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The Honolulu Medical Examiner’s Office on Saturday identified a woman who died after falling about 50 feet on a Nuuanu trail last week as Jennifer Allen, 32, of Honolulu.
An autopsy will be performed Monday.
Firefighters said someone reported a woman had fallen on Luakaha Falls Trail at about 12:40 p.m. Thursday. Responding firefighters found the woman unconscious, without a pulse and not breathing.
Firefighters lifted Allen off the trail by helicopter and took her to Nuuanu Reservoir, where she was transferred to paramedics.
Police said Allen tripped and fell into a pool of water below. She died at the hospital.
Suspect in Kalihi woman’s death released
Police released a 47-year-old Kalihi man Saturday afternoon pending an investigation.
The suspect was arrested Friday morning on suspicion of second-degree murder in connection with the death of a 54-year-old woman and was released about 1:15 p.m. Saturday, police said.
Police said the man struck the woman at about 4:15 a.m. Friday, after which she became unresponsive. Someone called 911 and paramedics pronounced the woman dead at the scene at 607 N. King St.
Responding officers arrested the man at the scene, where he lives, at about 6:30 a.m. Autopsy results are pending.
A neighbor who lives on the same floor as the man at Island West Apartments said the couple lived together and fought frequently. The neighbor described the man as unstable and said he often appeared intoxicated.