The coroner says the 21-year-old man whose body was buried in a southwest Bakersfield yard died from a mix of cocaine, fentanyl and meth. Joseph Lara had been missing for several days last month before his corpse was discovered behind a home on Hathaway Avenue that was owned by one of the suspects. Three people have been arrested, 30-year-old David Williams III is charged with manslaughter and supplies the drugs.

Suzanne Grant