Second arrest made in ’07 killing of father, son

Posted by Archie Parsons on October 11, 2011 Leave a comment (0) Go to comments

Another man has been arrested in the 2007 killing of a baby and father in south Sacramento County.

Richard Noguera, 33, was arrested by Sacramento County sheriff’s deputies in connection with the Sept. 14, 2007, shooting deaths of 21-year-old Sean Aquitania and his 7-month old son, Sean Aquitania Jr.

Noguera was arrested on a charge of suspicion of homicide at 11:30 a.m. Friday at a south Sacramento business.

Earlier this week, another suspect, Donald Ortez-Lucero, 27, was booked into jail on two counts of murder in the Aquitania homicides.

Ortez-Lucero is not one of two men suspected of shooting Aquitania or the baby, but is alleged to have been a participant in the home-invasion robbery and was waiting outside when Aquitania was killed.

Sacramento County sheriff’s deputies have long speculated that Aquitania and his son interrupted a robbery gone bad.

Father and son were shot and killed at a house on Country Greens Court in southeast Sacramento County.

Aquitania, 21, was killed during a struggle inside the house. The baby, still buckled in his car seat, was shot in the head as the two robbers fled.

At the time, composite sketches were developed of one suspect, described as a Hispanic man wearing an Oakland A’s hat and jersey. Deputies believe that Noguera is that suspect.

Detectives also believe that Noguera is a “known associate” of Ortez-Lucero. Deputies said that the two lived together in the Sacramento area at the time the father and son were killed.

Homicide detectives are searching for a third suspect described only as a black male with a round face and stocky build. Detectives believe the third suspect was inside the residence and “actively involved in the commission of this crime,” according to a Sheriff’s Department news release.