Police have confirmed that Jason Garibay, 30, was a roommate with Domingo Trevino, 74, the victim in an east Bakersfield homicide investigation. Authorities allege that Garibay beat Trevino with his hands and feet.

PREVIOUS REPORTING: 30-year-old man arrested for murder after body found in east Bakersfield apartment

Garibay made his first court appearance on Wednesday, where he pleaded not guilty to charges of first-degree murder and injury to a dependent adult. Initially booked on charges of torture, the district attorney's office has since dropped that charge.

On June 2, 2025, at around 5:13 a.m., officers were called to a report of a body in an apartment in the 400 block of South Williams Street. BPD determined that the person was a victim of homicide.

Garibay has been denied bail a

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