Scott Segobiano was 42 years old when he died in Woodland Hills, at the western end of the San Fernando Valley. He was stabbed late on the night of Saturday, September 6, 2008, and the coroner's records list his date of death as Sunday, September 7. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at 21904 Ventura Blvd. His death was ruled a homicide, and it is listed as a Los Angeles Police Department West Valley Division case.
The Los Angeles Times Homicide Report described him as "42, a white man," who "was stabbed to death in a parking lot at 21904 Ventura Boulevard about 11:55 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6." LAPD Officer Ana Aguirre told the paper that West Valley officers "responded to a call of a body found in a parking lot."
When they arrived, officers saw that the man "had been stabbed numerous times," and paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene.
The police account included something many such entries lack: a description of a possible suspect. Aguirre said police "were searching for a heavyset white man who was wearing light-colored clothing at the time of the incident." She added that "The motive for the stabbing was unknown." The Times entry asked anyone with information to call West Valley homicide detectives at (818) 374-7725 and noted that callers could remain anonymous.
The fact that he was reported as a body found suggests that no one called for help while the attack was happening, and that whoever found him may not have seen it. The record does not say whether Segobiano lived or worked nearby, whether he had parked there or was walking through, or whether anything was taken from him. A genealogy listing records a Scott Michael Segobiano who was born on August 3, 1966, and died at 42 on September 7, 2008, details that match the coroner's record. Beyond that, no obituary, memorial page or family fundraiser could be found. Segobiano is an uncommon surname, and the other men who share his name, including a financial advisor and a tennis player in Illinois, cannot be connected to this death.
Woodland Hills sits at the western end of the San Fernando Valley, at the foot of the Santa Monica Mountains, within the city of Los Angeles. Ventura Boulevard is the Valley's best-known commercial street, running east and west along the southern edge of the Valley and lined with restaurants, shops, offices and small strip centers, most of them with parking lots in front or behind.
Homicides in Los Angeles fell steeply in the late 2000s and early 2010s, yet many killings from those years were never solved.
No arrest, criminal charge or court case connected to the death of Scott Segobiano could be found in news archives or public records. More than 17 years later, there is no public sign that anyone has been held responsible. Anyone who was on Ventura Boulevard in Woodland Hills late on the night of September 6, 2008, who saw a heavyset man in light-colored clothing in the area, or who knew Scott Segobiano and where he was going that night, may hold information that could help. 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 (877-LAPD-24-7), or leave an anonymous tip with Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS (8477).
