A 20-year-old Ventura man has been arrested on suspicion of the stabbing deaths of a couple found dead last year in their Faria Beach house, it was reported Monday.
Ventura County Sheriff’s Department said Joshua Graham Packer, a former Ventura High School student, was arrested Sunday evening in connection with the deaths of Davina and Brock Husted, both 42, according to the Ventura County Star. Packer is being held on $2.2 million bail.
The couple was stabbed to death May 20 by an intruder wearing a motorcycle helmet who entered through an open back door of the home.
The couple's 9-year-old boy was home at the time and ran to another part of the house after he first saw the intruder. He later found his parents' bodies. His 11-year-old sister was asleep in another room, authorities said.
Davina Husted was in the kitchen, and Brock Husted was in a bedroom when the intruder entered, detectives said. The boy was watching television when the attacker entered through a sliding-glass door, sheriff's Capt. Ross Bonfiglio said.
The parents' bodies were found in the back of the one-story Ventura County home, he said. Sheriff's Capt. Bruce Norris said Davina Husted was four to five months pregnant.
