Brett Ryan Maremont was 59 years old when he died on Friday, December 10, 2021, in Del Aire, an unincorporated community on the border of El Segundo in the South Bay area of Los Angeles County. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at 11810 Aviation Blvd. His death was ruled a homicide, and it is listed as a case of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
The Los Angeles Times Homicide Report described him as "a 59-year-old white male" who "died Friday, Dec. 10, after being stabbed near 11810 Aviation Blvd. in Del Aire." The Times entry listed the case under a different agency code, but news reports at the time made clear that the Sheriff's Department handled it.
According to City News Service reports carried by the Daily Breeze, CBS Los Angeles and MyNewsLA, deputies responded at 11:08 p.m.
that Friday to the 11800 block of Aviation Boulevard, south of the Glenn Anderson Freeway, on an assault with a deadly weapon call. They "found Maremont suffering from stab wounds," said Deputy Miguel Meza of the Sheriff's Information Bureau. He was pronounced dead at the scene. There was "no suspect information available," and deputies had not recovered the murder weapon. A coroner's lieutenant said his city of residence was not available.
Those few facts are all that has been made public. The reports did not say whether he was attacked outdoors or inside a building, whether he knew the person who stabbed him, or what led to the attack. No obituary, memorial page or family fundraiser could be found for this story, and no later news report appears to have followed up on the case. Maremont is an uncommon surname, which may make it easier for someone who knew him to recognize it.
The late hour suggests that the stabbing happened when traffic on Aviation Boulevard had thinned, but drivers, workers leaving late shifts or people waiting nearby may still have seen something without realizing its importance.
Del Aire is a small unincorporated pocket of Los Angeles County between El Segundo, Hawthorne and Lawndale, just southeast of Los Angeles International Airport. It is largely residential, with modest single-family homes, and it is bordered by busy roads and freeways, including the 105 Freeway, which carries traffic to and from the airport. Aviation Boulevard is a major north-south road through the area, lined with industrial buildings, aerospace offices and businesses tied to the airport and the El Segundo job center. Because Del Aire has no city government of its own, homicides there are investigated by the Sheriff's Department's Homicide Bureau.
Hundreds of people are killed in Los Angeles County every year, and a large share of those killings end without an arrest.
No arrest, criminal charge or court case connected to the death of Brett Ryan Maremont could be found in news archives or public records. More than four years later, there is no public sign that anyone has been held responsible. Anyone who was on or near the 11800 block of Aviation Boulevard late on the night of December 10, 2021, or who knew a 59-year-old man named Brett Maremont, may hold information that could help. Even a small detail, such as a name overheard, a vehicle seen nearby or a conversation remembered, can help detectives move a case forward. Anyone with information can contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500, or leave an anonymous tip with Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS.
