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There's been so little information about these murders coming from authorities that that's becoming the story.
Authorities on Wednesday identified the three women and one man who were shot to death in an RV in Mojave, Calif., this week, but after more than two days, not much else is known about the mass shooting that rattled this tiny desert community.
Anna Marie Hester, 34, Darius Travon Canada, 31, and Martina Barraza, 33, all of Mojave, and California City resident Faith Leighanne Rose Asbury, 20, were killed Sunday evening, according to the Kern County coroner’s office.
Homicide investigators have not disclosed a possible motive or any details about a suspect, but several hours after the shooting, sheriff’s officials said the community was not under any immediate threat.
The Sheriff’s Office did not immediately respond to a request for an interview Wednesday and in a statement said the investigation was in a “preliminary status” and there were currently no suspects.
'There's no cause for alarm, but we have no suspects.'
Police would come every once in a while and red-tag the RVs that gathered there, Heller said. People from the real estate company that owned the lot told the occupants to leave. But they stayed, the mounds of junk growing, syringes cast off in the dirt, he said.
In 2021, Kern County had the highest homicide rate in California with 13.7 killings per 100,000 residents, according to a report from Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta. The statewide rate was 6 people killed per 100,000.
I mean, it's not hard to put together a stereotypical story of what might happen to four homeless tweakers in an RV in the 909, but I'm not surprised the community is anxious and looking for more answers than they're getting.
Authorities on Wednesday identified the three women and one man who were shot to death in an RV in Mojave, Calif., this week, but after more than two days, not much else is known about the mass shooting that rattled this tiny desert community.
Anna Marie Hester, 34, Darius Travon Canada, 31, and Martina Barraza, 33, all of Mojave, and California City resident Faith Leighanne Rose Asbury, 20, were killed Sunday evening, according to the Kern County coroner’s office.
Homicide investigators have not disclosed a possible motive or any details about a suspect, but several hours after the shooting, sheriff’s officials said the community was not under any immediate threat.
The Sheriff’s Office did not immediately respond to a request for an interview Wednesday and in a statement said the investigation was in a “preliminary status” and there were currently no suspects.
'There's no cause for alarm, but we have no suspects.'
Police would come every once in a while and red-tag the RVs that gathered there, Heller said. People from the real estate company that owned the lot told the occupants to leave. But they stayed, the mounds of junk growing, syringes cast off in the dirt, he said.
In 2021, Kern County had the highest homicide rate in California with 13.7 killings per 100,000 residents, according to a report from Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta. The statewide rate was 6 people killed per 100,000.
I mean, it's not hard to put together a stereotypical story of what might happen to four homeless tweakers in an RV in the 909, but I'm not surprised the community is anxious and looking for more answers than they're getting.
