A 21-year-old Nationwide Guard specialist was discovered lifeless inside a burning automobile after she was allegedly stabbed within the neck by her boyfriend.
Specialist Laau Jordan Laulusa was discovered lifeless inside a burning automobile that was parked proper outdoors of Mililani Excessive Faculty in Hawaii.
A Hawaii Medical Examiner dominated her loss of life as a murder and said she was stabbed in her neck moments earlier than the automobile she was in was set ablaze
Earlier than the deadly stabbing, an eyewitness noticed a person with a blade opening and shutting Laulusa’s automobile door.
After the automobile was set on hearth, the person with the blade fled the scene however was adopted by the witness.
The witness was capable of discreetly comply with the suspect and was capable of lead the authorities to Samuel Jones, 25, who was reportedly Laulusa’s boyfriend.
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Samuel Jones has since been charged with arson and first diploma homicide.
His bail has been set at $1 million {dollars}.
Per KSLTV 5 Information:
The person accused of homicide in connection to a physique present in a burning automobile at Mililani Excessive Faculty has now been charged with the crime.
The Honolulu Prosecuting Lawyer charged 25-year-old Samuel Jones with the homicide of 21-year-old Laau Jordan Laulusa after her physique was discovered on Monday.
Emergency crews responded simply earlier than 7 a.m. after witnesses reported a automobile on hearth within the college car parking zone subsequent to the baseball discipline.
These witnesses additionally instructed police they noticed a person opening and shutting doorways on the car moments earlier than the hearth began, earlier than taking off on foot. The witnesses adopted the person till HPD arrived, and instructed police the person was carrying a “bladed weapon.”
The person accused of homicide in connection to a physique present in a burning automobile at Mililani Excessive Faculty in Mililani, Hawaii, has now been charged with the crime.https://t.co/PVEZohIn2z
— KSL 5 TV (@KSL5TV) March 16, 2023
In a assertion Brig. Gen. Stephen F. Logan the commanding normal for the Hawaii Nationwide Guard said “This can be a tragic loss for all the Hawai‘i Military Nationwide Guard. We’re cooperating with authorities in the course of the ongoing investigation.”