Dad, pregnant mom (Davina & Brock Husted) killed in front of Calif. boy, 9

[FoolsGold]

Originally Posted by nanabillie

Murders don't always make sense.

Thats for sure!!
Indeed take a look at some of the issues in this thread. The police have an inherent desire for the public to think these were targeted killings rather than having the public think there is a random killer roaming around and ready to pounce on them some night. Therefore some or all of the police statements about "targeted killing" may be just to placate these rich homeowners in the area whose complaints might carry some real weight to them.

IF anything about the real estate transactions or any correspondence on the computer indicates a reason for the killing, the police have not released it. Everyone in town views them as a sweet, loving couple with an above board lifestyle. It may be true, it may not.

As to the helmet. A motorcyclist who wears a welders helmet risks getting stopped by the cops. He will certainly get noticed by all other motorcyclists and many other drivers. I see no reason for it to have been a welders helmet, but it is an interesting possibility.

The stairs were just as inviting to someone who happened to stroll down to the beach to have a few beers and doze for awhile as to someone who went down there knowing the stairs were there and intending to use them.

Burglary is unlikely if your getaway vehicle is a motorcycle parked some distance from the crime scene. An impromptu rape as he passed by and looked in through the glass doors is a possibility but he seems to have gone straight for a stabbing. It was a vicious and repeated stabbing. This does indicate a good chance that it was targeted but is not conclusive on the issue.

The somewhat similar crime eleven miles distant is confusing.

I think the secret will be in the real estate transactions but don't have any idea what it will be.

[FoolsGold]

Speaking of real estate...
Does anyone know the layout of the kitchen area in relation to the sliding glass door?
It would seem strange for an attacker to enter from the sliding glass door, obtain a knife from the kitchen, attack the wife in the kitchen area, have the husband run from the tv towards the wife in the kitchen, have him stabbed a dozen times too and then have the bodies be found "at the back of the house".

Strange.

The cops have an inherent interest in keeping the neighbors placated with statements indicating a targeted crime rather than a random killer roaming the neighborhood and that may even be what happened here, but I'm not convinced this relates to ownership of the property or documents about the property at all.

However, if someone wanted to select a "safe" house to do some mortgage fraud on, it might be a house such as the Husted's house which they had bought fairly frequently and normally would not be selling quite so soon. Perhaps the real estate agent found something the Husteds did not know about?

[packy]

Thanks, Nana, for the the link above.

An Oct. 26th article mentioning that police are making progress but no new information has been made public.

http://www.vcstar.com/news/2009/oct/...profile-cases/

(Excerpt)

Police say they are making progress on three unrelated, high-profile, unsolved homicide cases this year, with one of those investigations almost completed.



Bonfiglio said the investigation is complex, largely because the Husteds’ lives weren’t simple.

“That gives us a lot more avenues that we have to pursue in terms of trying to catch the killer,” he said, declining to elaborate.

Five months after the crime, the two detectives assigned to lead the case continue to spend a large portion of their time on it, Bonfiglio said. The detectives have had help from the sheriff’s Major Crimes Unit and an inter-agency task force on cyber crime and technology, he said.

Investigators have submitted hundreds of pieces of evidence to crime labs in the case, Bonfiglio said. Detectives have also served numerous search warrants, many related to the victims’ records or properties.

Bonfiglio declined to say if detectives have identified a possible motive or suspect, citing the continuing investigation.

“The information gleaned from this extensive investigation has given us a better understanding of at least why they may have been killed,” Bonfiglio said. “I believe that it will ultimately lead to an arrest.”

Despite some similarities, authorities don’t believe the Faria Beach killings were related to the stabbing death of Wendy Di Rodio two weeks later in the Ventura Keys.

[nanabillie]

I have not read a lot of articles on this, just a few. I wonder if it could have been someone that the wife had been seeing. Not accusing, just wondering. Maybe wanting to call things off?? Just wondering. If you were sneaking around, looking to break into someone's house, wouldn't you want to blend in instead of standing out by carrying or wearing a helmet? I just wonder if the husband being home was a surprise? It is such a strange case. I think I need to read more about it.

[FoolsGold]

Originally Posted by nanabillie

I just wonder if the husband being home was a surprise?

I would doubt it. They were usually together and given the holiday weekend, I would have been surprized if he were not at home.

I do wonder however what sort of criminal kills the female and then kills the male ... wouldn't you think a killer would go after the more threatening target first? Ofcouse she was near the kitchen phone so that just might make her more of a threat than the guy watching TV.

[packy]

Hopefully the kids heard something that was said that may lead to a good clue.

[FoolsGold]

Originally Posted by packy

Hopefully the kids heard something that was said that may lead to a good clue.

Early reports were that they heard nothing but screams.

As to killing the female first, although it might seem strange she was near a phone and near knives and also near the door by which he had entered so she could have fled if he had gone to attack the male first.

The vicious nature of the attack makes me think personal grudge. I mean why stab someone in the gut ten times when placing the knife more sensibly once will do the job quite adequately?

He didn't seem to want sex. He didn't seem to want any items from the home, particularly not if his escape was via a nearby motorcycle. What was he going to do? Lug a tv set all the way to his nearby motorcycle and then ride around all weekend long with a tv on his motorcycle until he could get to a pawnshop?

The question seems to be what area of their lives caused these two to have an enemy when their reputations in the community were so squeaky clean? Were there secrets? Did anything happen recently that might provoke someone?

[FoolsGold]

Originally Posted by FoolsGold

when their reputations in the community were so squeaky clean? Were there secrets?

Current thinking seems to be that "squeaky clean" was an illusion but the computer holds both personal and business records so there is no current indication of where the dirt my lie.

If its a business dispute it sure seems unlikely that it would have been settled with a dozen stab wounds each.

That leaves personal.

[packy]

In the last articles found they do say they have an idea who did this and that it was targeted but apparently they must not have enough to make an arrest yet.

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?se...nty&id=7086460

Husted's brother said Brock and Davina Husted had no enemies and no credit problems.


Even though we are pretty sure about something how do we really know what goes on in the life of another.

[PatC]

Originally Posted by packy

In the last articles found they do say they have an idea who did this and that it was targeted but apparently they must not have enough to make an arrest yet.

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?se...nty&id=7086460

Husted's brother said Brock and Davina Husted had no enemies and no credit problems.


Even though we are pretty sure about something how do we really know what goes on in the life of another.

"They didn't lead very simple, basic lives. It was a very complex set of circumstances, but other than that, I can't say anything," said Bonfiglio.

I'd sure like to know what THAT means.