BPD took over as lead investigators from California City Police Department officers after those officers began their investigation into the Wests reporting Orrin and Orson West missing from their California City home on Dec. 21, 2020.

Source: https://www.bakersfield.com/news/west-trial-week-2-round-up-of-evidence-from-california-city-boys-adoptive-parents-murder/article_5fdad000-dc83-11ed-bf9b-a3937c2bdee8.html

BPD took over as lead investigators from California City Police Department officers after those officers began their investigation into the Wests reporting Orrin and Orson West missing from their California City home on Dec. 21, 2020.

Source: https://www.bakersfield.com/news/west-trial-week-2-round-up-of-evidence-from-california-city-boys-adoptive-parents-murder/article_5fdad000-dc83-11ed-bf9b-a3937c2bdee8.html

Jacqueline would video-chat with Martinez after she moved away to California City, but Jacqueline rarely showed her children on the video, she added.

Source: https://www.bakersfield.com/news/updated-cal-city-police-chief-testifies-about-defendants-demeanor-investigation-into-missing-adoptive-toddlers/article_8a451edc-d8a4-11ed-a092-1f14f9d7d2e6.html

The four children interviewed by a California City police officer were staying with their grandmother in Bakersfield while Orrin and Orson were with their adoptive parents in California City.

Source: https://www.bakersfield.com/news/adoptive-mother-of-cal-city-boys-adamantly-denies-murder/article_41865bbe-da6d-11ed-a1ba-d360401eb02b.html

The four children interviewed by a California City police officer were staying with their grandmother in Bakersfield while Orrin and Orson were with their adoptive parents in California City.

Source: https://www.bakersfield.com/news/adoptive-mother-of-cal-city-boys-adamantly-denies-murder/article_41865bbe-da6d-11ed-a1ba-d360401eb02b.html

This contradicts previous testimony by Wanda West saying she thought Orrin and Orson were with Martinez when Wanda came to visit the Wests in the California City home in September 2020.

Source: https://www.bakersfield.com/news/west-trial-who-saw-orrin-and-orson-and-when-heres-a-wrap-up-of-testimony/article_4c8cb96c-ebd5-11ed-be4a-07abc6f6d815.html