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Apr 12, 2012 at 12:33 PM
Two men were each sentenced to six years in prison Thursday morning for beating a bodybuilder to death with baseball bats.
Apr 12, 2012 at 12:34 PM

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — Two men were each sentenced to six years in prison Thursday morning for beating a bodybuilder to death with baseball bats.

Brian Martin Thompson and Blayne Allen Clifford pleaded no contest in Kern...
Dec 7, 2010 at 12:55 PM
Michael Lee Taylor was accused in Patrick Matsuda's beating death. Matsuda was fatally injured in February outside his southwest Bakersfield home.
Feb 19, 2010 at 4:12 PM
A third man has been charged with murdering Patrick Matsuda. Brian Martin Thompson, 20, pleaded not guilty during his arraignment Friday. He joins Michael Lee Taylor and Blayne Allen Clifford as defendants in the case.
Feb 16, 2010 at 6:07 PM
A third man has been arrested for the alleged murder of Patrick Matsuda. Brian Martin Thompson, 20, was arrested Tuesday on the 400 block of Truxtun Avenue, according to Bakersfield police.
Feb 11, 2010 at 6:16 PM
The second defendant in the beating death of 40-year-old Patrick Matsuda made his court debut Thursday. Michael Lee Taylor, 23, pleaded not guilty to a first-degree murder charge in Kern County Superior Court.
Feb 10, 2010 at 6:41 PM
Patrick Matsuda, the family man apparently beaten to death over the weekend, has a criminal history of his own. Matsuda's death has brought new attention to a crime case from 20 years ago that is eerily similar to recent events.
Feb 9, 2010 at 6:29 PM
Blayne Allen Clifford made his court debut Tuesday, accused of beating 40-year-old Patrick Matsuda to death during a weekend party. While Clifford was leaving court, his alleged accomplice turned himself in to police.
Feb 8, 2010 at 11:57 AM
Police have made an arrest in the beating death of a man over the weekend. Blayne Allen Clifford, 19, was booked into Kern County Jail Monday. Patrick Matsuda, 40, was beaten to death early Sunday in southwest Bakersfield.
Feb 8, 2010 at 12:58 AM
The wife of a former bodybuilding champion said she witnessed her husband's beating death. The incident happened around 2:30 a.m. Sunday on the 4300 block of Whitegate Avenue near the corner of McKee and Akers.
Feb 7, 2010 at 10:40 AM
A man who was reportedly attacked with a baseball bat outside his home early Sunday morning has died. Bakersfield police responded to a 911 call just before 2:30 a.m. from a woman who said her husband was being assaulted.