Elderly man found dead in shipping container identified, suspect arrested

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The Kern County Coroner’s Office has identified an elderly man who died after being found with stab wounds in a mountainous area in Tehachapi as 83-year-old Norman E. Higginbotham.

The report said Higginbotham was found on June 13, 2025, at around 9:49 p.m., in an open mountainous area near the 24000 block of Banducci Road in Tehachapi.

The Kern County Sheriff’s Office said deputies were called to a report of a body in a large shipping container, or sea-train…

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