BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — On May 27, KCSO were called to the 1000 Block of F street in Wasco to respond to a possible homicide.
Upon arrival a dead body was located, an adult male with multiple stab wounds.
KCSO successfully identified the suspect as 28-year- old Juan Carlos Ortega.
Ortega was arrested May 29, around 8:30 p.m.
Ortega was booked into the Kern County Jail for the murder of Javier Ibarra-Ibarra.