VENTURA, CA - District Attorney Gregory D. Totten announced today that on May 4, 2012, the Ventura County Grand Jury indicted Joshua Graham Packer (DOB 9-21-89), of Ventura, on additional charges relative to the Faria Beach murders that occurred on May 20, 2009. Packer is now additionally charged with commission of the crime of forcible oral copulation against Davina Husted, in violation of Penal Code section 288a(c)(2) and with using a knife in the commission of that crime, in violation of Penal Code sections 12022(b)(1) and 12022.3. The Grand Jury also indicted Packer on an additional special circumstance allegation that the murder of Davina Husted was committed while Packer was engaged in the commission of forced oral copulation, pursuant to Penal Code section 190.2(a)(17)(F). This special circumstance allegation makes Packer eligible for either life in prison without the possibility of parole or the death penalty.

Packer had already been indicted by the Grand Jury in July 2010 for the murders of Brock Husted, Davina Husted, and their unborn child Grant Husted, as well as three special circumstance allegations. The special circumstances alleged at that time were that the murders were committed in the course of a burglary, robberies and that the crimes involved the commission of multiple murders. Other charges upon which Packer was indicted in July 2010 included one count of burglary and two counts of robbery, all of which were accomplished with the use of a gun. Packer was also charged with the use of a knife in killing the victims.

Packer appeared in court on the second indictment today, May 7, 2012. He asked to defer entry of his plea to the new charges until May 16, 2012, at 8:30 a.m. in Division 25. A motion to consolidate the two indictments is also scheduled for that day. Due to this being a pending death penalty case, there will be no further comment.