VIDEO: Man pays for Kaleb Kessinger's hotel room at the Travellodge before arrest

Enrique Romero tells 23ABC that's him in the video

Alicia Pattillo, Natalie Tarangioli
2:35 PM, May 10, 2018
5:40 PM, May 10, 2018

Friend says he helped book hotel for previous fugitive Kaleb Kessinger

Enrique Romero told 23ABC that the man in the surveillance video is him and that he bought the room for Kaleb Kessinger, the man accused of killing his girlfriend's 2-year-old son.

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BAKERSFIELD, Calif - 23ABC is learning new details leading up to the arrest of Kaleb Kessinger, the man accused of killing his girlfriend's 2-year-old son.

Last month, the body of Ramon Angel Reyes-Chavez was found in the Kern River Canyon. 

RELATED: New details in the death of two-year-old boy found in the Kern River Canyon

In newly obtained surveillance video from the Travelodge, a man is seen paying for room 134, the same room Kessinger was staying in when police arrested him on April 28. A receipt for room 134 identifies Enrique Romero as the person who purchased and signed for the room.

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23ABC interviewed Enrique Romero who said he did pay for Kessinger's room but did not know his friend was wanted for murder at the time. 

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Romero says Kessinger is a "good guy" and doesn't think he would be capable of killing a child. 

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