Glendale News Press
LATimes.com
September 17 2004

Officials seek help in finding man

Police look for help in disappearance of man who was last seen more
than a year ago in Glendale.

By Jackson Bell, News-Press

NORTHEAST GLENDALE – Glendale investigators are asking the public to
help find Grigor “Vrej” Adamyan, a man they believe could help them
track down a missing Downey man who was last seen in Glendale more
than a year ago.

A few months ago, police received additional leads in the long-running
investigation of Martin Pogosian’s disappearance that pointed them
toward Adamyan, Sgt. Steve Davey said, adding that Adamyan, who is
a 52-year-old male of average height and weight, is believed to have
business ties to Pogosian.

“We’ve got new information that Adamyan has some knowledge of either
where [Pogosian] is or what happened to him,” Davey said, adding that
he could not release details because the investigation is ongoing.

Pogosian, a manager of a medical clinic in Los Angeles, was last seen
Jan. 23, 2003, leaving a business meeting at a strip mall in the
1200 block of South Glendale Avenue. He had a dispute while on the
phone and then drove to downtown Los Angeles, where he disappeared,
Davey said. At the time, Pogosian was 33.

Pogosian’s family spoke with him by cellphone the next day, a few
hours before a “large” kidnap ransom was delivered to an unknown
Armenian man in Los Angeles, police said.

On Jan. 31, Pogosian’s white 2001 Range Rover was found near Andover
Drive and Glenoaks Boulevard in Burbank.

“Foul play might be a possibility, but we don’t know,” Davey said.
“He could possibly be dead.”

Glendale Police is part of a multi-agency taskforce investigating the
case. Other agencies include the Los Angeles Police and Los Angeles
County Sheriff’s departments, and the FBI.

Pogosian is Armenian; is 5-feet-9; weighs 180 pounds; and has brown
hair and eyes.

Anyone who has information can call Glendale Police at 548-4840.
Anonymous tips can be made by calling Crime Stoppers at 507-7867.