As many as 700 mourners crowded into a Catholic church community hall in Sacramento Thursday for a mass celebrating the lives of a father and his infant son murdered in a suspected home invasion.
But for family and friends of Sean Aquitania, 21, and 7-month-old Sean Jr., the sadness is mixed with anger and frustration. Sacramento sheriff's detectives say they have very few leads to find the two suspects from last Friday's killings.
"As much support as we've seen from the community, it's been very touching for us," said Aimee Aquitania, the victim's cousin, "but it's also been somewhat frustrating that we can see so much love from the community and yet there are still people out there who know more."
Detectives say Aquitania seems to have simply been in the wrong place at the wrong time, visiting friends in south Sacramento. When he drove up, two men pulled him into the house where three others live. Aquitania was shot twice, and as the gunmen left, they shot his young son execution-style as he still sat in his car seat.
The services at St. Rose Church on Franklin Boulevard south of Fruitridge were held in the nearby Kavanagh Community Center, the only place large enough to hold the mourners. Outside the doors stood a California Department of Corrections honor guard.
Sean Aquitania's father is a state correctional officer, and the victim had aspirations to become a correctional officer himself.
"We're angry, we're frustrated. A big question is why? How could this happen," said Aimee Aquitania.
After the services, pallbearers escorted the large silver casket. The slain father and son are being buried together. Several limousines led the long procession to the burial service.
"I think the only comfort will come when justice is served," said the cousin. "Nothing will take away the pain of losing them but giving us some comfort will be closure to this case."
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