{"id":197365,"date":"2026-02-28T01:33:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T01:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/197365\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T01:33:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T01:33:06","slug":"man-sentenced-to-25-years-to-life-in-killing-of-74-year-old-roommate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/197365\/","title":{"rendered":"Man sentenced to 25 years to life in killing of 74-year-old roommate"},"content":{"rendered":"

BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A man convicted of killing his 74-year-old roommate at an east Bakersfield room-and-board facility in June 2025<\/a> has been sentenced to 25 years to life, according to the Kern County Court website.<\/p>\n

Jason Aguilar Garibay was convicted on Jan. 28, 2026, of first-degree murder, elder abuse, and causing great bodily injury to a person over 70 in the killing of Domingo Trevino, 74, of Bakersfield. He pleaded not guilty on June 4, 2025.<\/p>\n

\"FILE:FILE: Jason Garibay in court on Wednesday, May 4, 2025. (KBAK\/KBFX)<\/p>\n

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The Kern County District Attorney\u2019s Office said the attack happened in the early morning hours of June 2, 2025, after Garibay confronted another tenant at the facility where they were living. Bakersfield police said it happened in the 400 block of South Williams Street.<\/p>\n

Garibay \u201cgot control\u201d of Trevino and kicked and stomped on his head more than 20 times while Trevino was on the ground, according to the district attorney\u2019s office. Prosecutors said Garibay briefly stopped the assault to get a third tenant to see his behavior, then returned and continued stomping on Trevino before going upstairs to his room. Trevino was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n

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The district attorney\u2019s office said Trevino suffered massive trauma to his head and neck. In a release, the office said, \u201cThe scene was covered in blood, and the stairs upon which Mr. Trevino was killed were broken by the force caused by Garibay.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"FILE:FILE: Jason Garibay in court on Wednesday, May 4, 2025. (KBAK\/KBFX)<\/p>\n

Garibay was taken out of the apartment when law enforcement arrived, according to the district attorney\u2019s office. During an interview with law enforcement, Garibay admitted to the crime and said he intended to kill Trevino, the office said. Prosecutors said Garibay also stated that it was his choice to kill Trevino and that he was proud of what he did.<\/p>\n

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District Attorney Cynthia Zimmer said at the time of Garibay’s conviction, \u201cElders in our community are particularly vulnerable and therefore more prone to being targeted by abusers. This act was among the most serious cases of elder abuse our community has witnessed, resulting in a devastating outcome. Our office is committed to pursuing justice through sentencing and ensuring that Garibay pays for the life he took.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A man convicted of killing his 74-year-old roommate at an east Bakersfield room-and-board facility in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":155272,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-197365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197365","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=197365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/155272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}