Maria Victoria Kozloyan, 5

Oct. 16, 2020

Maria Victoria Kozloyan, a 5-year-old white female, died Sunday, June 14, after being stabbed near 609 Howard Ave. in Montebello, according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records.

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Maria was a bright light. So sweet & full of life. My daughter Jocelyn & Maria were in ballet class together, at Untouchable Dance Studio in Montebello. I would often talk to her mom, not realizing she was suffering deeply. I don’t remember Maria’s mother’s name, but she & I would talk often about how lonely she felt here; that she couldn’t communicate in Armenian, or English or Spanish because she didn’t know the languages well. She told me she was Russian & that all her family & friends were in Russia & she felt so lonely. (Had I known in retrospect, I would have done more to help her).
She mentioned once that she had began taking English classes. I told her how happy I was for her that she was taking the classes, and that she’d be communicating better in no time. I heard the horrendous news months later from my hair stylist, who is Armenian, like Maria’s father. As I sat on the stylists chair, I felt the life leave my body. We had gotten close to Maria & her mom, eventhough it was once a week when we’d see them. We would take snacks to share with Maria. For some beautiful reason, Maria always gravitated to my daughter Jocelyn. There were other little girls in the ballet class, but Maria always was side by side with Jocelyn. Upon hearing the news, I cried for several days every day. My daughter, who is 8, asked me why I kept crying so much, and asked me to please tell her. So I did. I told her Maria, from ballet, was in heaven. My daughter began to cry, as she understood what that meant. With tears in her eyes, she went into her bedroom. I heard her moving things around & she later came out with a butterfly hair clip Maria had given her at a ballet practice. I began to bawl. Maria, unknowingly, had left us a little memento. Since then, beautiful coincidences have happened & I can’t help but think that Maria cared about us too & that’s why certain situations have happened. We loved her very much. She was a well-behaved, sweet, little girl. And we miss her deeply.
I came across this article via Google, because yesterday was Maria’s birthday and I wanted to see if I could find any information on her mother; which jail or perhaps mental institution she may be at. I feel bad for her. Her postpartum depression took her out of reality & now, she’s without her daughter too.
I heard Maria’s father is not right in the head now either, after what he saw that day he discovered.
Devastating events. Breaks my heart.

— Janette B. Jan. 20, 2021 at 10:15 a.m.