In 2018, the city of Bakersfield, California, was shaken by the mysterious disappearances and deaths of three young individuals: Micah Holsonbake, James Kulstad, and Baylee Despot, collectively known as the “Bakersfield 3.” To this day, however, questions remain as to whether Despot was purely a victim or something more.
As chronicled in the Investigation Discovery docuseries, The Bakersfield 3: A Tale of Murder and Motherhood, Holsonbake vanished on March 23, 2018. Months later, his dismembered remains were discovered in the Kern River, leading to a gruesome revelation of his fate.
