Kern Sheriff’s office seeks help finding shooter in 2020 murder

Luis Garcia

May 6, 2024 at 4:18 PM

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Kern County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help locating the shooter from a murder over four years ago.

Ricardo Lopez Jr., 22, was found dead in an orchard near Corn Camp Road and Highway 58 in Buttonwillow in December 2020.

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He was found with a gunshot to his head and his death has been ruled a homicide.

Anyone with information on Lopez’s whereabouts is asked to call KCSO at 861-3110.

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