Honolulu (AP) — A Hawaii anesthesiologist who was accused of trying to homicide his wife on a cliffside hike final yr has been convicted of the lesser cost of attempted manslaughter.
A Honolulu jury returned the decision towards Gerhardt Konig, 47, on Wednesday after a day of deliberations.
Konig had deliberate to kill his wife, Arielle Konig, throughout a weekend journey to Honolulu for her birthday in March 2025, prosecutors stated. They stated he tried to push her off a cliff and stab her with a syringe, after which struck her with a rock earlier than the assault was interrupted by two hikers who heard her cries for assist.
The defendant testified that it was his wife who first hit him with a rock, and he hit her again in self-defense.
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