The sister of a San Diego-area man found dead in Allied Gardens says she is convinced someone killed her baby brother.
Aaron Randall Miller, 28, was found dead Monday on the 5100 block of Greenbrier Avenue, behind the Allied Gardens Recreation Center and near a local school, according to the San Diego Police Department (SDPD). Though police did not find immediate signs of obvious trauma on Miller's body, they found a potential wound to his torso.
Authorities are waiting on the San Diego County Medical Examiner's office to determine the cause of death. The death is being investigated as suspicious and SDPD's homicide unit is handling the investigation.
Pilar Kilgore, the victim's sister, told NBC 7 that Miller was in the community at a friend's house Sunday night. Miller was working on a car he had just bought, trying to get it running.
Kilgore said he left the house around 1:30 a.m. Monday, and no one heard from him after that.
She says she believes he would have been in touch with his girlfriend after he left his friend's house, if he had been able to.
Police discovered his body in the park at approximately 7 a.m., just hours later.
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Kilgore said her brother was someone who always made people laugh. He had a good heart, but started getting in trouble when he was a kid; growing up, he had a difficult childhood, she said.
"He never really had a chance to go anywhere or do anything or become anything because he didn't have anyone to teach him how or show him how," Kilgore said. "He just did the best he could."
She said her family loves him and misses him. The death came as a shock to them.
"It was very sudden," Kilgore said. "Something that I wasn't expecting. My family wasn't. It was very shocking."
Miller has a criminal history, some of which includes charges of felony possession of stolen property and felony grand theft auto.
His sister says just because he had a criminal history does not mean he deserved to die.
As the investigation continues, police said there may be surveillance video that could become useful in their investigation. They also recovered the victim's cell phone as evidence.
Anyone with information is asked to call SDPD or Crime Stoppers at (888)580-8477.
