{"id":239599,"date":"2026-03-27T18:37:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T18:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/239599\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T18:37:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T18:37:07","slug":"30-year-old-woman-killed-in-college-avenue-stabbing-identified-suspect-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/239599\/","title":{"rendered":"30-year-old woman killed in College Avenue stabbing identified, suspect arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 The Kern County Coroner\u2019s Office has identified the woman killed after being stabbed on College Avenue<\/a> as 30-year-old Yolanda Rojo of Bakersfield.<\/p>\n

The Bakersfield Police Department said on March 25, at around 9:47 p.m., officers were called to a report of an assault in the 7000 block of College Avenue.<\/p>\n

When officers arrived, they found Rojo with severe injuries. She was taken to Kern Medical, where she later died.<\/p>\n

The coroner\u2019s report said she was stabbed.<\/p>\n

\"BPD<\/p>\n

BPD investigating homicide on College Avenue (KBAK\/KBFX)<\/p>\n

Police identified the suspect as 33-year-old Victor Farias<\/a>. Farias\u2019 vehicle was found abandoned two hours after the stabbing in the area of Highway 58 and Tucker Road, near Tehachapi, after an apparent hit-and-run crash.<\/p>\n

RELATED: Man captured on homicide, domestic violence, and child abuse charges after woman dies<\/a><\/p>\n

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A manhunt is underway for 33-year-old Victor Farias, who is accused of assaulting and killing a woman on College Avenue late Wednesday night. PHOTO: BPD, KBAK\/KBFX<\/p>\n

Farias was arrested the following day by Tehachapi Police.<\/p>\n

If you or someone you know is a victim of domestic violence, please contact your local law enforcement agency immediately. You can also contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-7233 or locally, The Open Door Network Hotline at 661-327-1091.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 The Kern County Coroner\u2019s Office has identified the woman killed after being stabbed on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":239600,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-239599","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\/239599","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=239599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}