{"id":154857,"date":"2026-01-29T12:21:34","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T12:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/154857\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T12:21:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T12:21:34","slug":"convicted-murderer-denied-parole-due-to-high-risk-of-re-offense-da","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/154857\/","title":{"rendered":"Convicted murderer denied parole due to high risk of re-offense: DA"},"content":{"rendered":"

BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A convicted murderer who killed his cellmate at North Kern State Prison in 2014<\/a> was denied parole, announced the Kern County District Attorney’s Office.<\/p>\n

On Jan. 28, 2026, Rory Moser was found to pose a current and unreasonable risk to public safety by the California Board of Parole Hearings (BPH).<\/p>\n

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Rory Moser. Photo: Kern County District Attorney’s Office.<\/p>\n

On June 29, 2014, Moser was serving time in North Kern State Prison in Delano for his Sacramento County conviction for felony drunk driving, causing serious bodily injury and hit-and-run when he murdered Donald Cook. <\/p>\n

At around 3 a.m., a correctional officer heard “man down,” and when officers responded, they noticed a strong odor of alcohol coming from inside Moser’s cell. Officers learned that Moser murdered the victim inside his cell.<\/p>\n

The victim died from blunt force trauma to his head, neck, and chest, suffering from multiple head and facial lacerations as well as rib fractures. <\/p>\n

\"FILE{FILE{ }North Kern State Prison (KBAK\/KBFX)<\/p>\n

Moser was convicted of second-degree murder on July 27, 2017. He was sentenced to 15 years to life by a Kern County judge.<\/p>\n

PREVIOUS REPORTING: DA announced conviction in prison murder case<\/a><\/p>\n

He is currently 45 years old and has served approximately nine years in prison. <\/p>\n

In the initial parole board meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 28, Moser\u2019s commissioners focused on his high-risk rating for re-offense in his latest mental health evaluation.<\/p>\n

The Kern County District Attorney\u2019s Office asked the BPH to deny parole. The board found that Moser continues to pose a current unreasonable risk of danger to society. He was issued a five-year denial.<\/p>\n

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District Attorney Cynthia Zimmer stated, \u201cHeinous acts of violence warrant full accountability, whether committed out in the community or within correctional facilities. Accountability must apply in every case.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A convicted murderer who killed his cellmate at North Kern State Prison in 2014 was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":154858,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":{"0":"post-154857","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bakersfield","8":"tag-bakersfield","9":"tag-bakersfield-headlines","10":"tag-bakersfield-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154857\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}