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Defendant, Kumulipo Sylva Takes Stand in Mall Murder Trial
Murder defendant, Kumulipo Sylva took the stand on Monday afternoon. The 24-year-old defendant is standing trial for the gruesome machete slaying of Eduardo Alejandro “Alex” Cerezo, a 35-year-old man from Makawao, in a mall bathroom on Maui last year.
Witness to Mall Machete Slaying Describes “Brutal” Attack
Witness Kyle Keoho said, “He comes in with a machete and then he starts like threatening us in like some weird mafia… (saying) ‘You guys are aliens. I’ve been sending them to the moon,’ or ‘You guys are the demons. I send them to the moon.’ Then he yells out his name and chops him in his neck,” according to Keoho who witnessed his friend fall to the ground.