BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The Kern County Coroner’s Office has identified a man who was shot dead in a field in Wasco as 40-year-old Hector Manuel Prado Jr.
The report said on October 23, 2025, at 5:30 p.m., Prado Jr. was found dead in a field southwest of West Lerdo Highway and Wildwood Road.
The report said an autopsy was conducted, and the cause of death is multiple gunshot wounds, and the manner of death is homicide.