The mass killing in Louisiana is drawing renewed attention to the long-term impact of domestic violence tragedies — something Bakersfield knows all too well.
Nearly two decades earlier in Bakersfield, a former vice principal Vincent Brothers was convicted of killing his wife, mother-in-law and three children — a case that continues to resonate with victims’ families.
“Vincent Brothers murdered my mother, my sister, and my sister’s three children,” said Eddie L. Harper Sr., the son and brother of Earnestine and Joanie Harper…