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Aug 21, 2023 · While Matthew Queen was already in jail for unrelated charges, Baylee Despot was still missing. In April 2022, the former came clean to the court and testified about the death of Micah Holsonbake, providing incriminating statements against himself and his former girlfriend.
Jul 26, 2023 · Despot was charged with Holsonbake’s death. However, she’s been missing since 2018. The Kern County Secret Witness program is offering up to $16,000 for information that leads to her being...
May 29, 2020 · A California woman who has been missing for two years and connected to the so-called Bakersfield 3 case is now facing murder charges in a killing. For the last two years, Micah Holsonbake, Baylee Despot, and James Kulstad have been known as the Bakersfield 3, according to local outlet 23ABC News .
May 18, 2022 · Holsonbake, Baylee Despot, and James Kulstad, collectively known as the Bakersfield 3, were all either killed or went missing within months of each other. Now, their mothers are speaking out in...
May 27, 2020 · Wednesday Zimmer announced that Baylee Despot, who became part of the Bakersfield 3 after she mysteriously went missing in April of 2018, is now charged with the conspiracy and murder of...
Apr 25, 2022 · As day 11 of the trial got underway, defense attorney Timothy Hennessy asked Queen to recount a day when Holsonbake came over to his house on March 22, 2018. You can reach Ishani Desai at 661-395...
Apr 4, 2022 · Despot was reported missing and no physical evidence has emerged confirming her possible death. She and her former boyfriend Matthew Queen were charged with murdering their mutual friend Micah Holsonbake — a member of the Bakersfield 3 whose arm was found in the Kern River in late 2018.
May 27, 2020 · Also charged with murder and torture is Baylee Despot, who has been missing for two years. “Although Baylee Despot has been reported missing since 2018, there is no known physical evidence that definitively confirms her possible death,” prosecutors said.
Feb 20, 2020 · We're weeks away from a grim milestone for the families of the Bakersfield 3, three friends, who disappeared or were murdered within a month of each other. Baylee Despot, Micah Holsonbake, and James Kulstad all came from loving families, raised in middle class Bakersfield neighborhoods.
May 27, 2020 · Baylee Despot, a member of the Bakersfield 3 who has been missing for more than two years, was charged along with her then-boyfriend Matthew Queen on Wednesday in the kidnapping and murder of ...