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BAKERSFIELD POLICE DEPARTMENT PRESS RELEASE William Rector, Chief of Police ________________________________________________________________________ Contact: Detective Mary DeGeare Public
Information Officer 661-326-3803 mdegeare@Bakersfieldpd.us For Immediate Release November 18, 2009 Bakersfield Police are investigating the murder of a six month old female child. On
11/18/09, at 4:30 a.m., Bakersfield police were dispatched to a report of an injured infant being treated at Mercy Southwest. The baby had suffered an injury to her head and subsequently
died at 5:51 a.m. Autopsy determined the cause of death to be blunt force trauma and her death was ruled a homicide. Investigation revealed that the baby’s mother’s boyfriend, Roman
Ray Brand, 23 intentionally caused the injury. Brand was arrested today at 4:00 p.m. and booked into the Kern County Jail for murder. The child will be identified by the Coroner’s Office.