Beach House Slaying Suspect Arrested

One of the main things that can wreck the so-called modern American dream is a murderer.  You and your family feel more at ease and rest more comfortably in a neighborhood which hasn't had unsolved murder(s).

When a couple are killed in their own home in a gruesome, sudden, senseless and unexpected homicide it tends to instill a general feeling of apprehension throughout the community and perhaps as far and wide as such news carries.

Brock and Davina Husted were murdered May 20th, 2009 in their southern California, Faria Beach home by an unexpected intruder wearing a motorcycle helmet who reportedly used a kitchen knife to stab them both to death, some of the killing actually taking place before one of their children.

The killer entered through the french doors in the rear of the home which the Husteds may not have locked.  This is the trouble with a cold-blooded psycopathic killer - they strike with no warning sometimes, and in areas that have not been experiencing homicides, so residents often get lax on security.

A 20 year old male suspect, Joshua Graham Packer, has been arrested on three counts of murder and two counts of robbery in the murder of the Husteds, reportedly based on dna evidence and items in possession taken from the Husted home, according to sources.  It seems like this is big news, considering how many persons were in shock and awe of this horrible tragedy at the time, but, on CNN, for example, this story only made a tiny sub-headline, 'Man arrested in couple's beach house slaying'. (1) It seems like the tragedy is being downplayed.  I do not see this arrest news at Foxnews.com yet, unless it is buried somewhere there.


Since there were 16 homicides last week in Los Angeles County, according to Latimes.com, with so many killings occurring it looks as if the media is unable to give but a brief update on these cases.

According to CNN, Chief Gary Pentis of the Ventura County Sheriff's Department said it appeared the suspect targeted the victims and it was his opinion that the murders were not a random act.

This is a truly amazing feat of police-detective work.  Judging from all the blogs on this case a lot of onlookers, as well as the victims' survivors, will receive a great deal of closure if this suspect is convicted.

This article may be expanded.  Some of the other main media sites are not yet reporting this important arrest.

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1. www.cnn.com  'Man arrested in couple's beach house slaying'
http://us.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/04/12/california.slayings/index.html?hpt=Sbin