{"id":372505,"date":"2026-06-24T04:09:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T04:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/372505\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T04:09:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T04:09:12","slug":"shadow-ridge-apartments-murder-suspect-held-to-answer-pleads-not-guilty-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/372505\/","title":{"rendered":"Shadow Ridge apartments murder suspect held to answer, pleads not guilty: Records"},"content":{"rendered":"

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A man accused of killing 30-year-old Yolanda Rojo<\/a> in northeast Bakersfield in March will face trial after a judge found there is enough evidence to proceed, according to Kern County court records.<\/p>\n

PREVIOUS REPORTING: Woman killed after assault on College Avenue<\/a><\/p>\n

Victor Farias was held to answer on charges of murder, child cruelty and hit-and-run resulting in property damage. Farias pleaded not guilty today, records show. The case was previously delayed in April<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The case stems from an incident March 25, when Bakersfield police were called about 9:47 p.m. to a report of an assault in the 7000 block of College Avenue. Officers found a woman later identified as Rojo, of Bakersfield, with severe injuries. She was taken to Kern Medical, where she later died.<\/p>\n

RELATED: Bakersfield family speaks out after mother of two killed, asks community for support<\/a><\/p>\n

Farias was captured by Tehachapi police the following day<\/a> and taken into custody by Bakersfield police. Police said his vehicle was found abandoned near Tehachapi near Highway 58 and Tucker Road just after 11:30 p.m. March 25 after an apparent hit-and-run crash.<\/p>\n

Farias is due in court on July 6, 2026, for arraignment.<\/p>\n

\"FILE:<\/p>\n

FILE: Victor Farias in court. KBAK\/KBFX<\/p>\n

A misdemeanor offense of a violation of a court order to prevent domestic violence against Farias was dismissed, records show.<\/p>\n

If you or someone you know is a victim of domestic violence, contact your local law enforcement agency immediately. You can also contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-7233 or The Open Door Network Hotline at 661-327-1091.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A man accused of killing 30-year-old Yolanda Rojo in northeast Bakersfield in March will…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":249104,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-372505","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\/372505","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=372505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372505\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}