Omar Mohammed S Alrajhi was 36 years old when he died on Monday, May 3, 2021, in the Westlake area of Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at 1135 W. 7th St. His death was ruled a homicide, and it is listed under the agency code CBH, which appears to refer to the Los Angeles Police Department's Central Bureau Homicide unit.
The Los Angeles Times Homicide Report recorded his death in a single sentence drawn from coroner's records. It described him as "a 36-year-old white male" who "died Monday, May 3, after being stabbed near 1135 W. 7th St. in Westlake." The entry did not say whether the address was his home, a business or the place where he was found, and no follow-up story appears to have been written.
Nothing in the public record says where he was from, how long he had been in Los Angeles or whether he had family here.
Beyond his name, his age and the place where he died, almost nothing about Omar Mohammed S Alrajhi has been made public. No obituary, memorial page or family fundraiser could be found for this story, and no news outlet appears to have reported on the death. He surely had family, friends or neighbors who remember who he was, but none of that has entered the public record. Searches for his full name returned almost nothing. A short form of the name appears in a large contact list and on a social media account that cannot be connected to him, and nothing else surfaced.
Because so little has been released, even the basic circumstances remain unknown to the public. The record does not say whether he was stabbed during a fight or a robbery, attacked by a stranger or by someone he knew, or hurt indoors or on the street. It does not say what time of day he was hurt, whether he died at the scene or later at a hospital, whether anyone saw what happened, or whether investigators ever identified a suspect.
Westlake lies just west of downtown Los Angeles and is one of the most densely populated neighborhoods in the city. It grew up in the early twentieth century around Westlake Park, now MacArthur Park, and its older apartment buildings and hotels later became home to many working families and newcomers to the city. Seventh Street is a major east-west street that runs from downtown into the neighborhood, lined with apartments, shops and offices. The area is busy at almost every hour, with heavy foot and bus traffic.
Los Angeles recorded about 260 homicides a year in 2018 and 2019, among the lowest yearly totals in more than half a century, yet many of those killings still went unsolved. The spring of 2021 came during the coronavirus pandemic.
No arrest, criminal charge or court case connected to the death of Omar Mohammed S Alrajhi could be found in news archives or public records. More than four years later, there is no public sign that anyone has been held responsible. Anyone who knew a 36-year-old man named Omar Alrajhi, or who was near the 1100 block of West 7th Street in early May 2021, may hold information that could help detectives. Even a small detail, such as a name overheard, a vehicle seen nearby or a conversation remembered, can help detectives move a case forward. Anyone with information can call the Los Angeles Police Department at 877-527-3247 or leave an anonymous tip with Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS.
