SUICIDE ENDS 2 TEENS' LIVES BODIES FOUND OFF VALLEY CIRCLE IDENTIFIED AS DISILLUSIONED YOUNG MEN.

Byline: Michael Gougis Staff Writer

The father of one of two teenage boys who authorities believe carried out a double-suicide pact on a remote hillside said Friday that his son was troubled and had discussed suicide many times.

``He was really frustrated with life,'' Bruce Deitch said of his son Noah, 18, of Van Nuys. ``He and his best friend would talk about how senseless it was to live. They were just so mad at human beings.

``He just kept saying, society's never going to get better, it's just going to get worse. We'd talk, and I'd tell him, 'You only have to be responsible for yourself, you don't have to take on the world.''

Noah Deitch and his best friend, Anthony Filippo, 19, of Woodland Hills, were found dead late Thursday on a remote hillside in the Moore Canyon area west of Valley Circle Boulevard by children riding bicycles, police said.

A gun was found near their bodies and Filippo's car was parked nearby. Authorities said the teens, who had been missing since Sept. 24, each appeared to have died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.

``It looks like a double suicide,'' said Los Angeles Police Department Detective Brad Roberts. ``It appears as though they both went up there with the intention of committing suicide.''

The two teens had spoken of ending their lives with sleeping pills, authorities said.

Filippo and Deitch had been best friends for five years, Noah's father said. The two played together in a band and had performed in clubs in the Valley and on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood. At one point, the two briefly shared an apartment. Deitch was living with his mother in Van Nuys when he became missing, his father said.

Filippo's relatives could not be reached for comment.

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