{"id":164495,"date":"2026-02-05T02:07:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T02:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/164495\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T02:07:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T02:07:09","slug":"83-year-old-man-found-incompetent-to-stand-trial-in-wifes-murder-case-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/164495\/","title":{"rendered":"83-year-old man found incompetent to stand trial in wife’s murder case: Records"},"content":{"rendered":"

BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Michael Wildrick, an 83-year-old man accused of murdering his 85-year-old wife, Emma Yoconda Wildrick, in southwest Bakersfield in September 2025, was found incompetent on Wednesday to stand trial, according to the Kern County court website.<\/p>\n

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The Bakersfield Police Department is investigating a homicide in southwest Bakersfield. PHOTO: KBAK\/KBFX<\/p>\n

On Sept. 11, 2025, officers responded to a domestic disturbance call in the 12000 block of Tulane Park Place. Upon arrival, they discovered Emma Wildrick with severe gunshot wounds; she was pronounced dead at the scene. <\/p>\n

Michael Wildrick was arrested as a suspect and faced murder charges.<\/p>\n

Court records indicate that competency hearings began in October 2025. <\/p>\n

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The Bakersfield Police Department is investigating a homicide in southwest Bakersfield. PHOTO: KBAK\/KBFX<\/p>\n

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In March 2024, Wildrick had been arrested<\/a> for allegedly refusing to leave his home and threatening to shoot officers, although no one else was in immediate danger during that incident.<\/p>\n

Wildrick is due to appear in court in early March for a hearing regarding his placement and possible medication.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Michael Wildrick, an 83-year-old man accused of murdering his 85-year-old wife, Emma Yoconda Wildrick, in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":164496,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":{"0":"post-164495","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\/164495","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=164495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}