Man, woman sought in California woman's killing, kidnapping of her 3 kids

GORMAN >> Authorities are seeking a man and woman suspected of killing a woman, kidnapping her three small children and leaving the state, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said.

Arrest warrants have been issued for Joshua Robertson, 27, and Brittany Humphrey, 22, the sheriff’s department said in a statement Tuesday night.

They are suspected of killing Kimberly Harvill, whose body was discovered Sunday in brush along a remote road in northern LA County in the unincorporated Lebec area near Interstate 5.

Authorities believe the suspects also kidnapped Harvill’s three children, 2-year-old Josly Watkins, 3-year-old Brayden Watkins and 5-year-old Rylee Watkins.

They say the couple is expected to be in the victim’s 1999 green Ford Explorer SUV, which has California plates 7BEK024 that may have been swapped for temporary paper plates, stick-figure stickers of a family and a sticker that reads “R.I.P. Chad Watkins.”

Robertson has a criminal history that includes a conviction on illegal weapons charges and is on probation, authorities said.

The department at first struggled to identify Harvill and asked the public for help, noting that she had the names “Rylee” and “Brayden” among her many tattoos.

They did not say what relationship there was, if any, between Harvill and the suspects or what evidence led to them.