Satanic Inmate Who Raped, Murdered Sister, Killed Actor, Accused In IE

CHINO, CA — A Los Angeles man who raped his sisters, murdering one of them, and who allegedly went on to kill an actor inside his prison cell, is now suspected of attempting to kill a corrections officer at an Inland Empire facility.

At approximately 8:30 p.m. Aug. 11, a barefoot Kevin Gerald Roby, 60, exited his housing unit at Chino's California Institution for Men. He was wearing only his boxers and ignored officers’ orders to stop.

Roby continued walking onto the prison yard, where he yelled that he would "kill anyone" and then pulled out a homemade weapon from his shorts, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation reported Monday.

CDCR officers formed a line around Roby. "Without warning or provocation," however, Roby ran toward some of them, the state agency reported.

Officers used physical force and chemical agents to restrain Roby, but the armed inmate was able to stab one of them on the side of his head before the alleged chaos was quelled.

The wounded officer was immediately sent to a local medical facility for treatment and was since released.

The state agency said that in the aftermath and as part of a CDCR investigation, officials restricted access to the Chino prison yard where the incident occurred.

Meanwhile, Roby will be transferred to another institution, according to CDCR. It's not clear where he might end up.

Roby was sent to prison from Los Angeles County on Aug. 24, 1988. He was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole for first-degree murder and rape/resist with force/violence, with enhancements for use of a firearm.

According to a Los Angeles Times report, the victim was his sister, 25-year-old Velmalin Hill. Roby initially claimed she had been kidnapped on Jan. 30, 1987, from his mother's West 37th Street home in Los Angeles. He told police that three men dressed as Ninja warriors abducted her.

The following day, homicide investigators asked Roby to walk them through the crime scene. The Air Force Academy drop-out gave his rendition of events, but during his telling detectives found his sister’s body covered with dog food in a large trash can, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Roby was convicted in May 1988 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. The additional rape conviction stemmed from an attack on another one of his sisters, according to the Times.

Various media reports allege Roby killed again: While incarcerated at Crescent City's Pelican Bay State Prison in 2005 he took the life of his cellmate, 36-year-old Lloyd Fernandez Avery II.

Avery was himself a convicted killer, but before entering the prison system he had an acting career. He appeared in John Singleton's Oscar-nominated film Boyz n the Hood (1991). Avery played a Bloods gang member who murders a high school football star. In the film, Avery's character is later killed by a character named Doughboy, portrayed by Ice Cube.

Avery, a Los Angeles resident, continued to get acting roles, but it ended in 2001. Soon after wrapping the 2001 film Shot, in which he portrays a character named G-Ride, Avery was arrested and charged with two counts of murder for shooting two random people. He was convicted and sentenced to life in prison.

Avery and Roby eventually became cellmates at Pelican Bay State Prison and it ended with violence. Media reports indicate the former actor was strangled by Roby on Sept. 4, 2004, as part of a satanic ritual.

After strangling him, Roby placed Avery on a cell bunk and covered him with blankets. It's not clear what time he died.

Discovery of Avery's corpse was not immediate. It's alleged that the killing was not uncovered until Roby painted his cell walls with Avery's blood, drew a pentagram on the floor and placed the dead man's body in the middle.

The case was referred to the Del Norte County District Attorney, which on Dec. 21, 2009, declined to prosecute and referred it back to CDCR, according to CDCR spokesperson Mary Xjimenez.

Court documents filed after the killing show Roby objected to being placed in cells with Christian inmates due to his satanic worship that he said would put them in danger. Roby alleged that in Aug. 2005, he attempted to warn a Pelican Bay State Prison officer about his aversion to Christianity. An inmate ended up stabbing Roby, who survived.

It's not clear when Roby was transferred to the Chino prison. His latest alleged run-in at the facility is being referred to the San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office for possible felony charges, according to CDCR.

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