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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
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Amanda Covarrubias

BRIEF: Life term for 25-year-old in shocking 2009 triple murder in Ventura County

Feb. 06--A 25-year-old Ventura man was sentenced Friday to life in prison without parole for stabbing a couple and their unborn son to death in their beachfront home nearly six years ago.

The 2009 slayings shocked the area's tranquil beach communities. Then-Sheriff Bob Brooks called the incident "one of the most tragic multiple homicides in the history of Ventura County."

Joshua Packer pleaded guilty in December to first-degree murder in the killings of Brock and Davina Husted and their unborn child.

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