The ex-boyfriend of a pregnant Maui woman missing for five months was scheduled to be in Maui Circuit Court on Tuesday morning to face a second-degree murder charge.
Steven N. Capobianco, 24, is accused of killing his girlfriend, Carly Scott, whose body has not been found.
He also faces a third-degree arson charge related to setting fire to her vehicle to cover up the crime.
Capobianco, indicted by a Maui grand jury Friday, was transported Monday from the Maui Community Correctional Center to the Wailuku Police Station for processing. He was later transferred back to the correctional center.
Bail for the offenses has been set at $2 million.
Scott, 27, who has been missing since Feb. 10, was five months pregnant. Capobianco is the father of the unborn child and has denied hurting her.
She was last known to have left the Haiku area Feb. 9 to assist her ex-boyfriend, who asked for help in getting his car pulled out of an area near mile marker 20 of Hana Highway.
Scott’s dog was found near Nahiku Marketplace on Feb. 10.
Her vehicle was located Feb. 12 in Peahi, family members told the news media.
Scott’s clothing and blanket were found Feb. 13 at Nuaailua Bay, east of Honomanu.
Neither Capobianco nor his public defender could be reached for comment about the indictment.
Capobianco has told the news media he saw Scott on the night that her family says she vanished, but denies having anything to do with her disappearance.
He said Scott picked him up and drove him to his pickup truck, which had broken down in Keanae.
Capobianco said that after he fixed his truck, Scott was driving behind him but that he lost sight of her and figured she arrived safely at her destination.
In a separate case, Capobianco was arrested April 14 on a first-degree burglary charge for allegedly breaking into a residence on Eono Place in Haiku.
Police said the alleged burglary occurred between 5 p.m. Sept. 8 and 11 a.m. Sept. 19, and that a Dell laptop computer and an Apple laptop computer were stolen.
Police said the tires of one vehicle were deflated and that the tires of another were slashed during the burglary.
Police said jewelry was also taken in the burglary and that the jewelry was later identified by the victim.
The victim told police she was holding one of the computers for a friend who was going out of town and that the only other person who knew the location of the computer besides herself and the owner was Capobianco.
On June 16, Capobianco was also charged in an unrelated incident related to a deadly-weapon offense involving the possession of a 4- to 6-inch dual-edged knife disguised as a belt buckle. Under Hawaii law, possession of a dirk, dagger, blackjack, billy club, switchblade, butterfly knife or brass knuckles is a misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail and/or a $2,000 fine.
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The Associated Press contributed to this story.
