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Reward of up to $5,000 offered in corrections officer’s killing

Police said Friday there is no new information to release in the killing of 60-year-old Carl Aaron Crawford

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Bakersfield police work a homicide scene August 22, on Hempstead Lane where a man was found dead in his home

Photo Casey Christie/The Californian

The Bakersfield Californian

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — A reward of up to $5,000 is being offered for information leading to the arrest and filing of a criminal complaint against the suspect responsible for the killing of a correctional officer at his home in southwest Bakersfield.

Police said Friday there is no new information to release in the killing of 60-year-old Carl Aaron Crawford. He was discovered by his girlfriend at 8:32 a.m. Aug. 22 in the 2600 block of Hempstead Lane.

Detectives say in court filings it appeared Crawford had been shot multiple times.

The reward is being offered through the Secret Witness program. Callers will be asked to select a code name and code number when they provide information.

Should additional contact with the caller be necessary, the code name will be published along with a request for the original caller to establish contact. Once contact is made, the caller will be asked to provide their original code number for verification purposes.

Anyone with information regarding this case is asked to call Detective Jeff Watts at 326-3514 the Bakersfield Police Department at 327-7111 or the Secret Witness line at 322-4040.