BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — A man faces up to 25 years to life in prison after being convicted of killing an elderly man back in June 2025 in east Bakersfield.
The Kern County District Attorney’s Office said on January 28, 2026, a Kern County jury found Jason Aguilar Garibay guilty of first-degree murder, elder abuse, and great bodily injury on someone over 70.
The DA’s office said in the early morning hours of June 2, 2025, Garibay confronted another tenant of the room and board facility where they were both living. According to Bakersfield police, it happened in the 400 block of South Williams Street…