BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) \u2014 New details have emerged in the case of a 29-year-old Bakersfield man facing murder charges in the death of his girlfriend.<\/p>\n
Crystal Marie Falcon, 23, died on February 13 after being taken to Adventist Health Bakersfield with severe injuries from a home on Terrebonne Court on February 7.<\/p>\n
Investigators say Falcon had abrasions, contusions, possible broken bones, ligature marks consistent with being tied up, and what appeared to be cigarette burns on her body.<\/p>\n
Her boyfriend, Brandon John Grimaldo, was arrested on charges related to her murder. Grimaldo’s sister told investigators she heard the two fighting the morning of February 7 and noises consistent with someone being hit for about an hour.<\/p>\n
Grimaldo is being held on $1 million bail and is due back in court on March 3.<\/p>\n
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