Police Seek Child Rape Suspect
BAKERSFIELD, CA — A transient could be responsible for kidnapping and raping a 6-year-old girl. The Kern County Sheriff’s Office released a composite image of the suspect late Monday. The reported abduction allegedly happened that afternoon as the child played in her yard near the area of Buckley Avenue and Garber Way, near East Panama Lane and South Union Avenue in southeast Bakersfield. “We are getting tips and we’re following up on those tips,” sheriff’s spokesman Ray Pruitt told Eyewitness News Tuesday afternoon. Officers flooded the area all day, talking to people and handing out fliers with the sketch. READ MORE HERE