Family and friends of William "Billy" Fallau visited the Kailua park Friday where he was killed as new details of the slaying emerged in court documents.
About 60 friends and family members held a prayer where Fallau was found at Kawainui State Park Reserve and shared stores of him, remembering him as a good father to his 4-year-old daughter, Autumn, despite his struggle with drugs.
Family members said they still don’t know why the man accused of killing Fallau wanted him dead.
"I can’t even imagine how anyone could do this to someone," said Linda Johansen, Fallau’s mother. "I don’t consider him (the suspect) a person."
The suspect, Teddy Munet, 29, made an initial appearance Friday in Honolulu District Court on a charge of second-degree murder. He is being held at Oahu Community Correctional Center in lieu of $2 million bail and has a preliminary hearing scheduled for Tuesday.
Besides second-degree murder, prosecutors also charged Munet with second-degree promotion of a dangerous drug, possessing drug paraphernalia and three firearm offenses.
An autopsy found Fallau, 29, died of a gunshot wound to the back of the neck.
Hikers found Fallau’s body July 19 and called police, who found Fallau on his back with a spent bullet casing nearby, court documents said.
Four days after the killing, police interviewed a man who said he was with Fallau and Munet at the park when "for no apparent reason and without warning," Munet drew a pistol from his pocket and shot Fallau in the back of the head. Fallau fell to the ground, bleeding.
After the shooting, the witness said he saw Munet’s hands covered in blood and Munet licking it off. As he licked, Munet turned to the witness with an "evil look" and said, "This is what Billy Fallau’s blood tastes like," court documents said.
Munet later told the witness that he wasn’t going to shoot him because "you never do me wrong," documents said.
Police arrested Munet in a shed in the garage of Fallau’s Kaneohe home Tuesday. During his arrest, officers found what appeared to be a plastic bag of marijuana in Munet’s pocket.
Fallau’s sister, Melissa Fallau, said Munet had been living in a car across the street, but her brother tried to help him by letting him stay in the garage.
"My brother opened his heart and his home," she said, adding that Munet was a "monster."
"I don’t know what could be going through his head to make him think my brother deserves something like this," she said.
Cora Haili, 67, who also attended the prayer ceremony, wept as she recalled watching Fallau grow up across the street from the age of 2.
"He’s just a fantastic boy," she said. "He just treated everybody good."
Just a few days before his death, Fallau and his daughter visited Haili at her house, and he kissed Haili on the forehead.
"He gave me a kiss right here," she said. "I still feel it. I wish I can see him again."
Fallau’s calabash cousin Billy Dolan Jr. grew up surfing, diving, fishing and catching chickens with Fallau. He recalled how Fallau was always happy and came up with ideas for pranks.
"He was a good dad," he said. "He was always happy when he had Autumn with him."
His daughter’s mother, Dawn Cargo, said Autumn was struggling with the loss, asking when her dad will come back.
Johansen, Fallau’s mother, said her son was struggling with crystal methamphetamine but was still a kind person.
"He wanted that person to have a home," she said of Munet. "He couldn’t stand to see someone hurting."
