Girl, 4, dies after being discovered in parked vehicle

A 4-year-old girl died after she was found unresponsive inside a vehicle at an apartment complex parking lot in Lahaina.

Police said the child was found at about 1 p.m. Friday in the vehicle at a parking lot at Honokowai Kauhale, 3500 Lower Honoapiilani Road. Police, fire and paramedics responded to the scene and conducted lifesaving measures. She was transported to Maui Memorial Medical Center, where she later died.

Police were withholding the child’s identification Tuesday.

In a news release, Lt. William Juan, spokesman for the Maui Police Department, said, "The child was not accidentally left in a hot vehicle, and the incident was reported by a parent."

Juan declined to say how she got into the vehicle and whether she entered the vehicle on her own. He said the child’s death is ruled as an accident as an investigation continues.

An autopsy is scheduled for Thursday to determine the cause of death.

Teen charged with murder in beating death

WAILUKU » A teenager has been charged with second-degree murder in the beating death five months ago of a man at Kalama Park.

The Maui News reported bail has been set at $500,000 for Kaniela Dutro. He is charged in the death of 44-year-old Michael Phillip Gray.

Dutro was 17 when Gray died. Police say he has been waived to adult status and was arrested Friday.

Maui police on March 15 were flagged down by a man reporting a fight at the park. Officers found Gray near the oceanside pavilion bleeding and unconscious. He died April 11.

Police said Dutro and a 15-year-old boy were taken into custody.