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Kern County sees record year of homicides, District Attorney and Sheriff explain why they believe we ve seen an increase This year homicides in kern county reached an all-time high. 23ABC s Jessica Harrington took a deeper look into why our local officials think we ve seen such increase. and last updated 2021-01-18 16:42:31-05 BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — In 2019, homicides in Kern County declined for the first time in four years. We were so encouraged, said District Attorney Cynthia Zimmer. But 2020 has changed that. Now, homicides have reached an all-time high across the county. Historically, chiefs of police, sheriffs don t take credit when the homicide rate goes down, because they know next year they re going to have to explain why it went back up. said Sheriff Donny Youngblood.

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