Local News in Brief : Life for Murder of Sister

A Los Angeles man was sentenced Monday to life in prison without parole for raping and murdering his sister, who he initially claimed had been kidnaped in by three men dressed as Ninja warriors. Kevin Roby, 23, an Air Force Academy drop-out, was also sentenced for raping another sister.

Roby was convicted in May at a non-jury trial by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Robert Altman of one count each of murder and sodomy, and two counts of rape.

Deputy Dist. Atty. R. Wayne Walker said Roby first told police he saw three men dressed as Japanese Ninja warriors carry off his sister, Velmalin Hill, 25, from his mother’s West 37th Street home in Los Angeles on Jan. 30, 1987. The following day, homicide investigators asked Roby, who was then a witness, to walk them through the kidnaping crime scene. During the walk-through, detectives found the sister’s body covered with dog food in a large trash can.