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Police: Parents of 2 missing Kern County boys arrested

Published March 2, 2022 9:24 AM

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) — The adoptive parents of two little California boys who vanished in 2020 have been arrested in Kern County on murder and other charges.

Bakersfield police Lt. Jason Townsend tells KERO-TV and The Bakersfield Californian that Trezell West and Jacqueline West were arrested Tuesday.

Kern County Superior Court records show both parents are charged with two counts of second-degree murder, two counts of willful cruelty to a child and one count each of false report of an emergency.

Both parents are being held without bail and face arraignment Thursday.

Four-year-old Orrin West and 3-year-old brother Orson were reported missing from the family home in California City in December 2020.

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