20 Year-Old Student Stabbed to Death

LOS ANGELES —Police asked for the public's help today in solving the murder of a 20 year-old student from Myanmar.
Zaw Htet, a student at Santa Monica City College, was found stabbed to death in an alley near West Pico Boulevard and Corning Street about 11:15 p.m. on July 10, said Officer Jason Lee, an LAPD spokesman.

Detectives are looking for John Aye Ko, also from Myanmar, as a "person of interest," Lee said.

Ko is between 28 and 32, 5 feet 7, weighs about 135 pounds and has black hair and brown eyes. He may be driving a light colored Toyota Camry and may also be with his wife, Mona, who is between 30 and 40, about 5 feet tall and has long, dark hair.

Anyone with information about the stabbing was asked to call homicide detectives at the LAPD's West Los Angeles Station at (310) 575-8917.

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Last Updated: Aug 7, 2003