Officers and FBI agents arrested three suspects for what’s revealing itself to be a brutal Woodland Hills home invasion homicide, police announced Sunday night.
The murder happened in the early morning hours of Saturday, April 26, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
LAPD initially investigated it as a suspicious death after the victim was found in his home across the street from Woodland Hills Elementary School.
It was just before 1 a.m. when police arrived at the home on the 22200 block of De La Osa Street and found the victim, later identified as 47-year-old Aleksandre Modebadze, suffering from what was only described as a head injury.
Details are limited, but LAPD said that paramedics arrived and pronounced Modebadze dead at the scene.
Homicide detectives began conducting follow-ups, during which they determined that three suspects had entered the victim’s home, held him captive and assaulted him, resulting in his death.
“The suspects fled the location with the victim’s property,” the department said in a release. No further information about the attack was immediately provided.
LAPD said that officers, with help from the FBI, located the suspects within hours after discovering Modebadze’s death.
The first suspect, identified as 38-year-old Paata Kochyashvili, was taken into custody in the area of Sepulveda Boulevard and Burbank Boulevard.
The next two suspects, according to police, were taken into custody together in the 400 block of Burchett Street in Glendale. They were identified as 46-year-old Zaza Otarashvili and 52-year-old Besiki Khutsishvili,
All three suspects were booked for murder, and they are each being held on $2 million bail.
Anyone with information about this case is asked to contact the Operation Valley Bureau at 818-374-9550. During non-business hours or on weekends, calls should be directed to 1-877-LAPD-24-7 (1-877-527-3247).
Anyone wishing to remain anonymous should call the L.A. Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (800-222-8477) or go directly to www.lacrimestoppers.org.
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