Manoa family friends in disbelief over gruesome crime

HIMSELF -- SAYS SHE STILL CAN'T BELIEVE IT HAPPENED. SHE SAYS THE FAMILY WAS PREPARING TO SELL THE HOUSE TO TRY TO RECOVER FINANCIALLY. MAX RODRIGUEZ REPORTS. IT'S A MURDER SUICIDE CASE THAT MANY IN THE COMMUNITY STILL FIND SURREAL. A FATHER ACCUSED OF MURDERING HIS THREE CHILDREN AND WIFE AND THEN TURNING THE KNIFE ON HIMSELF. ANGELA KALEIWAHEA: "I CAN'T EVEN SEE HIM BEING SOMEBODY LIKE THAT, I PROMISE TO GOD I CANNOT SEE HIM BEING A MURDERER." ANGELA KALEIWAHEA SAYS SHE'S BEEN RENTING FROM PARIS ODA-FOR AT LEAST FIVE YEARS--- THOSE INTERACTIONS NOTHING BUT PLEASANT... SHE ALSO MET THE FAMILY'S YOUNG BOY AND THE WIFE ONCE. THE LAST TIME SHE SAW HIM WAS ABOUT A WEEK AGO. ANGELA: "I NEVER EVEN SENSED THAT WHEN THEY CAME, THAT HE COULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YOU KNOW, HE NEVER SHOWED ANY SIGNS LIKE THAT. YOU KNOW HE CAME WITH HIS KID, HIS SON SEVERAL TIMES." MAX: "THE CURRENT TELLS ME THEY WERE GETTING READY TO MOVE THEY WERE TOLD BY THE HOMEOWNERS THAT THEY WERE GOING TO SELL THE HOUSE." ANGELA: "THEY EXPLAINED TO US, THEY NEVER WANTED TO SELL THIS PLACE BUT THEY HAD NO CHOICE BECAUSE HIS BUSINESS DURING COVID HIS BUSINESS END UP TAKING A BIG LOSS." ALTHOUGH SHE SAYS THERE WAS A CHANGE IN ODA'S DEMEANOR. ANGELA: "I JUST WISH I COULD'VE BEEN MORE HELP. EVEN SOMEONE TO TALK TO." ANGELA: "HE WOULD TALK TO US AND STUFF LIKE THAT BUT IT WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IT LOOK LIKE HE WAS UNDER A LOT OF PRESSURE." KHON 2 NEWS HAS LEARNED ODA WAS DELINQUENT IN COMMERCIAL RENT THAT CONCLUDED IN A 53 THOUSAND DOLLAR SETTLEMENT IN 2021. KALEIWAHEA SAYS MONEY PROBLEMS STILL DON'T FULLY EXPLAIN WHAT LED TO SUCH A GRUESOME EVENT. ANGELA: "JUST HARD TO BELIEVE THAT BECAUSE HE LOVED HIS KIDS." AUTHORITIES HAVE NOT RELEASED THE NAMES OF ALL THE VICTIMS YET. MAX RODRIGUEZ KHON 2 NEWS WORKING FOR HAWAII.

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Length: 2min 11sec (131 seconds)

Published: Thu Mar 14 2024