Photo via Pixabay
A murder victim’s stepsister and the stepsister’s boyfriend were charged Thursday with killing the Fresno mother of three young children.
They had already been charged with kidnapping the victim’s three children and leaving them in a motel outside Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Britney Sue Humphrey, 22, and her boyfriend, Joshua Aaron Robertson, 27, are charged with killing 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.
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, New Mexico, 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 newly added murder charge, 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.
—Staff and wire reports
>> Want to read more stories like this? Get our Free Daily Newsletters Here!