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  • Pasadena: Man Pleads Innocent to Nephew's Slaying

    City News Service
    April 27, 2004 Tuesday

    Man Pleads Innocent to Nephew's Slaying

    PASADENA


    A man accused of killing his 18-year-old nephew in Glendale six
    months ago and fleeing to Armenia before returning voluntarily to the
    United States pleaded innocent today to a murder charge. Gaik
    Shakhmuradyan, 33, was jailed on $2 million bail pending a Friday
    appearance in Pasadena Superior Court. A date is scheduled to be set
    then for a hearing to determine if there is enough evidence to send
    him on to trial. Shakhmuradyan is charged with murder for the Oct. 20
    shooting death of Edvin Isagulyan. Isagulyan was gunned down in the
    500 block of South Glendale Avenue. After the crime, detectives
    determined the suspect was the victim's uncle, but received no
    cooperation from the family, Glendale police Lt. Jon Perkins said
    yesterday. The detectives eventually learned the suspect had fled to
    Abovyan, Armenia, Perkins said. Glendale detectives went to Armenia
    and, with help from the United States Embassy and Armenian law
    enforcement officials, found and spoke with Shakhmuradyan, according
    to the detective. Shakhmuradyan returned to Los Angeles last
    Thursday, accompanied by a Glendale police detective who went to
    Armenia to question him, the lieutenant said. "During interviews, the
    suspect offered to voluntarily return to the United States and face
    the pending charges against him," Perkins said. "We believe this is
    the first time that an individual who has fled to Armenia has
    returned to the United States to face murder charges," he added.
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