Arraignment was postponed this week for a couple charged with killing the woman’s stepsister—whose body was found in northern Los Angeles County this summer—and kidnapping her three children.
Britney Sue Humphrey, 22, and her boyfriend, Joshua Aaron Robertson, 27, are charged with murder in the death of Humphrey’s 26-year-old stepsister, Kimberly Harvill of Fresno, on or about Aug. 14, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. The criminal complaint alleges that Robertson personally and intentionally discharged a handgun, killing Harvill.
Robertson, who is in custody, refused to come to court today and his arraignment was continued to tomorrow. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Gustavo Sztraicher set bail at $3 million pending that hearing.
Humphrey appeared in court today in orange jail clothes and was ordered to return on Dec. 15 to enter a plea. Her bail was set at $2 million.
Harvill’s body was found Aug. 14 in some brush by a motorist traveling along Gorman Post Road, north of State Route 138. She had been shot in the upper body, the sheriff’s department reported.
Humphrey and Robertson were arrested Aug. 25 in Pueblo, Colorado, one day after Harvill’s three young children— ages 2, 3 and 5—were found safe in a motel outside Albuquerque, N.M., in the care of a good Samaritan who
notified local law enforcement, authorities said.
At the time of their arrests, the two were charged with three counts of kidnapping involving the children and were wanted for questioning in connection with Harvill’s killing.
Along with the murder charge that was added in September, Robertson is charged with a felony count of possession of a firearm by a felon with two priors.
The criminal complaint alleges that Robertson was convicted in Fresno County in 2014 of being a felon in possession of a firearm and evading a pursuing peace officer.
Robertson was on post-release community supervision, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
If convicted, the two could each face up to life in state prison, according to the District Attorney’s Office.
