Aftershocks ...

Not just earthquakes have aftershocks. Entire communities are affected by crime. Increased police patrols in affected areas tend to mean a decrease in police patrols in other areas and those other areas are often the places where the patrols are sorely needed. A recent homicide in an upscale area of Ventura County alarmed the populace and greatly affected the utilization of police resources. Oh sure, there may be a boom in the sales of locks and burglar alarms after a homicide but the cost of crime is often very high on both a personal basis as well as a community basis. Southern California real estate has been beset by major problems that are totally unrelated to crime, but it should be remembered that crime does indeed have a financial impact on us.

According to Scott Hadly, Ventura County Star, Ventura, California two properties owned by murder victims Brock and Davina Husted have gone into foreclosure.

The Faria Beach home failed to garner any bids at a trustee's sale. Another home the couple owned in the Ventura Keys is scheduled for auction on June 22. The couple had purchased the Faria Beach property for about $2.1 million in 2005.

The Husteds were stabbed to death in their beach house on May 20, 2009, while their two young children were home. This spring, a security guard was charged with the murder of the Husteds and the death of couple's unborn child.

More information at: http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews/articleid/4212743 and at The Ventura Star.