LOS ANGELES >> A Los Angeles jury ruled Wednesday that an elderly Montebello man was sane when he strangled his wife at the couple’s Montebello apartment in 2012, officials said.
The jury convicted Baghdo Hayrapetyan, 75, of second-degree murder Oct. 30 for the March 5, 2012, death of 63-year-old Anahit Hayrapetyan at an apartment in the 2000 block of West Whittier Boulevard, Los Angeles County District Attorney’s officials said in a written statement. But the Baghdo Hayrapetyan maintained that he was not guilty by reason of insanity.
The same jury found Wednesday that the convict was sane when he killed his wife during an argument, officials said.
Baghdo Hayrapetyan is due back in Los Angeles Superior Court Feb. 10 to be sentenced by Judge Sam Ohta, district attorney’s officials said. He faces 15 years to life in state prison.
The convicted killer was being held without bail in the meantime at the Twin Towers Correctional Facility in Los Angeles.
Family members found the body of Anahit Hayrapetyan, along with and unconscious and bleeding Baghdo Hayrapetyan at their apartment, Lt. Ed Hernandez of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau said. Detectives determined the man’s severe stab wounds were self-inflicted.