This is news?
The DA has announced that he will proceed with Death Penalty charges against the former security guard whose DNA implicates him in the murder of Brock and Davina Husted of the Farina Beach gated community in Ventura County, CA.
Sure there is no unseemly rush to proceed in such a manner and a great deal is made of consultation and contemplation of the issue but it was a foregone conclusion right off. A successful couple, wealthy and well-liked in the community killed in a brutal fashion in their own home inside a gated community. Even if you don't throw in the added features of the woman being several months pregnant and her two older children being in the home at the time, you've got an outraged community. Of course the death penalty will be pursued by the DA. There was never any real doubt even in the Public Defender's office, despite their usual mouthings at the announcement about surprise, disappointment and allegations of involvement of others as well as innocence of their client.
It was probably just a drunken interlude on the beach and when a beer soaked biker had his return path to his motorcycle blocked by the rising tide, he took the available stair case which passed by the unlocked patio doors of the Husted's home. A simple opportunity presented itself to an armed motorcyclist with a criminal history. How it turned to dozens of needless knife wounds will probably never be known but he may simply have wanted to eliminate the witnesses. Had his DNA not been found on the helmet visor left at the crime scene this case would probably never have been solved.
Ventura will file additional charges for fleeing the scene of an accident, battery and intimidation of a witness for a vehicular incident involving the defendant having struck a parked vehicle about seven months after the murders. Its not known why the DA is bringing the additional charges or why a trial and sentencing for battery should precede the murder charge. More publicity? More fees to a public defender?
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Packer being tried this week on three misdemeanors unrelated to the murders of the Husteds.
From the VCStar:
The prosecutor Sabo said he decided to move forward on the hit-and-run charge, despite the pending capital murder case, because every victim is entitled to a day in court.
Chief Deputy District Attorney Michael Frawley said if prosecutors get a conviction on unrelated felony or misdemeanor crimes, they can use it against the defendant in the capital murder trial.
Packer is charged with misdemeanor battery and felony assault with force likely to produce great bodily injury stemming from a Nov. 7, 2009, incident at Ventura County Medical Center.
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