Westlake Village man, 57, found dead at airport

The body of 57-year-old Westlake Village resident Robert Lee Scoville was discovered in Parking Structure 3 at Los Angeles International Airport with at least one gunshot wound to the upper torso.

At around 2:45 a.m. on May 1 an airport custodian on a break noticed a man slumped over the steering wheel of a late-model BMW parked at LAX, said Marshall Lowe, airport media spokesperson.

"The police were called and the man was found to have a gunshot wound to his torso," Lowe said.

After an autopsy was performed on Scoville, the police put a security hold on information related to the case, Chief Los Angeles County Coroner Craig Harvey said. Harvey refused to release any Parvin said.

Local city managers were scheduled to meet sometime this month to discuss the greenbelt agreement and the Reagan Library annexation issue. information about Scoville except for his name, age, birth date and hometown.

LAPD Homicide Detective Mike DePasquale said additional investigation was necessary before it could be determined if the death was a homicide or a suicide.

Drug and alcohol test results will take about 60 days.

Other examinations such as gunpowder residue tests were also being done.

The detective noted that a gun found near the body is in police custody.

He declined to comment about the number of bullets fired or whether Scoville had been shot while in the car.

"It's going to take a month or longer before we can say anything more," DePasquale said.

He said that more suicides than homicides were discovered inside the airport parking structures.

"We have several cases of suicide there every year," he said.

- - Nancy Needham