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Woman is stabbed to death on Valley Isle
Maui police Monday arrested a 25-year-old Kahului man suspected of fatally stabbing a 43-year-old female relative in a one-bedroom shack in Kahului.
Patrol officers in Kahului responded to a possible abuse case at 794 Makalii St. after a caller reported hearing a woman screaming, police said in a news release.
The officers found the woman’s body on the floor of a detached room on the property. Police said the woman had stab wounds. The area was searched, and a man was found in the back of the main house.
Officers detained the man, then took him into custody. Police found potential evidence linking him to the woman’s death, police said.