‘This story is horrific,’ neighbors still in disbelief after Manoa murder-suicide

HIS WIFE AND THREE CHILDREN....BEFORE TAKING HIS OWN LIFE. DASH: POLICE ARE CONTINUING THEIR INVESTIGATION TO FIND OUT WHY THIS HAPPENED. THE MEDICAL EXAMINER HAS YET TO DISCLOSE THE IDENTITIES OF THE VICTIMS, AND OUT OF RESPECT FOR THE FAMILY, WE WILL REFRAIN FROM NAMING THEM. JENN: TODAY, FRIENDS, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS PAID THEIR RESPECTS AT THE WAALOA HOME. FLOWERS, TEDDYBEARS, BALLOONS... THE MEMORIAL FOR THE FAMILY BRUTALLY KILLED SUNDAY CONTINUES TO GROW JENN: NEIGHBORS AND EVEN PERFECT STRANGERS CONTINUE TO STOP BY TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS HERE IN MANOA .AND THEY TELL ME THEY'RE STILL IN DISBELIEF" SHIRLEY TEMPLO, KALIHI RESIDENT: FAMILY IS SO IMPORTANT AND JUST HEARING.THIS STORY IS HORRIFIC" SHIRLEY TEMPLO: EVEN IF WE'RE NOT FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD SHOWING UP PAYING OUR RESPECTS AND THAT'S WHAT THE ALOHA SPIRIT IS ABOUT.YOU KNOW WE CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE" THROUGHOUT THE DAY FRIENDS AND CLASSMATES OF THE VICTIMS ARRIVE, MANY OVERCOME BY EMOTIONS. A FORMER NEIGHBOR WHO DID NOT WANT TO GO ON CAMERA COULD BARELY CONTAIN HER TEARS AS SHE RECALLED WATCHING THE CHILDREN PLAYING AND RIDING THEIR BIKES ALONG THE STREET. TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD, THEY SEEMED LIKE AN IDYLLIC FAMILY. SHIRLEY TEMPLO: THEY LOOK LIKE HAPPY FAMILY AND THEN JUST HEARING WHAT HAD HAPPENED.IT'S LIKE WHAT HAD HAPPENED ." ACCORDING TO HPD, THE HUSBAND AND FATHER FATALLY STABBED HIS WIFE AND THREE KIDS AGE 17, 12 AND 10 BEFORE TAKING HIS OWN LIFE. THOSE WHO KNEW THE KIDS SAY THE 12 YEAR OLD LOVED SOCCER AND TRAVELED TO SPAIN TO PLAY. THE 17 YEAR OLD WAS A SENIOR AT IOLANI AND WOULD HAVE GRADUATED THIS YEAR. OFFICIALS STILL HAVE NOT OFFICIALLY RELEASED THE IDENTIFIES OF THE VICTIMS. WE REACHED OUT TO THE VICTIM'S FAMILY AND THEY DECLINED TO COMMENT AT THIS TIME.

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Length: 2min 1sec (121 seconds)

Published: Tue Mar 12 2024