KCSO Senior Deputy Identified in Apparent Suicide Near Shafter

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The Kern County Coroner’s Office has identified Benjamin Alan Michael Harmonson, a 36-year-old senior deputy, as the individual who died by suicide and was found near a canal along 7th Standard Road in Bakersfield. His body was discovered on May 21, and law enforcement officials escorted it to the coroner’s office later that evening.
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