.

It's late morning on that day of September 18th. Varun Suresh has made up his mind. Today is the day. He's going to kill someone and that someone is going to be David Brimmer. This isn't a heat of the moment impulse. It's cold. premeditated vigilantism. He also prepares a disguise of sorts, not a mask or a moustache, but rather nondescript casual clothes that makes him look like a normal passerby. He is armed with a messenger bag, a notebook and a cup of coffee.

Why these items specifically? Because Varun plans to pose as a CPA. a certified public accountant, canvassing the neighbourhood for new clients. CPA in the US is basically what a CA is in India. It's a clever ruse. Who would suspect a friendly accountant with a warm smile and a coffee in her hand to be a would-be killer?

Just before noon, Varun puts his plan into action. Funnily enough, he doesn't directly go to Brimmer's house, but instead knocks on a couple of neighbours' doors and walks around the block. It's almost like he's method acting the role that he has adopted.

Now imagine answering your door to a polite young man with a notebook. Hi, I'm a CPA in the area offering free financial consultations. Do you need any help accounting? Varun does this to establish his cover story. If anyone later recalls seeing him,

They'll remember the accountant, not a lurking assassin. In his own twisted way, Varun is being methodical and patient. Varun also has a tactical reason for the door-to-door approach. Court documents later reveal that he suspected Brimmer might be on edge. even paranoid that a man like Brimmer, knowing his own dark past, could be monitoring his residential street thinking someone was going to kill him. I just think this is a man projecting onto his victim. Of course, nobody on a random day

even if they've committed a crime in the late 1990s, is right now thinking that they might be assassinated. But I don't know what you make of those suspicions, Ash. It makes me wonder is this a common theme of people using this specific website?

to go on hunt have we seen other cases like this across the us where this has been a thing because not all convicts in every way shape and form are available for the world to see online with their current address you know revealed so this is a specific category of convicts where you do have that information so is this something we've seen before one would have to look that up uh from whatever little i know is that there is an ethical debate about megan's law website as there should be yeah

Because you rightly said it does help in making communities safe, but it also leads to disenfranchisement of former convicts. One can argue the ethical... landscape of that but it has in the past led to vigilante crime this is not the first time it's happening um and i you know editors if you could find and put some on the screen that'd be helpful for our audience um so this is not the first time this is happening

Now, there's another reason why Varun Pig Brimmer, in particular Aishwarya. It's Brimmer's age. At 71, Brimmer was not a physically imposing man, or so Varun thought. He also later admitted to the police that he chose an elderly target, partly because an older man would be easier to overpower and kill. which means he was cognizant of the fact that somebody couldn't fight back. In Varun's blunt words, he was looking for someone, quote, who is easy to kill.

This chilling calculation shows that Varun's goal wasn't just ideological, it wasn't just punishing a sex offender, but also practical. He wanted a guaranteed win. A younger or stronger offender might fight back. or escape. Varun sought a victim who couldn't put much of a fight. David Brimmer just happened to fit that bill. As Varun moves towards Brimmer's house, the pieces are all in place. He has the element of surprise, a weapon, a cover story, and even a rehearsed approach.

The time is about 11.55am. The quiet of midday envelopes upper winter circle. Many residents are at work, some kids are at school. The street is drowsy from the late morning afternoon dull. David Brimmer's house, a modest single-story home. comes into view. Varun Suresh takes a final sip of his prop coffee and steals himself. He's been waiting for this moment for years now, and by his own later confession, for years he wanted to kill a sex offender, end quote.

Now, he's at the door of one. Arun, from what we know of Varun's psychology, did he just want to kill a sex offender or... Do you know if this is someone who had plans to continue doing this? Because you're not much of a vigilante. If you're killing one sex offender who hasn't been active for decades now, is 71 years old and you've picked him because he's weak, your own motive is kind of weird. It makes me wonder.

Why did you do this? You're not really making much of a change to society. You're not clearing out a neighborhood of any threats to children. You're just picking a convenient target going after it and then being done because you really wanted to commit murder and maybe you could justify this one.

um ashwarya i couldn't agree with you more i think some of the answers to the questions you've posed will come out as i narrate the story further but i will say this while all forms of vigilante crime in a

society are wrong because we need a functioning society where law takes precedence. We can attribute and call one vigilante crime more virtuous than other if not correct more virtuous this to me is the most selfish form this is not vigilante crime because you're not preventing anything you are taking the meekest way out i remember that case in the

northeast where those the bunch of women gathered together to kill the rapist because the police wasn't able to do anything about it and while again on a technical basis that is illegal because you know you you can't be the person encountering somebody i can look at those women and go i'm proud of that right there is virtue there in this case You just want to kill somebody and you're delusional. To me, this guy, and as we'll find out more and more, is delusional. Couldn't agree more, yeah.

At 11.57am, a 9-11 call blares over the Fremont police radios. A report of two men fighting in front of a home on the 600th block of Upper Winter Circle. How did we go from a knock on the door to an all-out brawl in mere minutes? Here's what happened. Viral walks up the path to David Brimmer's front door. He takes a breath, adopting a friendly demeanor, and rings the doorbell.

Inside, David answers. We don't know whether Brimmer felt any immediate alarm. There's no indication that the two had ever met before. Brimmer opens the door to see a young South Asian man with a notebook and bag. Perhaps not an everyday occurrence, but not threatening either. Varun introduces himself with a smile. He's the CPA who's been going around the neighborhood. Brima, perhaps Puzzle, engages in a bit of small talk at his doorstep.

Varun later recounts that he, quote, tried to appear as non-threatening as possible during this interaction. He's all professional charm, maybe cracking a polite joke about tax season. Importantly, Varun shakes Brimmer's hand, a friendly hand. handshake to seal the trust. And while doing so, Varun asks, sorry, I didn't catch your name. To which Brimmer responds, David. That single word is all Varun needed.

I knew I had the right guy, he later tells investigators. And that's when we both knew it was on. End quote. In that split second, the facade drops. Brimmer sees a flicker of something in Varun's eyes. hatred, intent, but before he can react, Varun lets go of his coffee cup and notebook, letting them fall to the ground. His other hand reaches under his shirt and comes out holding the knife. The ambush had begun.

Varun lunges forward, trying to force his way through the front door, grabbing at Primer. Primer is caught off guard, but instinct kicks in. He shouts an alarm and turns to flee deeper into the house. He yells for help. and a neighbour later described hearing screaming and commotion. Brimma manages to slip out of Varun's grasp initially and bolts out the door, back onto the front yard, choosing open space and the chance for witness over being cornered inside.

Timmer is barefoot and running for his life down the street. Varun is right behind him, out in the public, knife in hand. The quiet suburban street is now the setting for a deadly chase. Brimmer waves his arms and tries to flag down a passing car, desperately seeking anyone to help him. But the car does not stop. Varun and Brimmer sprint down the block. A neighbour taking out the trash glances up in horror. An elderly man in distress. A younger man with a knife pursuing.

Someone dials 911, reporting a violent altercation in progress. That call is logged at 11.57am. During the chase, Varun later admits he taunted Brimmer. Quote, do you believe in God, Varun shouted at the terrified man ahead of him. It's such a bizarre theatrical thing to yell, almost like a movie villain. And then, quote, get your last words in. Varun wanted Brimmer to know that death was coming, to feel that dread.

Brimmer, despite a 42-year age disadvantage, is surprisingly quick with the adrenaline coursing through him. He manages to keep some distance from Varun as they run down one block onto another. Neighbours later say that that chase lasted around two blocks. Now, Brimmer's survival instincts are in overdrive. He knows he needs more than an open street. He needs a barrier between him and this knife-wielding attacker of his. That's when he spots an open garage door on a house up ahead.

Brimmer veers abruptly and dashes into the stranger's garage. Varun follows him into the garage within seconds. But Brimmer has a plan. He barrels through the inner door that leads into the garage into the house and begins pounding on it from the inside, trying to shut it and alert those inside. Inside the house, imagine a resident suddenly hearing their door bang open and a bloody stranger yelling. help, call the police. That's David Brimmer, bursting into their home, bleeding and terrified.

Just behind him is Varun Suresh who also yells out to the startled residents. But what Varun shouts is chilling in its deception. He tells them to call the police too, as if Brimmer is the dangerous one. Varun later explained he wanted the witnesses to think Brimmer was the crazy aggressor. Now inside the neighbour's house, Brimmer tries to slam the door shut on Varun.

but the younger assailant forces the door open. The fight spills into the neighbour's kitchen. We know it's the kitchen because Varun later describes catching Primer there by the counter of the kitchen. Here, Varun finally closes the distance. He swings the knife and stabs David Brimmer in the neck. The blade slices deep, rupturing arteries. Blood sprays across the kitchen tiles and counter. Brimmer claps a hand to his neck reflexively, but blood is spurting between his fingers. It's over.

You have to repent, Varun tells him in a grave, almost ritualistic tone. Varun would later recall saying this repent as if he is not just killing Brimmer, but delivering a final chance at redemption for the man's sins. It's a chilling moment, the killer giving the victim a last sermon. At that moment, one of the neighbours in the house finds the voice and screams, not in here, don't do this in here.

Imagine witnessing this horror in your own home, blood on your floor, a madman with a knife attacking an old man. The plea not in here might have been out of shock or a desperate attempt to save Brimmer by shaming the attacker. And shockingly, it works. At least for a second. I was gonna say Aran, not in here is a really weird plea out of shock. I don't know.

It's almost as if when you're that much in shock, what's registering to you is not the fact that it's your kitchen, but it's the fact that there's a murder happening in front of your eyes. I don't know. Leave a comment down below. Not in here is... i mean not in here is definitely weird but your neighbor being assassinated in your kitchen is even weirder so what that does to you like how you respond to that i have no idea how i'd respond to that like i you can think you're very brave but

somebody with a knife you don't know if you will actually jump in and fight you don't know how you'll react in those situations i can think that i'll be brave but so i

I mean, this is just a horrible, horrible situation to find yourself in. And I'm sure there's no role that this neighbor plays in any of this at all. So I'm not trying to point a finger there. It's just giving the energy of, you know, an auntie with a belan saying like, kids running around in her house being like get out get out it's giving that energy when something really absurd and insane is happening in front of your eyes so anyway

At the sound of that weird comment not in here, Varun does actually hesitate, and that brief pause is enough for a grievously wounded David Brimmer to wrench free and make one last dash for his life. Brimmer, with blood streaming from his neck, stumbles out of the neighbor's house, back out the same door he came in, into the garage, and then out onto the front yard. Adrenaline is a powerful thing.

Despite a potentially mortal wound, Brimmer's will to live drives him forward. He makes it outside, maybe thinking if he can just hold on until the police arrive. But his body is failing. He collapses onto the lawn, his strength fading as his blood soaks into the grass. Varun is immediately back in pursuit. The neighbour's scream of don't do this here has been brushed aside now. Varun sees Brimmer collapse and seizes the opportunity.

Brimmer is face down desperately trying to crawl but Varun does not waver. He yanks back his head by the scalp and stabs him repeatedly in the throat. Vicious plunging blows over and over. Then with a final decisive motion, Varun cuts David Brimmer's throat open from ear to ear.

The bloodbath is complete. Later, when recounting this moment to the police, Varun is disturbingly matter-of-fact. Quote, I just wanted to make sure it was done, he says of the final throat cut. This, for him, was a dream come true.

but a nightmare for David Brimmer and the community of Fremont. As David Brimmer lies motionless on the lawn, Varun stands up, chest heaving from exertion. He's smeared with blood, and the knife is slick with gore. But this neighbourhood is no longer silent. Multiple neighbours are screaming and shouting and sirens are wailing in the distance, growing louder and growing closer. Fremont police were alerted by those 911 calls and have raced to the sea.

It's been just a few minutes since the fight began. But Varun doesn't flee at all. In fact, one witness later notes that Varun seemed oddly calm and composed in the immediate aftermath. Perhaps in Varun's mind, justice has been served and his mission is accomplished. The officers come out, guns drawn, unsure who is the attacker and who the victim. They see an older man down on the ground, unresponsive and covered in blood, and a younger man standing nearby.

also bloodied but upright. The neighbour from the house is pointing and yelling that the man standing there did it. Varun immediately complies when officers approach. He allows himself to be pushed to the ground and handcuffed without incident. The bloody knife is right there on the ground. lawn where he dropped it. An officer kicks it aside and later collects it as evidence. Others frantically attempt CPR on David Brimmer. But there's no use. The wounds are too severe.

David Brimmer is pronounced dead at the scene of the crime. His body, ravaged by dozens of stab wounds, is now a homicide victim. Varun Suresh, wrist scuffed behind his back, is placed in a patrol car. Varun doesn't stay silent or profess innocence. He starts talking.

Immediately. And it's not a remorseful confession. It's something else entirely. At the police station, detectives from the Crimes Against Persons unit take over the interrogation. Varun is read his rights as his protocol. But he waives them. He warns them. Over the next hour, Varun Suresh unloads a jaw-dropping account of what he did and why. The interview is recorded and later parts of it will be cited in court documents and media reports. Let's go through what Varun tells the police.

First, Varun is unapologetic. He expresses zero regret that he killed Brimmer. Quote, I didn't feel sad at all. I'm not sorry. He even acknowledges that this might sound alarming, noting that he felt no remorse despite taking a life. He then explains that this was a long-held desire. Varun claims he has, quote, wanted to kill a sex offender for years because they hurt children, end quote. In his mind, pedophiles are the worst of the worst, irredeemable monsters.

He uses a phrase that later headlines would splash everywhere, quote, they deserve to die. That's what Varun firmly believed. Every child molester deserves death. Varun openly admits to hunting Brimmer via the Megan law registry. He walks investigators through how he picked Brimmer's profile, found his address, and formed the CPA ruse specifically.

to target him. Detectives verify this by checking his phone, finding those screenshots as a digital evidence of his premeditation. Varun has effectively handed them a first-degree murder case on a silver platter. He's providing motive. intent and planning in his own words. If there was any doubt about Varun's sanity or grip on reality, some of his statements blurred the line between cold logic and delusion.

For instance, Varun shares with the police a quote that he felt guided him. He tells them, It is not your duty to decide whether heaven will accept them. It's your duty to send them to the gates. Let that sink in. Varun is essentially framing himself as an instrument of divine judgement. It wasn't for him to judge if Brimmer would go to heaven or hell, only to make sure Brimmer gets there, to face that final judgement.

sounds like something from a vigilante superhero comic or perhaps a warped interpretation of religious or philosophical sayings and also what's interesting to me is that it's a very Christian Abrahamic interpretation of life after death not necessarily in accordance with his name his last name I don't know how religiously pursuant he was of of Hinduism but just

Do we have any accounts of what he followed, what he read religiously or is this someone who's literally just come up with logic to justify what he's doing in the aftermath regardless of other belief? I mean, there is a bit of like that Yamraj type role and... punishment but just the wording the gates and the yeah correct correct correct correct i think sort of that american influence of what the what hell and heaven look like but i tried my best to dive deep into this

you know, this guy's past and I couldn't find anything apart from... him being a software engineer and his former height attacks i really want to understand how he became who he was but of course his family and everybody distanced himself themselves from him At one point, Varun even laughs while describing the stabbing to the detectives. He notes, almost bragging, that the experience was honestly really fun.

Yes, fun, the lead detective stared at him in disbelief. What do you mean fun? Killing an old man was fun. Varun later clarified that by fun, he later just meant that how much he loathed pedophiles. It's as if eliminating one gave him a rush or a sense of accomplishment.

Now, remember how Varun didn't run and seemed to wait for the police? He explains that too. He tells investigators he never intended to get away with it. In fact, he says he would have called 911 himself to report the killing if the neighbours hadn't already, because he wanted to. End quote. While the delusioner killer keeps going on his rant, obviously the police doesn't buy it.

A former Fremont detective, Manny Singh, a 30-year-old resident of Fremont as well, later told the police that this kind of vigilante justice is not the right thing. It's more of a mental health issue. The official stance is clear, no matter the victim's past, this was murder. By the end of day on September 18, 2025, Varun Suresh is booked into jail on suspicion of murder. The Alameda County District Attorney's Office is promptly notified, and the wheels of the legal system begin turning.

Varun is held without bail, unsurprising given the severity and circumstances. As he sits in Santa Rita jail that night, perhaps the reality begins to sink in that he's not going home. Still, if his statements are anything to go by, Varun probably slept soundly, feeling satisfied that his mission

was accomplished i know that you know there's this feeling this emotionally satisfying feeling when you hear somebody has been punished in a way for doing something to such a vulnerable population like we talked about a child but at the same time it's just News of the incident hits the local media almost immediately.

By that evening, headlines on Bay Area news sites read like something out of a crime thriller. Fremont Man posed as accountant, stabbed sex offender and targeted killing. The story has all the lurid elements that draw attention. A vigilante killer, a pedophile victim.

a dramatic daytime attack. Local TV stations dispatch reporters to Upper Winters Circle. Neighbors give soundbites while standing behind police tape. One neighbor describes hearing screams for help and seeing a man covered in blood in their yard. The community is in shock. Fremont, a city known for its diversity and relative calm, has never seen anything quite like this. A man hunted someone using a state website and killed him. It almost sounds like a Dexter episode.

Hence the nickname the Fremont Dexter starts circulating on social media. However, public opinion is weirdly divided. On one hand, nobody has sympathy for David Brimmer, the victim. When people learn he was a convicted child molester, there's a visceral reaction.

Good riddance, some say quietly. On forums and Facebook, a few individuals expressed outright approval of Varun's actions. One viral post by an Indian community Facebook page hailed Varun as a courageous young man who delivered justice, with comments like we need more of this young man in the world. That comment, unsettlingly, got many likes.

Such sentiments reflect the anger society holds towards child abusers. In fact, even in prison, the lowest, the scum of the prison, as prisoners like to call, are child sex offenders. I understand where people are coming from and sort of saying, wow, vigilante justice is done. But I don't think, as Ishwar and I have summed up, this is the way to go about it. Nor is this guy a virtuous vigilante by any means. Now back in California, Varun Suresh's legal proceedings begin.

On September 22, 2025, just four days after the killing, Alameda County prosecutors formally charge him with murder, with special allegations, meaning enhancements of the case, for using a deadly weapon and causing great bodily injury as evinced by the way he... They also charged him with first-degree residential burglary for forcing his way into the neighbour's home during the chase.

Varun does not enter a plea in the initial hearing. In fact, his lawyers argue the mental health angle. But that soon dwindles because the calculated nature of the crime comes at the forefront of this case. Also, given that there was a past bomb threat that was hanging over him against the Hyatt CEO, that didn't help that this was a one-off incident. It showed a history of such egregious behaviour.

Over the next few months, the case crawled through the pretrial process. On October 14th, 2025, Varun was scheduled for a plea hearing, but his lawyers asked for more time. More photos and more evidence was collected. The same happened in November 2025, where he appears in court.

But this time, he was a slender, tired-looking Varun Suresh, not the boisterous confident self we saw earlier. At one point in the trial, we finally get to meet Varun Suresh's parents too, who are there attending the hearing. They just look like grief-stricken immigrant parents who have no idea what their son has just done or what their son was capable of. And when Varun is making eye contact with them, he doesn't look like his former self either. He looks...

thin, he looks sad, he looks like he knows what he's done was not okay. Left to deal with this calamity are the residents of Fremont. One of them has to say that we all hate what the old man did. But we have courts and prisons for a reason. You can't just kill somebody because you hate what they did." As for Varun, he remains defiant.

In a jailhouse interview except that aired on local TV, Varun looked into the camera unblinking and said, I did what had to be done. I'll answer to God for it, not to anyone else. It's ironic. He will, in fact, have to answer to the state of California first. And one way or another, punishment is coming. The courts will decide Varun's fate in accordance with the law, the very law he tried to sidestep.

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