Silvestre Soto, a 49-year-old tow truck driver from Bakersfield, California, was found dead on March 20, 2014. His body was discovered next to a vehicle in an orchard near Neumarkel Road and Edison Highway, several miles east of Bakersfield, after a worker noticed a vehicle parked in an unusual location and went to investigate. An autopsy found Soto died of multiple shotgun wounds and his death was ruled a homicide.

Authorities charged Juan Francisco Lopez in connection with Soto’s killing. Prosecutors said the motive was financial gain and presented witness testimony and forensic evidence that Lopez shot Soto three times with a shotgun while Soto was picking up a vehicle in the orchard. In March 2016, Lopez was convicted of murder with special circumstances including murder for financial gain; he was later sentenced to life without parole.

Did anyone in the Bakersfield or orchard communities see a tow truck or other vehicle in that area around March 20, 2014?