{"id":173102,"date":"2026-02-11T06:48:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T06:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/173102\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T06:48:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T06:48:12","slug":"woman-claims-self-defense-in-fatal-stabbing-of-anthony-bodoh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/173102\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman claims self-defense in fatal stabbing of Anthony Bodoh"},"content":{"rendered":"

BAKERSFIELD. Calif (KBAK\/KBFX) Bakersfield police responded to a home on Thatch Ave. Sunday afternoon, where they found 31-year-old Anthony Bodoh unresponsive. <\/p>\n

Despite life-saving efforts by officers and EMTs, Bodoh died. <\/p>\n

Cecilee Diaz, 32, was arrested in connection with his death. <\/p>\n

\"Woman<\/p>\n

Woman claims self-defense in fatal stabbing of 31-year-old man (KBAK\/KBFX) <\/p>\n

Cecilee’s mother, who requested anonymity and to be called ‘Jackie R,’ contacted Eyewitness News to share her perspective, alleging her daughter acted in self-defense against Bodoh, whom she claims was abusive.<\/p>\n

“My granddaughter called me and it was Super Bowl Sunday. I’m making food. So she’s saying, ‘Grandma, please come. Anthony is socking mom,'” Jackie R said. <\/p>\n

She recounted rushing to Cecilee’s aid, receiving a call from her granddaughter, who was “really crying like traumatic crying” and urging her to hurry because “there’s blood.”<\/p>\n

Upon arrival, Jackie R found Bodoh on the floor.<\/p>\n

“My granddaughter opened the door for me, and I ran in and I saw him laid out and he was face down,” she said.<\/p>\n

Jackie R flipped Bodoh over and called 911. <\/p>\n

“When I saw him that he was a little gray, I knew I needed to call law enforcement 911 first,” she said, adding that Cecilee began CPR while she called for help.<\/p>\n

\"Woman<\/p>\n

Woman claims self-defense in fatal stabbing of 31-year-old man (KBAK\/KBFX) <\/p>\n

Jackie R claims Cecilee told dispatchers she grabbed a knife in self-defense as Bodoh lunged at her. <\/p>\n

Both women were handcuffed when officers arrived. <\/p>\n

Jackie R revealed Bodoh’s criminal history, including accusations of misdemeanor assault and battery, felony assault, and a listing on the Megan’s Law website for rape by force of fear. <\/p>\n

\"Woman<\/p>\n

Woman claims self-defense in fatal stabbing of 31-year-old man (KBAK\/KBFX) <\/p>\n

“He’s been abusing her throughout her whole pregnancy,” Jackie R said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD. Calif (KBAK\/KBFX) Bakersfield police responded to a home on Thatch Ave. Sunday afternoon, where they found 31-year-old…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":173103,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":{"0":"post-173102","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\/173102","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=173102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173102\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}