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Glendale News Times
Published October 14, 2005
Man accused of murdering his mother
Police plan to file charges against man who called 911 after alleging he
stabbed his mother to death.
By Tania Chatila, News-Press and Leader
NORTHWEST GLENDALE -- Police plan to file charges today against a
25-year-old Misak Saakian who called 911 Wednesday saying he had just
stabbed his mother, police said.
Saakian, of Glendale, was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of murder after
police received a call from him claiming he had stabbed his 53-year-old
mother, Gohar Saakian, in their kitchen.
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"The son did call 911 and said that he did kill his mother, and at this time
we do not have a motive as to the reason why," Glendale Police spokeswoman
Sherri Servillo said.
Police received the call at about 5:30 p.m. and found Misak Saakian in front
of the family's home, in the 500 block of West Dryden Street, where his
father also lives.
"He was very upset," Sgt. Ian Grimes said of the unidentified father. "Put
yourself in his shoes."
Misak and Gohar Saakian were the only two people in the house at the time of
the stabbing, Servillo said.
Gohar Saakian died at the scene of multiple stab wounds to her entire body,
Servillo said, adding that the murder weapon, a knife, was found at the
home.
"Probably, I was the last person to see or talk to her," said next door
neighbor Herosik Ahmadabadi.
Ahmadabadi, who lived next door for about four years, saw the woman just two
hours before the stabbing.
"I was coming by bus, you know, the stop by Pacific Avenue, and I see her,"
she said. "We came home together -- we walked together."
Ahmadabadi copied the front page of Thursday's newspaper, and kept it on her
coffee table -- a constant reminder of her lost friend.
"I was so shocked," she said. "I was so upset. I couldn't believe it. She
was so sweet. We would always talk, like when she would water her lawn, I
would too. Always she told me 'I'm going to take [Misak Saakian] to church
and I'm going to pray for him. I'm going to pray for him.'"
Ahmadabadi, and her husband, Cass Khodaverdin, said they noticed problems
within the family in the past, but never imagined anything like this would
happen.
"Last night was the worst," Khodaverdin said. "The mother, father, they were
nice people, but you know, they were unusually quiet. We never heard them
play music. They were never laughing, just always quiet. Not even in at
Thanksgiving or Christmas. And the son, he never had friends over."
Misak Saakian is being held at the Inmate Reception Center in Los Angeles on
$1-million bond, pending an arraignment at Pasadena Superior Court
Published October 14, 2005
Man accused of murdering his mother
Police plan to file charges against man who called 911 after alleging he
stabbed his mother to death.
By Tania Chatila, News-Press and Leader
NORTHWEST GLENDALE -- Police plan to file charges today against a
25-year-old Misak Saakian who called 911 Wednesday saying he had just
stabbed his mother, police said.
Saakian, of Glendale, was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of murder after
police received a call from him claiming he had stabbed his 53-year-old
mother, Gohar Saakian, in their kitchen.
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"The son did call 911 and said that he did kill his mother, and at this time
we do not have a motive as to the reason why," Glendale Police spokeswoman
Sherri Servillo said.
Police received the call at about 5:30 p.m. and found Misak Saakian in front
of the family's home, in the 500 block of West Dryden Street, where his
father also lives.
"He was very upset," Sgt. Ian Grimes said of the unidentified father. "Put
yourself in his shoes."
Misak and Gohar Saakian were the only two people in the house at the time of
the stabbing, Servillo said.
Gohar Saakian died at the scene of multiple stab wounds to her entire body,
Servillo said, adding that the murder weapon, a knife, was found at the
home.
"Probably, I was the last person to see or talk to her," said next door
neighbor Herosik Ahmadabadi.
Ahmadabadi, who lived next door for about four years, saw the woman just two
hours before the stabbing.
"I was coming by bus, you know, the stop by Pacific Avenue, and I see her,"
she said. "We came home together -- we walked together."
Ahmadabadi copied the front page of Thursday's newspaper, and kept it on her
coffee table -- a constant reminder of her lost friend.
"I was so shocked," she said. "I was so upset. I couldn't believe it. She
was so sweet. We would always talk, like when she would water her lawn, I
would too. Always she told me 'I'm going to take [Misak Saakian] to church
and I'm going to pray for him. I'm going to pray for him.'"
Ahmadabadi, and her husband, Cass Khodaverdin, said they noticed problems
within the family in the past, but never imagined anything like this would
happen.
"Last night was the worst," Khodaverdin said. "The mother, father, they were
nice people, but you know, they were unusually quiet. We never heard them
play music. They were never laughing, just always quiet. Not even in at
Thanksgiving or Christmas. And the son, he never had friends over."
Misak Saakian is being held at the Inmate Reception Center in Los Angeles on
$1-million bond, pending an arraignment at Pasadena Superior Court