Darin Vania

Darin Vania, a character in the "Law and Order: Investigation" series is the killer of Laundromat owner Mel Nguyen. He makes his first and only appearance in Season 2, Episode 9. Darin Vania is first identified as a suspect due to his social media posts of him posing with unregistered firearms and his contact with Frank Ulster, an insane conspiracy theorist. He had read Frank's claims that Nguyen's laundromat was a front for a terrorist cell and killed him while dressed in makeshift army surplus gear. After receiving a search warrant for his apartment, he is shot by Detective Val Rojas, who claimed he attacked her and went for a gun.