HONOLULU (KHON2) — The Honolulu Police Department is investigating two related stabbings in the Kapolei and McCully area that left one woman dead and another injured on Thursday, March 5.
“We believe the suspect fatally stabbed his girlfriend earlier in the day at the residence in McCully area, took her vehicle, and later drove to the Kapolei residence where he stabbed his estranged wife,” said Lt. Deena Thoemmes of HPD during a live press conference the following day.
Woman, 53, in critical condition after stabbing in Kapolei
John Keanuenue Nihipali, 55, was arrested for Attempted Murder in the Second Degree and Murder in the Second Degree on March 5.
Hawaiʻi Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation confirmed the suspect is a furlough inmate at the Oʻahu Community Correctional Center who was out on a resocialization furlough pass.
Nihipali was scheduled to return to OCCC by 6 p.m. on March 5, officials said…