Cal City cold case murder defendant found competent for retrial

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) -- A California City man whose murder conviction was overturned in the death of a woman who disappeared in 2012 has been found competent, prosecutors said. Criminal proceedings were reinstated Thursday against 64-year-old Jose William Lara. He's charged with first-degree murder. An appeals court last year overturned Lara's 2023 conviction in the [...]