BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK/KBFX) — A man convicted of killing his 74-year-old roommate at an east Bakersfield room-and-board facility in June 2025 has been sentenced to 25 years to life, according to the Kern County Court website.
Jason Aguilar Garibay was convicted on Jan. 28, 2026, of first-degree murder, elder abuse, and causing great bodily injury to a person over 70 in the killing of Domingo Trevino, 74, of Bakersfield. He pleaded not guilty on June 4, 2025.
The Kern County District Attorney’s Office said the attack happened in the early morning hours of June 2, 2025, after Garibay confronted another tenant at the facility where they were living. Bakersfield police said it happened in the 400 block of South Williams Street.
Garibay “got control” of Trevino and kicked and stomped on his head more than 20 times while Trevino was on the ground, according to the district attorney’s office. Prosecutors said Garibay briefly stopped the assault to get a third tenant to see his behavior, then returned and continued stomping on Trevino before going upstairs to his room. Trevino was pronounced dead at the scene…