father: Leonid_Khazanov@baruch.cuny.edu
ALEKSANDR KHAZANOV, 22, BRILLIANT, DISTURBED, DISAPPEARED
A local Jewish tragedy, Brooklyn,
June, 2001.
Genius Immigrant Missing In B'klyn
June 17, 2001 -- A genius Russian immigrant - who
suffers from mood disorders and disorientation -
vanished from his Brooklyn home, leaving only a note
saying he was going to the library. Aleksandr
Khazanov, 22, left his Ocean Parkway home last
Sunday morning on his mountain bike without his
mood-stabilizing medication. When Alex's parents,
Leonid and Anna Khazanov, didn't hear from him by 10
p.m., they reported him missing. "He was in the
habit of calling when he was running late," said
Leonid Khazanov, who in 1992 moved his family to the
United States from St. Petersburg, Russia, where
they received anti-Semitic threats.
"When he didn't show up, we began to worry." Leonid
Khazanov, a math professor at Baruch College, said
he expected to speak with police during the week -
but didn't sit down with a detective until Friday.
They told him a check of hospitals and morgues had
been fruitless.
Police sources said the parents told investigators the young man "is thought
to
be suicidal." Leonid and Anna Khazanov told The Post they fear they may
never
see their son again. "We're not simply worried; we are completely devastated,"
Leonid Khazanov said. "We are positive something really bad happened."
Leonid Khazanov said his son's mood swings might have gotten him in trouble.
"If he had been robbed, he might have gotten frustrated. He might have
become
confused and disoriented," he said.
(NY Post)
B'klyn Student, 22, Missing a Week
A brilliant math doctoral student from Brooklyn is
missing, and his worried parents are seeking the public's
help in finding him. Aleksandr Khazanov, 22, of Ocean
Parkway in Parkville, disappeared last Sunday, his
father, Leonid Khazanov, said. Aleksandr Khazanov had
been on medication for depression but did not take any
with him, Leonid Khazanov said. Aleksandr left a note on
the kitchen table that said, in Russian, "I went to a
library," his father said.
"We expected him to come back on the same day, but he
never did," Khazanov said. Aleksandr was reported missing
Tuesday. Khazanov said his son's dark-green mountain bike
was gone, but that no other items appeared to be missing.
"Many people are telling us to be optimistic, but I am
not because he used to always call us to tell us where he
was," Khazanov said. "He wasn't strong enough on the day
he left and he was not prepared for a long trip."
(NY Daily News)
From: News and Views | City Beat |
Sunday, June 17, 2001
B'klyn Student, 22,
Missing a Week
By MARTIN MBUGUA
Daily News Staff Writer
brilliant math doctoral student from Brooklyn is
missing, and his worried parents are seeking the
public's help in finding him.
Aleksandr Khazanov, 22, of Ocean Parkway in
Parkville, disappeared last Sunday, his father, Leonid
Khazanov, said. Aleksandr Khazanov had been on
medication for depression but did not take any with
him, Leonid Khazanov said.
Aleksandr left a note on the kitchen table that said,
in Russian, "I went to a library," his father said.
"We expected him to come back on the same day,
but he never did," Khazanov said. Aleksandr was
reported missing Tuesday.
Khazanov said his son's dark-green mountain bike
was gone, but that no other items appeared to be
missing.
"Many people are telling us to be optimistic, but I
am not because he used to always call us to tell us
where he was," Khazanov said. "He wasn't strong
enough on the day he left and he was not prepared
for a long trip."
The graduate of Stuyvesant High School was on the
team that won first place with a perfect score for the
United States at the 1994 International Mathematical
Olympiad.
Aleksandr Khazanov was last seen wearing a red,
long-sleeved shirt, brown velvet pants and black
sneakers. He had a black pouch fastened around his
waist.
Police said they are investigating the disappearance.
06/16/2001 11:53:27
ALEKSANDR KHAZANOV (22) - missing since
06/12/01
NEW YORK , N.Y.
22-year-old Mathematics student reported
missing --(A/P)--The parents of a prize-winning
math student have reported their son missing after
he did not return from what they initially thought
was a trip to the library.