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I just don't understand how something like this can happen. Patrick Matsuda leaves behind a wife and four children... So very very sad...
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. -- A former bodybuilding champion is beaten to death outside his home in southwest Bakersfield.
The incident happened around 2:30 Sunday morning on the 4300 block of Whitegate Avenue, near the corner of McKee and Akers.
Area residents say Patrick Matsuda went across the street to tell a group of men outside his neighbor's home to quiet down. That's when the group turned on Matsuda and attacked him.
His wife Annette witnessed the entire incident. She said that the men surrounded her husband and beat him with baseball bats and pipes.
"Beating him repeatedly after he's not even moving," she said. "When he was laying there I tried to help him and stop the bleeding. I tried to save him."
Matsuda was rushed to a hospital but it was too late.
"I just don't know why anybody would do that to somebody," said Annette. She added, "He's a good dad. A good husband. A good friend."
Matsuda was a Cal State Bakersfield grad, and was also a former national champion in amatuer bodybuilding.
He leaves behind four children and a heartbroken widow. "I love him. And I will miss him so much."
Bakersfield police have not released suspect information at this time, but the family is urging anyone with information to please contact police at 327-7111.
So far no arrests have been made.
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. -- A former bodybuilding champion is beaten to death outside his home in southwest Bakersfield.
The incident happened around 2:30 Sunday morning on the 4300 block of Whitegate Avenue, near the corner of McKee and Akers.
Area residents say Patrick Matsuda went across the street to tell a group of men outside his neighbor's home to quiet down. That's when the group turned on Matsuda and attacked him.
His wife Annette witnessed the entire incident. She said that the men surrounded her husband and beat him with baseball bats and pipes.
"Beating him repeatedly after he's not even moving," she said. "When he was laying there I tried to help him and stop the bleeding. I tried to save him."
Matsuda was rushed to a hospital but it was too late.
"I just don't know why anybody would do that to somebody," said Annette. She added, "He's a good dad. A good husband. A good friend."
Matsuda was a Cal State Bakersfield grad, and was also a former national champion in amatuer bodybuilding.
He leaves behind four children and a heartbroken widow. "I love him. And I will miss him so much."
Bakersfield police have not released suspect information at this time, but the family is urging anyone with information to please contact police at 327-7111.
So far no arrests have been made.
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