In his closing argument, prosecutor Joel Garner said Gerhardt Konig was “obsessed” with his wife’s emotional affair with a co-worker when he tried to shove her from a cliff on the Pali Puka Trail, northeast of Honolulu.
When that failed, Garner said, he tried to stab her with a syringe and bashed her head with a rock. The attack ended when two hikers came upon the scene, he said.
“The only thing that got him to stop was being caught red-handed,” Garner said.
“Attempted manslaughter” is quite the charge. Like you attempted to “accidently” kill someone which doesn’t make any sense at all.
Manslaughter is not “accidental”. It typically means something like “without malice aforethought” - not premeditated. It’s the typical “crime of passion” which this does sound like.
If it’s a crime of passion, why did he bring a syringe on a hike?
Among other things, this doctor is a walking stereotype. Obvi he wasn’t there on day 1 aka “do no harm” day.
I’d say it sounds more like attempted murder, but ok.
