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Criminal Records - Most Wanted |
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Profile |
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Name: Unknown Gyulbudagyan Killer
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Race: Unknown |
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Hair (Color, Description, Facial Hair): Unknown |
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Eyes (Color and Correction): Unknown |
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Wanted for :
Murder, Van Nuys, CA;
Jun 30, 1996
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Location(s) |
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Last Seen : Van Nuys, CA
Armen Gyulbudagyan was killed in the trunk of his car in Van Nuys, California, a Los Angeles suburb. |
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Possible Location : Unkown |
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Last Known : Unkown |
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Traits |
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May be a member of the Los Angeles-area Armenian community |
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May be part of a murder-for-hire scheme |
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May be more than one person |
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Owns a large-caliber handgun |
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Case Story |
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AMW Hotline Operator Looks For Justice |
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Every week, Kristine and Matt Langhenry help other people find justice as Hotline Operators at America's Most Wanted. For more than two years, the couple has come in to work Saturday nights, taking calls from tipsters and police and helping to track down the worst of the worst. For the Langhenrys, justice isn't just their job. It's personal. Kristine's father, Armen Gyulbudagyan, was murdered in June of 1996 near his home in Van Nuys, California. The police have never found the person or persons responsible and now we want to help her find justice. Kristine has a lot of unanswered questions in her father's death. She thinks AMW viewers may have the key to closing the case once and for all. |
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Cops say that around 11 pm on June 30, 1996, Armen went to move his car to allow for street cleaning. Family members told police they saw Armen leave his apartment in Van Nuys in his slippers, suggesting he planned to be right back. Moving the car for the street sweepers was part of Armen's routine and something he did every Sunday night. But this Sunday night was not routine...
Police say that Armen was likely abducted shortly after leaving the apartment and struck on his head at the right temple with a blunt object. They think he was then thrown into the trunk of his own car and driven away. Cops say someone sitting in the driver's seat repeatedly shot a large caliber handgun at the trunk through the rear passenger seats, striking Armen's body several times. Next, they say, someone seated in the passenger seat took the same gun and fired several more rounds into the rear seats. Armen died in the trunk. Police believe there may have been more than one killer, but only one weapon. |
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Police believe that after killing Armen, the killer or killers drove a few blocks away and abandoned the car in an alley. At around midnight, a resident found Armen's car illegally parked and blocking his driveway in the rear alley of Woodman Avenue. The neighbor called police to have the car removed. But, when cops arrived in the early morning hours, they quickly determined it was not just an illegally parked car. They found a very suspicious scene--a wallet in plain view with money and credit cards still in it and the keys still in the car. A short time later, police popped the trunk and discovered Armen's lifeless body.
Los Angeles homicide detectives worked the case for several years. About two years ago, the case was assigned to the Cold Case Squad. Investigators have uncovered lots of information, but still have never recovered the gun used to kill Armen Gyulbudagyan. Also, detectives feel there are some eyewitnesses that have never come forward. They are interested in any new information on the case and are working with America's Most Wanted to find those answers for Kristine and her family. |
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