Hawaii

Mass casualty
March 11, 2024

DEVELOPING: Dad Fatally Stabs Wife & Their 3 Children Before Killing Himself

A Hawaii couple and their three children died on Sunday in a suspected murder-suicide allegedly carried out by the father. Honolulu police said a 46-year-old man fatally stabbed his 48-year-old wife, their 17- and 10-year-old daughters, and their 12-year-old son before taking his own life. Police said the slayings do not appear to be random …

Unsolved
January 29, 2023

Body of Woman Found Dead in Apartment Belonging to Man Found Dead in Hotel

Police in Hawaii are investigating the deaths of a man and a woman in separate locations they believe could be connected. Honolulu Police said they found the body of 36-year-old Johnalynn Ilae, a bank employee, early Sunday afternoon in a Waikele apartment, the Honolulu Star Advertiser reported. She was last seen by family members Wednesday …

Kidnapping
September 18, 2022

Teen Girl Kidnapped From Hawaiian Beach Rescued by Cafe Host

Mikella Debina, 15, had been missing for nearly 20 hours, abducted from a secluded Hawaiian beach, when her alleged kidnapper brought her into a cafe in Hilo, 70 miles across the Big Island from where she was last seen. Bridge Hartman, the host at Cafe Pesto, saw the man and girl — wearing men’s clothing …

Espionage
July 28, 2022

KGB Spies? Hawaii Couple Charged With Stealing Identities of Dead Texas Babies

A US defense contractor and his wife have been charged with stealing the identities of two dead children in Texas and living under their names for decades. Walter Glenn Primrose, who was an avionics electrical technician in the US Coast Guard before his retirement, and Gwynn Darle Morrison were arrested last week Kapolei, Hawaii, on …

Murder
July 23, 2022

Marine Stabs Pregnant Wife Dead During Heated Highway Argument: Police

An active duty Marine has been charged with second degree murder for the brutal stabbing death of his pregnant ex-wife during an argument on a busy freeway in Hawaii last week. According to Honolulu PD, Bryant Tejada-Castillo, 29, a Marine in the 3rd Littoral Combat Team, stationed in Kanehoe, is accused of stabbing Dana Alotaibi, …

Family Crime
September 5, 2020

SEE IT: ‘Cult mom’ Lori Vallow detained by Hawaii police earlier this year

Newly released body camera footage shows Kauai Police stopping cult mom Lori Vallow and her husband, Chad Daybell, in Hawaii last January to serve a search warrant on their vehicle. Fox 10 Phoenix obtained the footage, which shows multiple police vehicles, some unmarked, surround Vallow and Daybell as they pull into a parking area at …

Missing
June 19, 2020

Search called off for missing diver last seen on shoreline with dive fins: Report

A search has been called off for a Hawaii woman who was reported missing on Monday. On Thursday, the Hawai‘i Fire Department suspended their ongoing search for Clare Maney, 28. Big Island Now reported that on Sunday, surveillance cameras at Old Kona Airport Park caught Maney walking towards the shoreline with dive fins. A search …

Coronavirus
May 4, 2020

Vacationing newlyweds jailed in Hawaii for violating mandatory quarantine: Report

On Thursday, a honeymooning California couple was arrested in Hawaii for allegedly disobeying state guidelines related to the coronavirus pandemic. KHON reported Borice Leouskiy, 20, and Yuliia Andreichenko, 26, checked into a Waikiki-area hotel Wednesday night. The couple reportedly scoffed as a front desk manager explained the state’s self-quarantine order, claiming it contradicted what airport …