The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is set to hold a news conference late Monday morning where officials are expected to release new information following the arrest of Aramazd Andressian Sr., who is accused of killing his missing 5-year-old son.
Aramazd Andressian is shown in a booking photo released by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department on June 23, 2017.
Andressian Sr., 35, was arrested in Las Vegas on suspicion of murder on Friday, roughly two months after the disappearance of 5-year-old Aramazd Andressian Jr., according to the Sheriff’s Department.
The little boy was last seen leaving Disneyland with his father in the early morning hours of April 21; his mother reported the child missing on April 22, after her ex-husband didn’t show up with their son for a pre-arranged custody transfer in San Marino.
Andressian Sr. had been found unconscious at Arroyo Park in South Pasadena later that morning, and the boy was nowhere to be seen.
The father told investigators he had taken his son to the park while waiting for the nearby golf course to open, and that the next thing he remembered was waking up in a hospital.
Sheriff’s officials later said Andressian Sr. had ingested prescription medication that did not belong to him, and was discovered passed out next to a gasoline-covered BMW. Matches and gas were found inside the vehicle.
Ana Estevez included this photo of her son Aramazd “Piqui” Andressian Jr. in a public Facebook post on May 17, 2017, when she first spoke out about his disappearance.
He was arrested the same day his son was reported missing, but authorities later released him because, they said, there was not enough information to prosecute him at a time.
The last confirmed sighting of the Andressian Jr. –who is known to family as Piqui — was around 1 a.m. on April 21, when the boy and his father were seen leaving the Disneyland theme park in Anaheim.
Andressian Sr. told detectives that he had taken his son to Lake Cachuma in Santa Barbara County later that day. However, surveillance video and multiple witness accounts place Andressian Sr. alone at the location, and investigators said they have no evidence that the child was with him when he went.
The lake and surrounding areas have been searched twice, the last time on June 10.
Arroyo Park was also the subject of an intense second search on May 18, but investigators turned up nothing during the hourslong effort.
On May 25, homicide detectives issued a search warrant at the home belonging to the mother of Andressian Sr., seizing “various items of evidence,” according to the department.
The case remains under investigation, and anyone with information is urged to call the sheriff’s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500, or leave an anonymous tip through Crime Stoppers by dialing 800-222-8477.
Posters showing Aramazd Andressian Jr. and Sr. are shown at a news conference on May 17, 2017. (Credit: KTLA)
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