Woman murdered months after husband, daughter
Saturday, March 27, 2010

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (KABC) — Family members gathered at the home where
38-year-old Karine Hakobyan was shot and killed Friday night.

Homicide detectives said she carpooled to work, dropped off a
co-worker and came home but never got out of her car.

Relatives and neighbors found Hakobyan’s body, she had been shot in
the back in the head.

The way she was killed is similar to how her husband, 43-year-old
Khachik Safaryan and their 8-year-old daughter Lusine, were murdered
back in December of 2008. The couples teenage daughter came home from
school and found her little sister dead on the couch and their father
dead in a back room. They had also been shot in the head.

Police say Hakobyan moved out of the apartment because she didn’t want
to live where the murders took place. She moved a few blocks away when
a unit became available in the building where her daughters
grandparents live.

Relatives say they don’t know who is responsible for the murders and
detectives don’t know if it’s the work of the same person or group, or
if the killings are unrelated.

Police are lining up grief counselors to meet with the family.
Detectives say the family is devastated.

If you have any information that would help authorities in this case
you are asked to call the Los Angeles Police Department at
1-877-527-3247.

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