Drunken confession led to arrest in 2020 fatal hit-and-run

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — During a drunken argument with his ex-girlfriend in May, Roman Bernal made a startling confession: he’d hit and killed a pedestrian with his car five years earlier.

His ex told him to call police and turn himself in — or she would.

In response, Bernal grabbed a cord and threatened to strangle her, the ex told police. He said he’d cut her into pieces and leave her remains in the mountains, she said according to reports filed in Superior Court…

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