BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Kern County Coroner’s Office identified a man was found shot to death in a field west of Bakersfield last week.
The coroner identified the man as Hector Manuel Prado Jr., 40, of Wasco.
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Prado’s body was found in a field southwest of West Lerdo Highway and Wildwood Road at around 5:30 p.m. on Oct. 23.
Officials said Prado died of multiple gunshot wounds and determined the manner of death as homicide.
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The Kern County Sheriff’s Office is investigating his death, according to a release from the coroner’s office…