The Kern County District Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday it has filed first-degree murder charges against a man suspected of killing James Craig Turner in early August.
The agency named the suspect as Umar Faheem Waldron, who it said killed Turner between Aug. 7 and Aug. 8.
Waldron was found and arrested in Las Vegas on Aug. 18, after which time he was extradited to Kern County, the DA’s Office stated.
Waldron has a prior strike conviction for attempted murder in Los Angeles County, the DA’s Office reported.