BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) \u2014 A man was found Friday morning after going into the river at Hart Memorial Park on Thursday, according to the Kern County Coroner’s Office.<\/p>\n
Mario Antonio Officer, 30, entered the water at around 5:10 p.m. July 16, coroner’s officials said.<\/p>\n
\u00a0Watch ‘After Sunrise’ on KGET+; Click to learn how to get KGET+ on your smart TV devices\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n The Kern County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue responded to a report of a man floating in the river face down at about 5:15 p.m., KCSO said.<\/p>\n Officer was found at 8:50 a.m. July 17 by Search and Rescue personnel and pronounced dead.<\/p>\n A postmortem examination will be conducted to determine his cause and manner of death, the coroner’s office said.<\/p>\n On Tuesday, a 53-year-old man from Bloomington named Roberto Lopez was reported missing after falling into a pond at Hart Park<\/a> at around 6 p.m. His body was found the next morning.<\/p>\n Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n