HomeMy WebLinkAbout2010_10_25_Frank Adams Homicide Update
BAKERSFIELD POLICE DEPARTMENT PRESS RELEASE Greg Williamson, Chief of Police ________________________________________________________________________ Contact: Sergeant Mary DeGeare Public
Information Officer 661-326-3803 mdegeare@Bakersfieldpd.us FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 25, 2010 The Bakersfield Police Department is asking for the community’s assistance in locating
a suspect wanted for the murder of Frank Lew Adams Jr. Investigators have obtained a two million dollar arrest warrant for Joseph Burciaga, Hispanic male 30, 5’8” tall, 190 pounds, shaved
dark hair, brown eyes with a mustache and multiple tattoos. Anyone with information related to the whereabouts of Burciaga is encouraged to call Detective Jim Moore at 326-3567 or the
Bakersfield Police Department Communications Center at 327-7111.
Follow up Release October 24, 2010 On 10/21/10, The Bakersfield Police Department issued a news release requesting the community’s assistance in locating missing person Frank Lew Adams,
JR. On 10/23/10, at about 11:00 a.m., the Kern County Sheriff’s Department responded to the 18000 block of Copus Road for a report of a deceased subject. Upon arrival it became apparent
that the decedent could be Frank Lew Adams. The Bakersfield Police Department Investigations Division was notified, responded, and assumed the investigation. Working in conjunction with
the Kern County Crime Lab and the Kern County Coroner’s office we were able to confirm that this was the body of missing person Frank Lew Adams and that he was a victim of a homicide.
The cause of death is under investigation. Anybody with information on this case is encouraged to call Detective Jim Moore at 326-3567 Original News Release October 21, 2010 The Bakersfield
Police Department is asking for the community’s assistance in locating a missing person who disappeared under suspicious circumstances. Frank Lew Adams Jr. 24 has been missing since
Friday, October 15, 2010. At about 5:20 p.m., Adams wife dropped him off at 8017 Big Bear Street so he could make contact with someone he knew inside. When Adams didn’t come out of the
house, his wife called the police department. Officers responded and were told by the occupant that Adams left the residence with another subject through the back yard. The occupant
allowed the officers to search the residence at that time and Adams was not located. When Adams failed to return home on Saturday a missing person investigation was initiated. On Monday
morning, Kern County Fire Department responded to a residential fire at 8017 Big Bear Street and that situation is being investigated by Arson investigators. Bakersfield Police detectives
assigned to the missing persons investigation do not find it likely that Adams would have left the residence in the manner described and then fail to contact his wife unless there was
something awry. Detectives assigned to the case have been contacted by several persons, anonymous and otherwise. Detective Moore is specifically interested in speaking with a person
who identified themselves by first name only and would like that person to recontact him at the same number. Anyone with information regarding Adams or his disappearance is encouraged
to call Detective Jim Moore at 661-326-3567. Frank Adams is 5’9” tall, 235 pounds and has shaved black hair, brown eyes and a mustache and goatee.