Faria Beach Murder Suspect Convicted In 2nd Unrelated Case

VENTURA (AP) — The man facing trial for the stabbing deaths of a couple and their unborn child in their Ventura County beach house has been convicted in a separate case of misdemeanor battery.

The jury reached the guilty verdict Monday against 21-year-old Joshua Graham Packer. The jury deadlocked, however, on a felony assault count at Ventura County Medical Center.

The Ventura County Star says it was Packer's second unrelated conviction since his arrest for the May 20, 2009, killings of Brock Husted, his wife Davina Husted and the couple's unborn child inside their Faria Beach home. He's facing a Sept. 12 death penalty trial for the killings.

In April, Packer was convicted of a felony and misdemeanors for dissuading a witness related to a vehicle crash in December 2009.

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