BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — A Kern County man faces 26 years to life in prison after being convicted of stabbing and killing a man in Old Town Kern on New Year’s Day 2025.
The Kern County District Attorney’s Office said on December 3, 2025, a Kern County jury found Kenneth Landcraft guilty of first-degree murder with the use of a deadly weapon.
The DA’s office said on the night of New Year’s Day 2025, Paul Camarillo Jr. was heading home, walking along Kern Street. During this time, Landcraft was sitting in a parked car by an alleyway between Tulare and Kern Streets…