Monson Afualo, 18

Monson Afualo, an 18-year-old young man of Samoan descent, was stabbed in the abdomen at 1312 Hellman St. in Long Beach, and died at 1:55 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 18.

He was in the back of their house. An acquaintance with whom he had quarreled previously was hiding in the bushes. He jumped out and attacked Afualo with a knife, said his older sister, Cheryl Ulugia. "I got there and he wasn't moving," she said. "I was calling the police, and at the same time, I was using the light from my phone to see him and where he was hurt, and he wasn't moving." Police arrived and found the suspect nearby, and arrested him, she said.

Afualo had come from American Samoa with his siblings in the early 1990s, attended high school in Orange County, then quit to work in construction to help support the siblings' late grandmother, their one-time caretaker, the sister said. As a youngster he loved skateboards, she said. As he grew older, his family was his chief concern, she said. 

Comments

[Melony Afualo]

Hey bro..
i never knew about this, until i decided to look
up your name...[[wow]] its been like 6 months
now.. it doesn't seem that long, but time has
flew by, && it's caught me off guard.

well the family is getting by..we seem to get
closer && closer butt smaller && smaller. we
miss you alot.its hard to look at your picture w/out
having the thought of you being gone. but you
are in a safer && better place. you && mama
&& mikey are probably having fun. but time
will fly, in no time the whole family will be reunited
again.

well as for your daughter...man o' man i know
your looking down wishing you were right here
by her side, holding her && protecting her with
your life. but she's in good love && care with
the whole world behind her. man there is not
one day i don't want to take my eyes off of her.
i love her tooo much to let goo..she reminds us
all of you..she's beautiful bro..you know what that
means we have to be extra protective of her
from dudes..but she'll always know you bro.

jessica is a great mother, you guys would be
a happy complete family if you were still here
but your family is well takin care of.

well i love you bro..i miss you..tell mama i love
her..see you up there..

[[your babyyy sister]]
.... melony ....

[MONTANA AFUALO]

hey bro jus wanted to say hi and c u when i get there tel mama i said hi..

[d]

who are monson's parents? just curious. i think i might be related. didn't know i had any other relative in oc.

[young ene]

I luv you monson you was ma big bra and Iwill remember what you told me and i will keep doing ma thang in basketball.I promise that Iwill make it up thre for u I cry for u uso.I never thought that i would ever be at your funeral.I will remember the times we had at sharrels house.so c.i.p c-locc and i'm still throwin up the s.o.s and tell grandma i luv her.FROM YO LIL BRA YOUNG THIZZLE.

[ceeboiES562]

C.I.P. C LOCCSTAH! STEADY CEEPIN IT ON THA LEFT CIDE FOR YOU USO.

[unkown...]

y would you put my sisters address all up in the article...that's so stupid... n by the way...he didn't jump out of the bush....there was only one person that was with our lil brother that night and he is the only one that knows how everything went down...

[TRANG HUYNH]

MONSON. I D0NT EVEN KNOW WHAT TO SAY. IT SEEMS LIKE JUST YESTURDAY. WHAT HAPPEND? YOU WERE DOING GOOD D0WN HERE IN ORANGE COUNTY. WE WERE TOGETHER 3 YEARS AGO. AND ALL THIS HAPPEND. I FEEL SO BAD. BUT I KNOW ONE GOOD THING IN MY HEART. Y0U ARE IN A BETTER PLACE. ILL ALWAYS HAVE Y0U IN MY HEART