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A man wanted for three killings has been apprehended after an intense search of Hawaii’s Big Island
Police said Jacob Baker was arrested after a two-day manhunt and now faces murder and burglary charges in the deaths of three elderly men.
- On Saturday, authorities charged 36-year-old Jacob Daniel Baker with first-degree murder following a two-day manhunt on the Big Island, where he stands accused of killing three men in the rural Puna community.
- Police discovered the three victims—Robert Shine, Chitta Morse, and John Carse—at properties in Pahoa and Kalapana between Monday and Tuesday; all three were older than 60, meeting the legal threshold for elderly crime victims.
- Following a multi-agency manhunt, officers found Baker hiding in a Kaimu cave on Thursday, and court records indicate he had been named in 20 other cases over the past two decades.
- Baker remains jailed without bond, with his first court appearance scheduled for Monday in Hilo District Court; if convicted of first-degree murder, he faces a mandatory life sentence without the possibility of parole.
- While police have not identified a motive, neighbors reported prior threats from Baker, who recently returned to the area claiming "squatter's rights," and residents in the Puna community remain on edge.
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By Alaa Elassar and Amanda Musa, CNN A persecution that kept a Hawaiian community in silo ended on Thursday with the arrest of a suspect in the murders of three men in different locations, the police reported. Police have identified 36-year-old Jacob Daniel Baker as the suspect in the three deaths that occurred on Hawaii’s “Big Island.” Baker was arrested “without incident” on Thursday, almost three days after the first body was discovered, the …
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