{"id":260175,"date":"2026-04-09T23:43:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T23:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/260175\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T23:43:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T23:43:07","slug":"kern-secret-witness-offers-up-to-15000-for-tips-in-vandenberg-air-force-base-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/260175\/","title":{"rendered":"Kern Secret Witness offers up to $15,000 for tips in Vandenberg Air Force Base murder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Kern Secret Witness is offering a reward of up to $15,000 for information leading to the arrest of a case involving a Bakersfield <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo?fbid=1412018067634529&amp;set=a.570783371758007\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">man found dead on Vandenberg Air Force Base<\/a> in May 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Charles Prunty, 68 at the time, was found in May 2022. He was last seen alive on April 9, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Prunty&#8217;s murder is under investigation by the Airforce Office of Special Investigations.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"{p}Charles Prunty is a 68-year-old White man, about 6'1&quot; tall, weighs 165 pounds, and may have a full beard. Photo: KBAK\/KBFX{\/p}\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1bfdcf8e-18b4-49bd-b8de-46b84f3ceaee-large16x9_CharlesPrunty.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Charles Prunty is a 68-year-old White man, about 6&#8217;1&#8243; tall, weighs 165 pounds, and may have a full beard. Photo: KBAK\/KBFX<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information regarding this case is asked to call the Airforce Office of Special Investigations at (805) 606-5135 or Kern Secret Witness at (661) 322-4040.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Kern Secret Witness is offering a reward of up to $15,000 for information leading to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260176,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":{"0":"post-260175","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\/260175","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=260175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260175\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}