Detectives began looking for Harvey the night of the killing, as soon as they talked to Melanie.York County investigators, acting on a hunch based on records in a database, checked the Red Roof Inn because Harvey had stayed there before. In his empty room, they found Taco Bell wrappers and two empty bottles of sake.When Rubio and Harvey drove back to his shop early the next day, the place was swarming with Norfolk and York County detectives, who arrested them.Harvey had $895 in cash; Rubio, $239. On the floor near Harvey in the passenger seat of Rubio's Honda were matches and latex gloves. A bag in the trunk contained Rubio's bloodstained jeans. A gas canister sat behind the driver's seat.Rubio cooperated with detectives, showing them dozens of tools in the shop that had been removed from King's truck. King's wallet was in a drawer of Harvey's tool bench, with the credit cards taken out. The hammer used to kill him was sitting on a workbench in the shop.
King was hit at least three times in the head and died of blunt-force trauma, according to the medical examiner.Rubio pleaded guilty Nov. 1 to first-degree murder, grand larceny, conspiracy to commit robbery and conspiracy to commit arson. A charge of robbery was dropped after she agreed to testify against Harvey.On Tuesday, the jury convicted Harvey of first-degree murder, grand larceny, conspiracy to commit robbery, conspiracy to commit arson and robbery.Harvey's attorney, B. Thomas Reed, told jurors they could consider a sentence of less than life in prison if they believed Harvey was less culpable than Rubio.
The jury recommended he serve two life terms plus 40 years. Harvey and Rubio are to be sentenced early next year.Professional civil servants –even retired ones – do not normally speak so bluntly. Most are reluctant even to disclose which political party they support. For an ex-mandarin to go out of his way to cause waves of offence – by saying that Northerners who do not vote Tory are "clearly demented" – is truly unusual.But then Sir Bernard Ingham was always an unusual civil servant. He is remembered as Margaret Thatcher's devoted press secretary, who served throughout her entire premiership and was so identified with her cause that Michael Heseltine fully intended to sack him, had he been able to seize the party leadership. John Major did not need to sack him, because he simply walked away from the job on the day that Mrs Thatcher resigned.