Two defendants were convicted Monday of the first-degree murder of a man July 29, 2024 in Lamont, the Kern County District Attorney’s Office reported.

A news release from the DA’s Office said separate Kern County juries found Gabriel Prieto and Romieo Narvaez guilty of killing Emanuel Gonzalez, who it said was found pinned inside a vehicle after a crash. It noted his face was covered in blood with an apparent wound to his forehead with TMC vape pen boxes and marijuana buds scattered inside the vehicle.

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