#molokai murder

The victim has been identified as 43-year-old female Amie Kaholoaa of Kaunakakai, Molokaʻi, who police say was the girlfriend of the suspect. After an extensive investigation by the Criminal Investigation Division and Molokaʻi Patrol, officers arrested the suspect, identified as 59-year-old Mariano Garces of Kaunakakai, Molokaʻi.

A Molokaʻi man was placed under arrest on suspicion of second degree murder after authorities were called to his home and discovered the body of a lifeless female within the home.

A Molokaʻi man was arrested on Friday, Dec. 12, 2014, on the strength of a grand jury indictment for second degree murder in a case involving the the death of a 20-year-old resident earlier this year.

Jeffrey K. Davis, 39, a man with no local address, was placed under arrest on Wednesday, May 21, 2014, at around 12:37 p.m.

Maui police have launched a murder investigation following the discovery of a male body found off of the Kamehameha V Highway in the remote Mapulehu area of Molokaʻi yesterday.

A Molokai man accused of 2nd Degree Murder in the shooting death of his girlfriend , is now being held on “no-bail” following a preliminary hearing on Wednesday afternoon, March 27.

Marlin L. Lavoie, 33, was charged at 11:50 a.m. on Friday, March 22, with second-degree murder, and was being held in lieu of $170,000 bail.

Maui police have released further details in an ongoing murder investigation on Molokai following the shooting death of a woman at the Kawela Barns Apartments overnight.