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Police bodycam shows bloodied woman aft alleged way attack
Jurors were shown graphic constabulary assemblage camera footage capturing the contiguous aftermath of the alleged attack, arsenic Arielle Konig sat bloodied and disoriented connected a hiking way portion bystanders tried to assistance and officers assessed the scene. (KHON-FOX)
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The Hawaii doc accused of trying to termination his woman took the basal Wednesday, claiming she attacked him archetypal successful a convulsive conflict connected a Maui hiking trail.
Gerhardt Konig is connected proceedings for attempted execution for allegedly trying to termination his woman connected March 24, 2025. On Wednesday helium testified that connected the time of the alleged attack, the mates had been hiking, thing helium said they often did unneurotic — arsenic jurors were shown photos from the trip.
He told the tribunal helium chose the way due to the fact that it "seemed fun" aft researching caller hikes.
Konig said that aft an statement astir an alleged affair, helium walked away, past returned to find his wife, Arielle, inactive connected the trail, her demeanor abruptly changed.
HAWAII DOCTOR’S EX-BOSS SAYS ANESTHESIOLOGISTS HAVE MEANS TO KILL AS WIFE TESTIFIES ABOUT SYRINGE ATTACK
Gerhardt Konig sits successful a Maui courtroom arsenic helium faces charges successful the attempted execution proceedings involving his wife. (KHON-FOX)
He told jurors she was apologetic, said she didn’t privation to ruin the day, and suggested they enactment done their issues successful therapy. The 2 adjacent took a selfie.
Moments later, Konig said, everything shifted.
He testified helium was lasting connected a ledge, trying to process what had conscionable happened, erstwhile helium felt what helium described arsenic a shove.
"When I turned around, I said, ‘What the f--- was that?’" helium told the court.
Konig said helium walked toward his wife, asking wherefore she was screaming, and claimed she grabbed his wrists and pulled him to the ground.
He testified that during the struggle, she grabbed him by the genitals, adding that everything that followed happened "very quickly."
HAWAII DOCTOR’S EX-BOSS SAYS ANESTHESIOLOGISTS HAVE MEANS TO KILL AS WIFE TESTIFIES ABOUT SYRINGE ATTACK
Arielle Konig testifies successful tribunal during the Maui attempted execution proceedings involving her estranged husband. (KHON-FOX)
Konig said she past struck him connected the broadside of the look with a rock.
Jurors were shown a photograph of Konig with disposable marks connected his face.
He testified helium was capable to wrestle the stone distant and admitted helium struck Arielle doubly portion she was inactive holding onto his genitals, saying helium did truthful connected instinct to support himself.
Konig testified that helium did not mean to wounded her and said helium felt bad, becoming visibly emotional.
"I felt horrified astir what I did to her, that I resorted to unit against my wife, the idiosyncratic I emotion the most," helium told jurors. "I felt hopeless successful our matrimony too."
Konig said helium believed his matrimony and vocation were implicit and testified that helium heard his woman screaming that helium had tried to termination her.
He told jurors helium became suicidal aft the incident, saying helium felt "hopeless."
DOCTOR’S BLOODIED WIFE SEEN IN BODYCAM AFTER SCREAMING FOR HELP FROM HUSBAND’S ALLEGED ATTACK
Body camera footage shows Arielle Konig being helped by hikers aft the alleged onslaught connected a Hawaii hiking trail. (KHON-FOX)
Konig testified that helium decided to leap and called his son, Emil, to accidental goodbye. Konig testified that helium was not successful a bully authorities of caput erstwhile helium called.
"He saved my beingness that day," helium said done tears.
Konig told jurors helium did not effort to termination his woman that time — denying helium shoved her disconnected a cliff oregon attempted to termination her with syringes.
Earlier successful his testimony, Konig described what helium said was a abrupt breakdown successful what helium believed was a "perfect" marriage.
He told jurors the narration had been "fabulous," with nary reddish flags, and that the mates planned to enactment successful Maui until their children graduated from precocious school.
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Hawaii doc Gerhardt Konig appears earlier a justice via video during an arraignment proceeding aft being indicted connected allegations of attempting to termination his woman connected Monday, April 7, 2025, successful Honolulu. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)
Konig said helium handled the family’s finances, describing himself arsenic "a precise meticulous idiosyncratic who keeps way of everything," and emphasized that everything they owned was shared.
But helium said things changed aft a travel his woman took to South Africa, erstwhile she failed to cheque successful 1 night, thing helium described arsenic unusual.
Konig testified helium became suspicious of her narration with a coworker, pointing to a antithetic "tone," accrued telephone use, and behaviour helium described arsenic secretive.
He said helium aboriginal unlocked her telephone portion she was dormant and discovered hidden WhatsApp messages successful a folder with notifications turned off.
A motion stating the country is closed marks the commencement of the hiking way wherever Hawaii doc Gerhardt Konig allegedly attempted to termination his woman astatine the Nuuanu Pali Lookout, Monday, April 7, 2025, successful Honolulu. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)
According to Konig, the messages showed changeless connection with a antheral successful Maryland, including photos and opus lyrics, earlier abruptly stopping aft the South Africa trip.
He said the messages aboriginal disappeared entirely.
Konig testified that was the turning constituent — starring him to judge his woman was having an affair.
As helium described the discovery, Konig became emotional.
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"I didn’t cognize what to do," helium said. "I was devastated."
Konig told jurors helium aboriginal confronted his woman during a travel to San Luis Obispo, wherever she admitted the narration was "completely inappropriate."
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Gerhardt Konig is charged with attempted second-degree execution aft helium allegedly tried to termination his woman portion the brace were connected a hiking way successful Hawaii. Konig was arrested aft an hours-long manhunt adjacent Pali Highway. (Honolulu Police Department)
He said she had planned different travel with the antheral but canceled it and agreed to chopped disconnected interaction extracurricular of enactment emails.
Konig besides testified that helium reached retired to the man’s wife, telling jurors, "I felt if I was successful her shoes, I would privation to know."
Konig said helium chose not to archer household oregon friends, saying helium wanted to support her.
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Defense lawyer Thomas Otake besides questioned Konig astir his background, including his erstwhile matrimony astatine property 20. The mates had 2 children, Ophelia and Emil.
Emil Konig testified a time earlier that his begetter called him aft the alleged onslaught and said helium had tried to termination Arielle, but she got distant — a assertion cardinal to the prosecution’s case.
A wide presumption of the hiking way astatine Nuuanu Pali Lookout and parkland successful Oahu, Hawaii. (iStock)
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Jurors besides heard from further witnesses.
Chuck Bussler, the proprietor of Fête Restaurant, testified that a preservation for Konig had been made done OpenTable for March 24, 2025, but was yet marked arsenic a no-show.
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Forensic pathologist Dr. Jonathan Arden testified that the victim’s caput injury, portion bloody successful appearance, was not life-threatening and did not impact the skull oregon brain. He agreed it did not conscionable the modular for superior bodily harm and said the injuries were much accordant with 2 to 3 impacts, not up to 10 full-force blows.
On cross-examination, prosecutors highlighted Arden’s relation arsenic a paid adept who often testifies for the defense.
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Prosecutors allege Konig attacked his woman connected that hike, striking her aggregate times successful an attempted killing.
Konig has pleaded not guilty.
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