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BAKERSFIELD POLICE

DEPARTMENT
PRESS RELEASE
William Rector, Chief of Police
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Contact: Sergeant Mary DeGeare
Public Information Officer
661-326-3803
mdegeare@Bakersfieldpd.us

For Immediate Release December 21, 2009

The Secret Witness Program is offering a reward of up to $3000.00 for


information that leads to an arrest in the following hit and run being investigated
by the Bakersfield Police Department.

On Friday, December 18, at about 11:33 p.m., motorists traveling in the 1000
block of East Truxtun Avenue discovered Yolanda Sue Gonzales 49 lying in the
roadway with major injuries. Gonzales was transported to Kern Medical Center
where she was pronounced deceased.

Although the driver involved fled; evidence at the scene lead investigators to
believe that the suspect vehicle is white with a lowered profile due to the height
of the injuries to the victim relative to ground level.

Anyone with information regarding the accident is encouraged to call Officer


Lazenby at 326-3967 or Secret Witness at 322-4040.

The Secret Witness phone line operates 24 hours a day.


Secrecy is guaranteed to those who call.
Callers who reach a recorded message are urged to call again.

A code name and number will be given each caller. The code name of the
responsible secret witness will be published. He or she should then call the
Secret Witness line, give the code number and make arrangements for collecting
the reward.

Secret Witness is operated under the direction of an independent, voluntary


board of directors representing civic organizations, law enforcement agencies,
media outlets, and corporate sponsors.

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