Mother, family believe Jack was murdered

The mother and the family of Traina Suda Jack believe that the 18-year-old Chuuk native, whose remains were found in the jungle area near Obyan Beach, was murdered and dumped in the area.

Roxanne Suda Tammy, 20, a security guard, also disclosed to Saipan Tribune yesterday that she identified a rubber wristband with the word “music” in it, a basketball short pants, and bra that police officers recovered and showed them last week as those that belonged to her younger sister, Jack.

In this photo released by the Department of Public Safety shows Traina Suda Jack is shown wearing a wristband with the word “MUSIC” in it. Police recovered the wristband along with a short pants and bra in the jungle area near Obyan Beach, where the remains of Jack were found last week.

Recky Jack Suda, 40, a housekeeping staff at Saipan World Resort, told Saipan Tribune yesterday that she and the family believe that her daughter was killed.

Suda, however, stated that they have no idea who killed her daughter because she does not have an enemy.

“She’s a quiet person. She likes to go out with friends. She’s very friendly,” said the mother, who burst into tears during the interview.

Suda said her other daughter called her at work last Wednesday that police officers went to their house in Chinatown and informed them that the remains found in Obyan were those of Jack.

“I was shocked. Heartbroken,” she said.

Suda said the police should listen to people because in her daughter’s case, they kept telling her that she was just hiding somewhere.

“I knew that my daughter was somewhere…suffering,” she said, adding that she and the family went around the island to look for her.

Suda said police did not pay attention to her daughter’s disappearance.

The mother filed an official missing person’s complaint with the Department of Public Safety on Oct. 26, 2014. Jack was last seen on Oct. 22, 2014.

Suda and her family will see Jack’s remains at the Commonwealth Health Center’s morgue today, Tuesday. Burial will be at the Tanapag Cemetery on Thursday at 10am.

Roxanne Tammy said they believe that someone killed her sister because she was not mad when she left their house that day and that Obyan is too far.

Tammy said that Jack left their house in Chinatown on Oct. 22, 2014, to go to a male friend named June.

Tammy said June later dropped Jack at their aunt’s house in San Antonio.

Jack was drunk when she left the San Antonio house at midnight on foot. She was supposed to meet a friend in Koblerville, according to Tammy.

That was the last time Jack was seen.

Tammy said Jack’s cellphone was in a shop and at that time she was using their mother’s cellphone.

She said Jack left their mother’s cellphone in the San Antonio house.

Tammy said she was shocked when police officers went to their house last Wednesday and informed the family that the remains found were that of her sister.

Tammy said although she has yet to see the bones, she is convinced the remains were that of her sister when the officers showed her and their father the wristband that she was always wearing.

She said the officers also showed them Jack’s basketball-style short pants and bra.

Tammy said their father would not say it but they knew Jack was his favorite among his children.

“My sister does not like to be bothered, but she’s fun to be with. She likes everybody to laugh,” Tammy said.

A cattle manager saw the remains in the jungle area near Obyan Beach, about 15 feet from the shoulder of the road located across Torres farm last May 11.

Last Thursday, DPS Commissioner James C. Deleon Guerrero confirmed that the remains were that of Jack.

Deleon Guerrero said that, using a photograph that shows dental features, Guam chief medical examiner Dr. Aurelio Espinola positively identified the remains as that of Jack.

Espinola’s autopsy did not reveal any type of identifiable trauma such as fracture, stab, or gunshot.

Espinola, however, stated that further microscopic analysis on bone fragments from the skull is needed to determine the cause of death.

DPS has yet to release information whether microscopic analysis has already been done.