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topicnews · July 17, 2025

The missing 75-year-old man in Madera County was murdered and buried in Mojave desert: MPs

The missing 75-year-old man in Madera County was murdered and buried in Mojave desert: MPs


Madera County, California (KFSN) – Robert “Bob” Boyajian, the 75-year-old missing man in Madera County, was murdered and buried, according to the MPs.

Boyajian has been in real estate business for almost 45 years and was known both in the municipalities of Bass Lake and Fresno.

On Monday at 5 p.m., Madera County's office said, one of the Boyajian employees asked for an appointment to make an appointment that has missed an appointment and could not be reached.

The MPs went to his house and found his truck, his briefcase and his Apple watch, but his cell phone, his wallet and bed linen were missing.

The authorities tried access to the surveillance cameras and spoke to someone who previously worked for Boyajian, but learned that the cameras were offline.

The person took deputies to where a DVR should have been, but it was missing.

Bank records and safety material showed a payout of 1,000 US dollars from its account shortly before 8:30 p.m.

This person was identified as an 21-year-old Audikk Matevosian, who directed the MPs about the DVR location.

The MPs received a search command in Matevosian's parents at home in Clovis, where he also lived.

Sheriff Tyson Pogue said Matevosian repeatedly referred to Boyajian in the past and first told the MP that he had died by suicide. Later he changed the story and told MP Boyajian for help with the end of his life.

Matevosian finally confessed to murder Boyajian on Saturday and to bury him in a cave in the Mojave desert. He claimed that Boyajian had wrongly spoken of his family and wanted some of the business of the businessman.

The MPs say that Matevosian bought a corpse bag at Amazon at least a week earlier and rented a vehicle that caused them to assume that the murder was deliberately.

Records show that Matevosian Boyajian named Boyajian ensured that he was at home. He also spent the night in Bass Lake when the MPs said he murdered Boyajian in his sleep.

Boyajian's body was wrapped in the bed linen, placed in the corpse bag and brought into the desert.

The deputies went into the desert and found the body.

Matevosian told the MPs that Boyajian had previously brought him to this place.

The authorities found two weapons in Matevosian's house, one of which was registered with Boyajian.

The victim's cell phone was found near Woodward Park and his wallet was hidden in Matevosian's gym. The shovel used in the funeral was also found.

Matevosian is expected to appear in court on Friday.

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