Culver City : Slaying Suspect Sought

Glendale Police are seeking assistance in finding an alleged Culver City gang member suspected of fatally stabbing a Glendale youth at a dance last September.

Detective Robert Masucci said Alain Montilla Francisco, 17, was identified by witnesses as the youth who stabbed Lysander Luis Gonzalez, 19, in the bathroom of the Glendale Masonic Temple on Sept. 20 while Gonzalez was trying to break up a fight.

Since then, however, efforts to locate Francisco in the United States, Canada or his native Philippines have been unsuccessful, and police said they think he is in hiding in California.

Police recently obtained court permission to release Francisco’s name and photograph to the media in the hope of receiving tips as to his whereabouts. Until then, his name had been kept confidential because he is a juvenile.