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DPS has yet to identify remains
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Posted on Aug 16 2011
The Department of Public Safety is still trying to determine the identity of the human bones found in Kagman III, even as family members strongly believe that the remains belong to Ricardo Muña Quitugua, who just turned 72 last week.
Police officer Jason Tarkong said yesterday that there is no update yet on the identity of the remains, but that DPS is trying to get the service of Guam medical examiner Aurelio Espinola. Tarkong said he is not certain whether Espinola is available.
Press secretary Angel Demapan said that DPS has not provided him any update about the investigation.
Elbert Quitugua and his sister, Anicia Tomokane, told Saipan Tribune that the family strongly believes that the remains belong to their uncle, Ricardo Muña Quitugua.
Elbert Quitugua said he checked his uncle’s shack in Kagman III, but he was not there. He said neighbors also told him that they never saw the old man in the last two weeks.
Elbert Quitugua said that investigators had informed him that an identification card belonging to his uncle was recovered at the site where the bones were found on Sunday.
The area where the bones were found was Ricardo Quitugua’s daily morning routine path from his shack to CYC Kagman Market, where he routinely purchases newspapers, food, and other items.
DPS is treating the case as a homicide.
