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COURTESY CRIMESTOPPERS / HONOLULU POLICE
Robert Roediger-Geaugue
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Tipsters led California police to a man wanted in Hawaii for stabbing a homeless man to death in a stairwell in Kailua, a CrimeStoppers news release said.
Robert Roediger-Geauque was arrested Thursday in Santa Barbara in connection with the killing of Scott MacMillan, 37, who died of multiple stab wounds Jan. 13. Roediger-Geauque, 31, was booked for investigation of second-degree murder.
CrimeStoppers put out a notice Feb. 28 identifying Roediger-Geauque as a suspect and seeking the public’s help in finding him.
The next day, Santa Barbara police received tips that Roediger-Geauque was in their jurisdiction, and called the Honolulu Police Department.
An arrest warrant was obtained Wednesday, and Santa Barbara police arrested Roediger-Geauque the next day.
Sgt. Kim Buffett, of CrimeStoppers Honolulu, didn’t know how Roediger-Geauque, who police previously said may be homeless, traveled to the mainland. She said Roediger-Geauque has family in the islands.
An extradition is pending. The Honolulu Police Department will send officers to California to pick up Roediger-Geauque.