Aleksandr Bentsionovich Markzitser, a 44-year-old white male, was found dead on June 8, 2004, at 921 N. Sierra Bonita in West Hollywood. According to Los Angeles County coroner records, his cause of death was listed as strangulation. The death was investigated by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
Little public information about Markzitser's life, family or occupation appears in the available records; the primary public notice is the coroner's listing noting his age, race and cause of death. The record identifies the scene location in West Hollywood and the official agency handling the case, but does not supply narrative details about circumstances leading to his death, suspects, or witness accounts.
There is no public record located in the sources reviewed indicating an arrest, charge, conviction, or that the case has been closed. The coroner's entry remains the authoritative public record found for this death; no follow-up news reports, press releases, court records or reward notices linked to this specific name and incident were identified in the searches performed. As of the information available in public coroner records, the investigation remains unsolved with no arrests reported. Anyone with information about this case should contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department or the West Hollywood station to provide tips to investigators.
