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Police answered questions about the chemical processing of Steven Capobianco’s vehicle for the presence of blood, and the execution of a search warrant to collect hair samples from the defendant as part of their homicide investigation.

An Evidence Specialist conducted presumptive testing on various pieces of clothing recovered from Nuaailua Bay in the search for Charli Scott to determine if the items should be forwarded to a DNA laboratory.

A former co-worker of Steven Capobianco testified on Wednesday that she saw the defendant driving a different 4Runner in Hāna the night Charli Scott went missing.

A tropical flower farmer from Hāna, Maui testified that she saw a light metallic colored 4Runner traveling on the Hana Highway the night that Capobianco said his vehicle stalled at Keʻanae.

Testimony will be allowed relating to a witness account about a suicide threat by Steven Capobianco, who is standing trial for the murder of his pregnant ex-girlfriend Carly “Charli” Scott.

While he once considered Steven Capobianco to be his ‘best friend,’ Drew Kaiser testified on Tuesday that he no longer considers him to be a friend at all.

Kupstas agreed that in terms of her initial interaction with Capobianco that she believed it was “love at first sight,” but that today, she doesn’t believe “any impressions of him” and testified on Friday that she believes he is a “liar.”

“With rotted flesh, yes, I believed with her clothes and empty rolls of masking tape, I believed she was dead, but I’m not a scientist or anything like that,” said Wirth.

The Capobianco murder trial entered it’s eighth day on Monday with lead detective Wendell Loo still being cross-examined by the defense team.

Day seven of the Steven Capobianco murder trial was recessed after a few hours yesterday due to a “discovery issue.”

The defense team questions Sgt. Wendell Loo’s credibility regarding the case on day six of the Capobianco murder trial.

Steven Capobianco recalls final moments with Charli Scott before she went missing back in February 2014.

The Maui murder trial for Steven Capobianco entered a fourth day on Friday with continued testimony from lead detective Wendell Loo, who described hair clumps, bone fragments and clothing allegedly belonging to the Charli Scott.

A rally is planned this afternoon to bring awareness to missing women cases on Maui. The Women Helping Women organization will host the event at 4 p.m. today fronting the Queen Kaʻahumau Center in Kahului

Maui police today re-classified the missing person case involving Carly “Charli” Scott as a homicide investigation.

Do not allow Charli Scott to become just another unsolved missing persons file here in Hawaiʻi, we have to remember and keep pushing until she is found, family members said in an online post.

Family members also said they wanted to clear the air about Charli’s ex-boyfriend, Steven Capobianco who was identified by police as a person of interest because he was one of the last people to see Charli before her disappearance.

An overflow crowd of community members were in attendance at a public meeting hosted by the Kīhei Community Association that included dialogue with Maui police regarding two unsolved missing persons cases reported in the past two months.

The meeting comes on the heels of three missing persons cases in as many months, the most recent of which involves a pregnant Makawao woman, 27-year-old Carly “Charli” Joann Scott, who was last seen on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014.

The packing tape was found by the same group who found her clothing and blanket; and the gloves were found by a separate search team in an area nearby.