Hawaii doctor accused of trying to kill wife on hike is found guilty of attempted manslaughter
Hawaii doctor accused of trying to kill wife on hike is found guilty of attempted manslaughter
Hawaii doctor accused of trying to kill wife on hike is found guilty of attempted manslaughter
Gerhardt Konig was convicted of attempted manslaughter based upon extreme mental or emotional disturbance. He claimed he acted in self-defense.
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.