Woman killed in Oildale trailer park fire was strangled with rope: docs

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — In the early morning of Aug. 8, a neighbor saw Roxana Jo Kelley, 62, greeting a man and woman at her front door at the Superior Mobile Home Park on State Road before appearing to let them in.

Several minutes later, smoke rose from Kelley’s mobile home and fire could be seen inside the trailer.

Witnesses said they saw Kelley’s silver Toyota Matrix driving away at a high speed before they noticed the fire. However, the occupants in the vehicle didn’t include Kelley, and she wasn’t known to let anyone else take her vehicle without being present herself, according to neighbors.

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Kern County firefighters found Kelley’s burnt and half-naked body inside the home, lying on her stomach with a rope resembling a paracord or “something similar” made of nylon tied tight around her neck, according to newly-released court documents…

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