Still no answers for the family of murder victim Juan Aguon

The family of a man shot to death in Mangilao is looking for answers - and they say they aren't getting any almost a month after Juan Aguon was murdered.

"It's really tragic because they took away a father to these three boys," Aguon's sister Nadine Aguon Valino said. "They took my brother, my mom's son and he's the youngest in our family."

Their mother, Sonja Aguon, also spoke with KUAM about their loss.


"My son was an altar boy, a football player, a baseball player, a very kind-hearted person," she said. "I just don't understand how it got to this. Where somebody hated him so much to just go to our house and shoot him with a shotgun."

The search for Juan Aguon's killer continues. He was gunned down in front of his Mangilao home at 2 a.m. on Dec. 11.

The grieving mother and sister remember the day Juan Aguon was killed and the frustrations that grew from it.

"The day my son died we came from Naval Hospital," Sonja Aguon said. "We were there for five hours sitting in the emergency room to find out that my son was already dead. Then they said he was in custody of GPD and we couldn't see him. So that hurt us more waiting there. Then they took us to a room, gave us a box of Kleenex and told us 'sorry your son is gone, but you cannot see him.'"

Both women say the first time they saw Juan after he was shot - at a family viewing on Dec. 27, more than two weeks after he was murdered.
And it isn't just his siblings and mother who are missing Juan Aguon--his three sons are also struggling to make sense of what happened.

"Of course, it's very heartfelt for his kids and trying to explain o this one how his dad cannot hold him, how he cannot carry him or talk to him is the hardest thing," Valino said. "These kids love their father."

They also say they haven't heard much from the Guam Police Department.

"It's going on four weeks," Valino said. "Jan. 11 will be one month since my brother's death and we haven't heard anything."

"I want the police department to give us some feedback to tell us what's going on or what they are doing to try and solve this case," Sonja Aguon said.

Police say the case is still under investigation. But the family says they're concerned not enough is being done by the administration and senators to address crime and public safety. Juan Aguon's sister calling out Adelup's new public safety plan for being too little too late.

"By the end of 2020 they're going to hire 100 people," Valino questioned. "It's too late. What about the criminal investigation department? If they're understaffed, why can't they pull some federal people in from the FBI to help solve these crimes? What are we going to do? Wait until more people are dying? They need to step up."

As police continue to look for leads in the case, the family is reaching out for help. they tell KUAM the suspect was seen riding away from the scene on a light-colored moped or scooter.

They say surveillance video from their home was taken by police, but they tell us it showed Juan Aguon smoking a cigarette outside his house, he walked outside of the camera's view and as he was walking back towards the house he was shot in the back.

"Anybody that knows anything about what happened that night to my brother, please come forward," Valino said.

The family fears with GPD's staffing shortages, Juan Aguon's murder could become a cold case.


"I only have two sons, putting him with his dad in the ground was the most painful thing for me," Sonja Aguon said. "It's not supposed to be the kids being buried. They're supposed to bury me first, before them. But I'm burying my son and he's the first one to go and that's the most painful thing anyone can go through and I don't wish it on anyone else, that's why they have to find the killer."

If You have any information that can help crack this case, call GPD dispatch at 472-8911or leave a tip at guam.crimestoppersweb.com.