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Calif. man arrested in Las Vegas pleads guilty in son’s death

Aramazd Andressian Sr., appears in Los Angeles County Superior Court in Alhambra, Tuesday Aug. 1, 2017, to change his plea to guilty in the killing of his 5-year-old son, Aramazd Andressian Jr. The prosecution announced during the plea hearing that Andressian will face a term of 25 years to life when he’s sentenced on Aug. 23. (Al Seib/Los Angeles Times via AP, Pool)
In this image taken from video, Ana Estevez, the mother of 5-year-old Aramazd Andressian Jr., carries an urn with her son's remains as she leaves a court hearing in Alhambra, Calif., Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. The boy's father Aramazd Andressian Sr. pleaded guilty in the killing. (AP Photo/Mike Balsamo)
Aramazd Andressian Sr., accused in his 5-year-old son's death, enters the courtroom in Los Angeles County Superior Court in Alhambra Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. Andressian Sr. changed his plea in the killing to guilty and will be sentenced to 25 years to life in prison when he returns to court on Aug. 23. (Al Seib/Los Angeles Times via AP, Pool)
In this image taken from video, Ana Estevez, the mother of 5-year-old Aramazd Andressian Jr., carries an urn with her son's remains as she leaves a court hearing in Alhambra, Calif., Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. The boy's father Aramazd Andressian Sr. pleaded guilty in the killing. (AP Photo/Mike Balsamo)
Aramazd Andressian Sr., accused in his 5-year-old son's death, enters the courtroom in Los Angeles County Superior Court in Alhambra Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. Andressian Sr. changed his plea in the killing to guilty and will be sentenced to 25 years to life in prison when he returns to court on Aug. 23. (Al Seib/Los Angeles Times via AP, Pool)
Aramazd Andressian Sr., right, appears in Los Angeles County Superior Court in Alhambra, Tuesday Aug. 1, 2017, to change his plea to guilty in the killing of his 5-year-old son, Aramazd Andressian Jr. The prosecution announced during the plea hearing that Andressian will face a term of 25 years to life when he’s sentenced on Aug. 23. (Al Seib/Los Angeles Times via AP, Pool)
Aramazd Andressian Sr., 35, was arrested June 23 on suspicion of killing his 5-year-old son. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department)
Aramazd Andressian Jr. (Facebook/Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department)
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By Michael Balsamo The Associated Press
August 1, 2017 - 10:35 am
 

LOS ANGELES — A California man pleaded guilty Tuesday to killing his 5-year-old son after a family trip to Disneyland, setting off a search for the boy that lasted more than two months before his body was found near a lake.

Prosecutors contend Aramazd Andressian Sr., 35, killed his son, Aramazd Andressian Jr., to get back at his estranged wife. Investigators have refused to say how the boy was killed or what evidence linked the father to the boy’s death. Andressian was arrested June 23 in Las Vegas.

The boy’s mother, Ana Estevez, wept in the front row of the courtroom as she held the urn with her son’s ashes. She was surrounded by family members — all holding hands and sobbing.

Andressian Sr. entered the plea to first-degree murder in Los Angeles County Superior Court in Alhambra. He previously pleaded not guilty to a murder charge and was being held on $10 million bail.

Los Angeles County sheriff’s investigators have said they believe the boy was killed April 21 after a family trip to Disneyland. The next day, his father was found passed out in a park in Pasadena and police began searching for the boy.

The boy’s body was found on June 30 near Lake Cachuma outside Santa Barbara — about 145 miles away from Disneyland.

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