ROSEVILLE, Calif. — A Roseville man was sentenced to 26 years-to-life in prison for killing his roommate, the Placer County District Attorney's Office said Thursday.
Ryan Bacon was sentenced on Aug. 23, according to the district attorney's office. The 36-year-old was convicted in May for stabbing his roommate to death.
The stabbing happened in June 2022 along Loretto Drive. When officers arrived at the home, they found Bacon's roommate lying on the living room floor with a broken-off knife blade stuck in his torso. During the investigation, officers discovered the victim had been stabbed 17 times.
Officers later found Bacon walking along Douglas Boulevard with the knife handle in his pocket. The district attorney's office said Bacon admitted to killing his roommate in a police interview.
Case History
On June 15, 2022, around 12:20 p.m., the Roseville Police Department and Roseville Fire Department responded to reports of a man down inside a home on the 400 block of Loretto Drive.
The man died at the scene and police said his death was suspicious.
The next day, on June 16, Bacon was arrested in connection with the suspicious death. He was roommates with the man.
According to court documents, in January 2019, Bacon was charged with a felony count of making criminal threats, a felony count of resisting an executive officer and a misdemeanor count of carrying a loaded firearm in a public place. In April 2019, Bacon was booked into jail.
Court documents indicate Bacon got off probation just one day before the deadly stabbing.
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