Pair charged with murder in North Shore slaying

Telma Boinville, whose body was found in a vacation rental home near Pupukea Beach Park on Thursday, died from blunt and sharp force injuries to her head and had approximately 31 such injuries to her body, Deputy Prosecutor Kyle Dowd told a state judge Tuesday.

Honolulu police said when they arrested Stephen Brown and Hailey Dandu­rand in Mililani in connection with Boinville’s murder and other charges, they both had dried blood on their clothing and both asked officers to shoot them.

An Oahu grand jury returned a murder indictment Tuesday charging Brown, 23, and Dandurand, 20, with the Thursday slaying. Brown and Dandurand are also charged with kidnapping Boinville and her 8-year-old daughter and burglarizing the North Shore home.

The indictment also charges Dandurand with unlawfully entering Boinville’s pickup truck and possessing her debit card, and charges Brown with criminal property damage for allegedly kicking out the window of a police vehicle as he was being transported to the Honolulu Police Department’s main headquarters.

Circuit Judge Colette Garibaldi confirmed bail for Brown at $1 million and for Dandurand at $500,000. Both defendants remain in custody.

Dowd told Garibaldi that Australian visitors who had rented the North Shore home on Ke Iki Road arrived to find Boinville’s pickup truck in the driveway; Boinville’s bound, lifeless body in a pool of blood on the floor of the home’s living room; and a baseball bat on the couch nearby.

Police said the visitors exited the home and called 911 when they heard what they thought were footsteps coming from the second floor. Officers who arrived at the home also found a bloody hammer, knife and mallet near Boinville’s body and found Boinville’s daughter upstairs.

Dowd told Garibaldi that the girl’s hands and feet were tied to a bed and that her mouth was taped shut. He said the girl described one suspect, a male with green hair, and the other suspect, a female with reddish-pink hair.

The girl told police she was sitting in her mother’s truck outside the North Shore home when the suspects, covered in blood, exited the home, took her inside and tied her up.

Police said the girl identified Brown and Dandurand from photographs her father received in response to solicitations for help he posted on social media.

An anonymous tip led police to the Mililani Walmart parking lot, where they found Boinville’s pickup truck, and Brown and Dandurand nearby.

Brown attempted to flee on foot before officers detained him. Police said Brown told them, “Just shoot me, I deserve this.”

Police said Dandurand also told officers, “Can you just pull your gun out and shoot me in the head, my life is over after today,” according to court documents.

The court document said police saw dried bloodstains on their clothes.

Dowd told Garibaldi that a witness saw Dandurand get out of the pickup truck, and when police searched her they found she had Boinville’s debit card. He said police also found Dandurand’s fingerprint on a second-floor windowsill of the North Shore home. Police said they found Brown’s Hawaii state identification card in a backpack in the North Shore home.

Dandurand attended Ka­piolani Community College this past spring and was registered for the fall semester, according to a University of Hawaii spokesman.

Brown was born in Ohio and moved to Hawaii to be with his biological father, according to his ex-girlfriend, who dated Brown for a year before they ended their relationship in September when she moved to Hilo.

At the time of his arrest, there was a $20,000 warrant for Brown’s arrest. Acting Circuit Judge William Domingo issued the bench warrant Oct. 27 for Brown’s failure to comply with the terms and conditions of his court supervision.

Brown pleaded no contest in April 2016 to felony theft. Circuit Judge Glenn Kim granted Brown’s request for a deferral of his no-contest plea two months later.

Staff writer Rosemarie Bernardo contributed to this report.