NV NV - Irma Mkrtchyan, 45, Las Vegas Valley, 19 Jan 2014

[jash]

Interesting article from this past January: http://www.lasvegasnow.com/news/missing-woman-case-remains-unsolved

After two years and no arrests in the case, Mkrtchyan's only brother has hired a private investigator Robert Clymer who is a former FBI agent and he has a theory.

"From what I understand, it may focus around Armenian organized crime," he said.

Clymer believes the Armenian mob may be involved in Irma's disappearance and it may be connected to identity theft.

 

[cybervampira]

Family provides new clues in search for missing Irma Mkrtchyan

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Marutyan began his own investigation and reviewed phone records. Marutyan says the records revealed Irma was using a second phone and was texting and calling two main numbers.

One of those numbers, Marutyan says, was a counseling center on East Sahara.

Marutyan says an employee there said Irma had a drug addiction problem and she was referred to a center in California.

Marutyan also learned from Irma's phone records that she was involved in some sort of religious group which had deadly aspirations.

"The only way to be close to God is to leave all of your material belongings and ultimately commit suicide," said Arthur Marutyan, Irma's son about the religious group's creed.

[...]

In the years since the disappearance, the family has been involved in a nasty fight between police, Irma's brother Davit Mkrtchyan over the cash and property seized during the investigation.

READ: MARUTYAN VS. LAS VEGAS METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT

Las Vegas police have agreed to sit down with 13 Action News about the facts in the case but has postponed the interview for December.

 

[cybervampira]

Police reveal details of missing Las Vegas mother

For the very first time, a Las Vegas Metro Police Homicide Lieutenant is revealing the clues investigators tracked down to try and solve a mysterious case of a Las Vegas mother who vanished without a trace nearly 5 years ago.

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"We're convinced that there was definitely foul play involved," said Lt. Ray Spencer with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department's Homicide Section.

"That's why we are leading the investigation," added Spencer

Investigators say the facts simply did not add up or clearly point to what happened to Irma when she vanished on Jan. 19, 2014.

"Two separate [text] messages that were sent, very different messages, that kind of basically [were meant] to throw somebody off that she was missing," said Spencer.

The messages were the focus of what was believed to be Irma's final moments.

In one supposed message sent from Irma's phone, she told her ex-husband she was going to California for a business trip.

In another, Irma sent a message to her boss that she was leaving to attend a funeral in California.

"There was some cell phone data that we analyzed and we know when we were told he had left to go to work, we know she never left with her phone," said Spencer.

"That phone never left the house that evening," added Spencer.

[...]

 

[jash]

Police reveal details of missing Las Vegas mother

For the very first time, a Las Vegas Metro Police Homicide Lieutenant is revealing the clues investigators tracked down to try and solve a mysterious case of a Las Vegas mother who vanished without a trace nearly 5 years ago.

[...]

"We're convinced that there was definitely foul play involved," said Lt. Ray Spencer with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department's Homicide Section.

"That's why we are leading the investigation," added Spencer

Investigators say the facts simply did not add up or clearly point to what happened to Irma when she vanished on Jan. 19, 2014.

"Two separate [text] messages that were sent, very different messages, that kind of basically [were meant] to throw somebody off that she was missing," said Spencer.

The messages were the focus of what was believed to be Irma's final moments.

In one supposed message sent from Irma's phone, she told her ex-husband she was going to California for a business trip.

In another, Irma sent a message to her boss that she was leaving to attend a funeral in California.

"There was some cell phone data that we analyzed and we know when we were told he had left to go to work, we know she never left with her phone," said Spencer.

"That phone never left the house that evening," added Spencer.

[...]

This case is such a mystery. In both text messages sent from her phone, the messages said she would be back on Friday. I can't remember if her phone is missing as well.

This is the first I've heard about the key to her car being left behind the gas flap. Why would anyone do that, unless they had arranged for someone else to come retrieve the vehicle at a later time.

 

[skybluesea]

Bump

 

[TwinkieDefense]

Jan 18-19, 2024 article

Clark County Unsolved: 10 years since Las Vegas mom's disappearance

Irma Mkrtchyan went missing in Las Vegas in January 2014, but it quickly turned into a homicide investigation with many questions.

www.ktnv.com

[…]

Metro Police began to investigate any involvement with her ex-husband Ara Marutyan, her adult son Arthur, and her adult daughter Dianna.

Her ex-husband and son told investigators that Irma had developed a drug problem and said she ended up in Mexico as part of what they called "a religious awakening."

[…]

 

[AmandaSkis]

1) Has it been confirmed if she was supposed to do a work trip in California?
2) Why were she and her ex still living together, five years after the divorce?
3) During those five years, did either of them date other people?
4) Did the $74,000 cash ever get explained?
5) What is the source of income for the ex?

 

[jash]

I often think of Irma. I hope there is justice for her one day.

 

[Pennysmom1]

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Irma Mkrtchyan – The Charley Project

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Mkrtchyan, circa 2014

• Date of Birth 06/12/1968 (56)
• Age 45 years old
• Height and Weight 5'5, 120 - 135 pounds
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• Clothing/Jewelry Description A dark-colored leather band-type necklace with a large silver leaf-shaped medallion.
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• Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Blonde hair, brown/hazel eyes. Mkrtchyan was born in Soviet Armenia and can speak and read Armenian and Russian fluently, as well as English. Her ears are pierced.

<<Mkrtchyan and Marutyan divorced in 2007 after a sixteen-year marriage; he claims the parting was amicable. However, other witnesses stated Mkrtchyan had once been brutally beaten by her husband, and that she told her daughter and others that she was afraid he might kill her. Her brother, who lives in New York City, stated he didn't think Mkrtchyan would have abandoned her family, especially as their mother had had a recent heart attack>>

<<Mkrtchyan was born in Soviet Armenia and moved to the United States as an adult. She has a master's degree in mechanical engineering from an Armenian university, and also attended the Manhattan School of Computer Technology. She left behind her suitcase, all her clothes and her other belongings. She has no history of mental illness or unstable behavior and it's uncharacteristic of her to leave without warning.>>

 

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"Irma was a very, very dedicated mother," said Davit Mkrtchyan, Irma's brother.

"By the police report, Irma's case was the most mysterious case in the history of Nevada," he said

The search continues for Las Vegas woman that disappeared 11 years ago

The mysterious disappearance of Irma Mkrtchyan, a 45-year-old insurance agent, continues to baffle investigators and haunt her family 11 years after she was la

news3lv.com

 

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Jan 31, 2025 #nevada #News3LasVegas #video
It's been 11 years since 45-year-old Irma Mkrtchyan vanished without a trace.Her family getting help from a private investigator, and even a psychic but still no answers in this mysterious disappearance.

 

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"Irma was a very, very dedicated mother," said Davit Mkrtchyan, Irma's brother.

"By the police report, Irma's case was the most mysterious case in the history of Nevada," he said

The search continues for Las Vegas woman that disappeared 11 years ago

The mysterious disappearance of Irma Mkrtchyan, a 45-year-old insurance agent, continues to baffle investigators and haunt her family 11 years after she was la

news3lv.com

I believe it was her ex husband. I believe police know this as well. Her ex husband was abusive. There is more to the story if you dig into it. Her husband and children now live in Armenia, they are not active in the investigation, I believe because they all know what happened to her. They tried to say that Irma developed a drug habit and ran off to Mexico.