BAKERSFIELD, CA -- The coroner says a Bakersfield woman found dead in her burning southwest Bakersfield home in September, died of strangulation.
Clara Basta, 56, was found when firefighters were called to her home on Kilkenny Court September 7. Police arrested Clara Basta's roommate's son, 37-year-old Patrick Terrel, on suspicion of murder. According to a search warrant, Terrel confessed to his girlfriend that he killed Basta.
Terrel pleaded not guilty and is due back in court in March.
Clara Basta, 56, was found when firefighters were called to her home on Kilkenny Court September 7. Police arrested Clara Basta's roommate's son, 37-year-old Patrick Terrel, on suspicion of murder. According to a search warrant, Terrel confessed to his girlfriend that he killed Basta.
Terrel pleaded not guilty and is due back in court in March.