Overview

• Menashe Hidra was found dead in his Valley Village apartment with a puncture wound to the head after a welfare check by police on April 26.
• Aleksandre Modebadze, 47, was beaten to death earlier the same day in his Woodland Hills home; three Georgian nationals have been arrested and charged in connection with his murder.
• Police have ruled out any connection between the two killings but are investigating the motives behind each incident.
• LAPD is conducting an internal review of its responses to 911 calls at both scenes, where officers initially failed to enter the premises despite reports of violence.
• The suspect in Hidra’s killing remains at large, described as a Hispanic male aged 30-40, with police releasing surveillance footage to aid in the search.