Homicide Arrest on Monterey Street
June 1, 2025 – Kern County Sheriff’s Office officials report that on May 28, 2025, at approximately 10:00 p.m., deputies assigned to
Metropolitan Patrol were dispatched to the 2400 block of Monterey Street to the report of a stabbing that had just occurred. Multiple reporting parties called Sheriff’s Office dispatch and stated a man, later identified as 44-year-old Rafael Estrada, had severely injured his wife.
The Sheriff’s Office Air Unit was in the area at the time of the call and saw Estrada exit a residence and flee in a white truck. The Air Unit followed Estrada as he fled and continually updated pursuing deputies with his location and direction of flight. Estrada led deputies on a vehicle pursuit which terminated in the 9900 block of Ramos Avenue in south Bakersfield. Deputies utilized Sheriff’s Office K9 to apprehend Estrada…