Coroner ID’s woman found dead at residence in Oildale
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Kern County Coroner’s Office identified a woman who was found dead in her home in Oildale on April 13.
Officials say Adejda Elba Welsh Worrell, 59, of Bakersfield was found dead at the residence in the 200 block of Universe Avenue around 5:30 p.m. on April 13.
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An autopsy will be conducted to determine her cause and manner of death.
Worrell was found with her hands bound behind her back, inside the residence on Universe Avenue, which was boarded up.
According to a warrant filed in Superior Kern Court, a witness arrived at the boarded-up apartment and found Worrell’s body. The woman who found Worrell’s body told deputies there was a man in the apartment with her. The man with gray hair and gray beard wearing green gardening gloves told her to call the police.
According to the document, the man said he saw an open door and went in to check on the woman. Authorities found the man a few blocks east of the scene, with blood on his gloves.
No arrests have been made.
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