#Eduardo Alejandro “Alex” Cerezo
Machete killer acquitted on appeal, committed to state hospital
More than seven years after a fatal machete attack at the Queen Kaʻahumanu Center, Kumulipo Sylva has been acquitted of manslaughter. The acquittal by 2nd Circuit Judge Kirstin Hamman follows a Hawaiʻi Supreme Court decision in December 2023 that overturned his original manslaughter conviction. Earlier this month, Hamman ordered Sylva transferred from the Hālawa Correctional […]