A Hawaii physician has been charged with tried homicide after allegedly attacking his spouse on a Honolulu mountaineering path, putting her within the head with a rock a number of occasions and trying to inject her with syringes earlier than a witness intervened, in accordance with courtroom paperwork.
Arielle Konig was mountaineering the Pali Puka Path together with her husband, Gerhardt Konig, on Monday when he requested her to take a selfie close to the sting of the path. Feeling unsafe, she declined and started strolling away, the paperwork mentioned. When she refused to return, Konig allegedly pushed her into the bushes and launched a brutal assault.
In response to Arielle Konig’s account, her husband struck her within the head with a rock roughly ten occasions whereas grabbing the again of her head and smashing her face into the bottom. She mentioned he then retrieved two syringes from his bag and tried to inject her, however she managed to wrestle them away.
A witness, recognized as Amanda, reported listening to a lady screaming for assist and ran towards the highest of the path, the place she noticed a person on high of a lady, putting her within the head. The suspect stopped his assault upon noticing the witness, and one other particular person known as 911.
When police arrived, Arielle Konig recognized her husband because the attacker, reportedly telling authorities, “He’s attempting to kill me. He’s hitting me within the head with a rock.” She sustained a number of head and facial lacerations and was hospitalized in a severe however secure situation.
Gerhardt Konig, 46, who resides on Maui, was arrested Monday evening and charged with second-degree tried homicide. He appeared in courtroom on Thursday however didn’t enter a plea. His preliminary listening to is scheduled for March 31.
In response to the incident, Konig’s ex-wife and her present husband issued an announcement expressing their shock and concern, “We’re shocked and saddened by this information, and our hearts are with Ari.”
Konig works for an impartial entity contracted to supply medical providers at varied amenities on Maui, in accordance with Maui Well being. His background contains earlier employment in Pittsburgh, the place he served as an attending anesthesiologist at a girls’s hospital and was an assistant professor of anesthesiology and bioengineering on the College of Pittsburgh Colleges of Medication and Engineering.
