In February 2020, items of evidence found at the crime scene were swabbed for DNA and sent to HPD-SIS laboratory for analysis. Reference DNA samples recovered from Belluomini and obtained from Moreno were sent as well. In May of 2020, Maui Police Criminal Investigation Division was informed that the DNA recovered from a blood sample from evidence near the decedent, … [Read more...] about DNA Match in the Kimberly Belluomini Rape and Murder Case
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UPDATE: Investigation into Murder II Case in Lahaina on Wainee Street
On May 21, 2020 at about 5:01 p.m., David Richard Stevens (61) of the Lahaina area, was arrested for Murder in the Second Degree. On May 22, 2020 at about 5:30 p.m., Stevens was formally charged for Murder in the Second Degree. His bail is set at $500,000. Stevens remains in police custody. The investigation is ongoing, and next of kin notification is … [Read more...] about UPDATE: Investigation into Murder II Case in Lahaina on Wainee Street
NOTW: Stressed out birds, armed nudists and the case of the toilet ghost
THE CONTINUING CRISIS Birds nesting near natural gas compressors have been found to suffer symptoms similar to PTSD in humans, according to researchers at the Florida Museum of Natural History, and noise pollution has been named the culprit. The Washington Post reported on Jan. 9 that the team studied birds in the Rattlesnake Canyon Habitat Management Area in New Mexico, which … [Read more...] about NOTW: Stressed out birds, armed nudists and the case of the toilet ghost
NOTW: Raccoon roadkill, inflatable Jesus parade floats and the Great Monkey Mystery of 2017
By the Editors at Andrews McMeel ANIMAL ATTRACTION Good fortune quickly turned to horror for a man in Allyn, Washington, who scored some raccoon roadkill to use as crab-trap bait on June 25. As the unidentified man walked toward home dragging the carcass behind him on a 15-foot rope (so he couldn’t smell it), two different vehicles stopped, and their occupants, mistakenly … [Read more...] about NOTW: Raccoon roadkill, inflatable Jesus parade floats and the Great Monkey Mystery of 2017
Carly Scott murder trial ends with guilty verdict for Steven Capobianco
A wall-pulsating gasp shook a standing-room-only courtroom Wednesday as one of Maui’s longest and most lurid trials concluded with a unanimous guilty verdict returned against Steven Capobianco for the murder of Carly "Charli" Scott and the burning of her truck in February 2014. It was as if Scott’s family and friends had been holding their collective breaths for the past two … [Read more...] about Carly Scott murder trial ends with guilty verdict for Steven Capobianco