‘He Is Trying to Kill Me,’ Woman Screams as Husband Smashes Her Head with Rock On Hawaii Hiking Trail: Affidavit

Gerhardt Konig, 46, is charged with second-degree attempted murder

A doctor in Hawaii accused of attempting to murder his wife allegedly hit her on the head 10 times with a rock, grabbed the back of her hair and smashed her face to the ground before trying to inject her with syringes, according to a probable cause affidavit obtained by PEOPLE.

Arielle Konig, 36, told an officer she was on the Pali Puka Trail off the Pali Lookout in Oʻahu with her 46-year-old husband Gerhardt Konig on the morning of Monday, March 24, when he allegedly asked her to take a selfie with him.

“Arielle expressed that she did not feel comfortable taking a picture with him that close to the edge, so she declined and began to walk back,” per the affidavit…

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