{"id":74881,"date":"2016-12-05T15:00:07","date_gmt":"2016-12-05T23:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=74881"},"modified":"2016-12-07T15:34:13","modified_gmt":"2016-12-07T23:34:13","slug":"arraignment-postponed-for-couple-in-stepsisters-killing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2016\/12\/05\/arraignment-postponed-for-couple-in-stepsisters-killing\/","title":{"rendered":"Arraignment postponed for couple in stepsister’s killing"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Kimberly
Kimberly Harvill [left] shown in a drawing authorities released in hopes of identifying her after her body was found. Suspects Joshua Robertson and Brittany Humphrey were arrested Thursday, Aug. 25, in Pueblo, Colorado.<\/figcaption><\/figure>LOS ANGELES – Arraignment was postponed Monday for a couple charged with killing the woman’s stepsister — whose body was found near state Route 138 in northern Los Angeles County this summer — and kidnapping her three children.<\/span><\/p>\n

Britney Sue Humphrey<\/b>, 22, and her boyfriend, <\/span>Joshua Aaron Robertson<\/b>, 27, are charged with murder in the death of Humphrey’s 26-year-old stepsister, <\/span>Kimberly Harvill<\/b> of Fresno, on or about Aug. 14, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. <\/span><\/p>\n

The criminal complaint alleges that Robertson personally and intentionally discharged a handgun, killing Harvill.<\/span><\/p>\n

Robertson, who is in custody, refused to come to court Monday and his arraignment was continued to Tuesday. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Gustavo Sztraicher set bail at $3 million pending that hearing.<\/span><\/p>\n

Humphrey appeared in court Monday in orange jail clothes and was ordered to return on Dec. 15 to enter a plea. Her bail was set at $2 million.<\/span><\/p>\n

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.<\/span><\/p>\n

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, New Mexico, in the care of a good Samaritan who notified local law enforcement, authorities said.<\/span><\/p>\n

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.<\/span><\/p>\n

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.<\/span><\/p>\n

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.<\/span><\/p>\n

Robertson was on post-release community supervision, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.<\/span><\/p>\n

If convicted, the two could each face up to life in state prison, according to the District Attorney’s Office.<\/span><\/p>\n

UPDATE<\/span>:\u00a0 Arraignment has been postponed to Dec. 15 for Joshua Aaron Robertson.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Previous related stories<\/span>:<\/span><\/p>\n

Stepsister, man charged in woman\u2019s killing<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Suspects arrested in kidnapping-homicide<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Body ID\u2019d, two suspects wanted for questioning<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Public\u2019s help needed to identify female body found in Gorman<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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LOS ANGELES – Arraignment was postponed Monday for a couple charged with killing the woman’s stepsister — whose body was found near state Route 138 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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":73350,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[719],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74881"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74881\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}