Ua hoʻomaka ka hoʻokolokolo ma Brandon i ka Pōʻakahi no kahi kāne i hoʻopiʻi ʻia no ka pepehi ʻana i kāna wahine ma mua o ka pana ʻia ʻana o ko lākou home i ʻelua makahiki i hala.
ʻEwalu wahine a me ʻeono kāne i koho ʻia ma Brandonos Westman Centennial Auditorium, i lilo i ʻaha hoʻokolokolo kūʻokoʻa i ke kakahiaka Poʻakahi no ke koho ʻana i ke kiure.
E hoʻoholo ka poʻe he 14 inā hewa ʻo Robert Hughes i ka pepehi ʻana i kāna wahine ʻo Betty, 63 makahiki.
Ua hoʻopiʻi ʻia ʻo Hughes i ka pepehi kanaka ʻelua no ka mea ua make kāna wahine i ʻOkakopa 2019. Ua make ʻo ia ma kona home kokoke i Brandon's Green Acres a lākou i kūʻai ai i kekahi mau mahina i hala.
Ua ʻōlelo nā mākaʻi ua make ʻo Betty ma mua o ka pahū ʻana o ka home coupleos, a lilo ia i ʻōpala. Ua loaʻa kona kino i loko o ka ʻōpala. Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Robert e ʻeha nui i ka ʻōpala.
Ua hopu ʻia ʻo Hughes, 63, ma hope o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana mai ka haukapila i ka manawa o ka hanana. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻo ia mai kona hopu ʻia ʻana.
Ma ka Poakahi nei, ua alakai ka makai o ka makai nui ia Hughes me ka lole eleele a me na kaulahao. E noho ana ʻo ia i loko o ka pahu paʻahao a kūlou me ka nāwaliwali.
"ʻO ka lā hope loa o ko Betty Hughes ola ʻaʻole ia ka mea a kona ʻohana i manaʻo ai. Ua ʻoki ʻia ʻo ia a makemake i ke kōkua olakino, "i ʻōlelo ai ka luna hoʻopiʻi ʻo Chris Van der Hoft i ka ʻōlelo hoʻomaka.
“ʻO kāna kāne wale nō ka mea ʻē aʻe ma laila, ʻaʻole ʻo ia i kōkua iā ia. Ke kahe ʻo ia i ke koko a make, ʻo ka mea āna i hana ai ʻo ka hele ʻana i lalo a ʻoki i ka paipu kinoea.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Van der Hoft i kāna haʻiʻōlelo e lohe ʻia ka hoʻokolokolo i ke ʻano o ka male ʻana o ka male. ʻOiai ua kūʻai pū ʻo ia i hale hou, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻoponopono ʻia ka pilina.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, ma hope o ka hoʻi ʻana o Robert i ka home, ua loaʻa iā ia ka hōʻailona "no ke kūʻai aku" o kahi mea kūʻai hale ma ka pā. He hoʻopaʻapaʻa ko lāua ma ka lumi kuke ma ka home, a ua loli ko lāua pilina.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua pepehi ʻia ʻo Betty ma hope o ka ʻoki ʻia ʻana i nā manawa he nui e ka pahi hoʻohana melemele. Ua haʻi ʻia ka ʻaha i ka nui o kona mau ʻeha a me ke koko i make ai.
"Ua pepehi ʻo ia i kāna wahine a ʻike ʻo ia ʻaʻohe mea e hoʻi i hope," wahi āna. "ʻAʻole ʻo ia i kāhea iā 911, akā mālama ʻo ia i ke kūlana ma ke ʻano makaʻu."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Van der Hoft ua hoʻāʻo ʻo Hughes e hoʻopau i kona ola. Ua haʻi ʻia ka ʻaha me ke kaula e kau ana ma kona ʻāʻī a me kahi pahi hoʻohana ma kona lima, ua huki ʻia ʻo ia mai ka ʻōpala.
“Ua iho ʻo Robert Hughes i lalo ma hope o ka pepehi ʻana iā Betty a hana ʻino i ka lako kinoea o ka paila. Ua hoʻā ʻia ka hoʻoulu ʻana o ke kinoea i loko o ka basement ma muli o ke kukui hōʻailona ma ka mea hoʻomehana wai, e hana ana i kahi pahū nui, "wahi āna.
ʻO Travis Foster o Constant Brandon Police's Forensic Appraisal Unit ka mea hōʻike mua i kū i kahi hihia kūhelu. Ma hope koke iho o ka pahū ʻana, ua kiʻi ʻia ʻo ia a me kāna hoa i kahi i hōʻike ʻia ai, a ua hiki iā lākou ke ʻike i ka lumi kuke o ka hale kahi i waiho ʻia ai ke kino o Betty.
Ua hōʻike ʻo ia: "He nui ke koko ma ka papahele kahi i loaʻa ai ʻo Betty Hughes, ʻoi loa ma kahi o kona poʻo." "Ua pulu loa ke kua o kona palule i ke koko."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Foster, ua kau ʻia ke kino o Betty ma luna o ka tarp a ua neʻe ʻia i kahi kaʻa kaʻa o ka waiwai e pale ai i ka pōʻino hou aku i kona kino. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, ma hope o ka nānā hou ʻana o ia wahi, ua ʻike ʻia nā ʻōpala koko ma ka puka o ka friji, ke counter a me ka papahele kīhini.
"Ma loko o ka lumi ʻenekini, ua ʻike mākou ua hemo ka laina kinoea nui e komo ana i ka paila wai wela o ka hale," wahi a Foster. “Aia kahi kī paipu a me kekahi koko ma ka papahele ma lalo o ka pahu wai wela.
"Ua hoʻololi ʻia ka pahu hoʻomalu o ka pahu wai wela i ke kūlana hoʻokele, a aia nā ʻōpala koko ma ka wai wela."
ʻO nā ʻaʻahu holoʻokoʻa, nā kaula me nā naʻau, nā kāmaʻa i hoʻokahe ʻia i ke koko a me nā lole ʻē aʻe i hoʻohana ʻia e Hughes i kēlā pō i hopu ʻia e nā mākaʻi ma hope o kona lawe ʻia ʻana i ka haukapila.
I ka wā o ka hoʻokolokolo ʻana, ua nīnau ka loio pale ʻo Saul Simmonds iā Foster no ke kumu, ʻo ia a me kāna hoa ʻo Constable. ʻO Robert Gale, ʻo ia hoʻi ka mea i hōʻike i ka Pōʻakahi, ua holoi wale ʻo ia i kekahi mau kiko koko a ʻimi wale i kahi hapa o ka hale.
Ua nīnau pū ʻo ia i ke kumu ʻaʻole i huli hou ʻia ka ʻaoʻao nalo o ka pahi hoʻohana, a ʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe, e like me nā mea pākahi i loko o ka ʻeke a Betty, ua helu ʻia kēlā me kēia mea.
Manaʻo nā lālā o ka Brandon Fire and Emergency Services Center, kahi mea noiʻi ahi, a me nā loea DNA a me nā pathology e hōʻike i kēia pule.
ʻO ka hana nui ʻo CBCos ka hana ʻana i kahi pūnaewele e hiki ai i nā Kanaka a pau ke kipa aku, me ka poʻe me ka ʻike, auditory, motor a me ka naʻau.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Dec-01-2021
