BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Kern County sheriff’s deputies have launched a homicide investigation into the death of a man on Saturday night in south Bakersfield, according to a news release from the office.
Deputies found a man outside a home around 7:30 p.m., in the 800 block of Stable Avenue, just east of South Union Avenue. The man appeared to have been “violently assaulted,” KCSO said.
The Kern County Coroner’s Office identified the man Monday as Everardo Lozano, 55, of Bakersfield. An autopsy will determine the cause and manner of his death.
Detectives did not say if there are any suspects at large.