By Daily Press staff
A 77-year-old man found dead Tuesday marked Santa Monica’s first homicide of the year and may have been the result of a father-son dispute.
Pranas Brazinskas and his son, Algridas Brazinskas, 46, also known as Albert Victor White, apparently were involved in a struggle, during which the elder Brazinskas suffered several blows to the head with an unknown object, police said.
White called 9-1-1 shortly before 8 p.m. Tuesday, then hung up the phone. Once police arrived at the 900 block of 21st Street, between California Avenue and Washington Avenue, White met officers at the door and led them to his father’s body.
White was booked for murder and was being held at the Santa Monica Jail. The exact cause of his father’s death will be determined by an autopsy by the Los Angeles County Coroner’s office.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on February 8, 2002. Read the original PDF.