Son, 29, charged with murder in mom’s death in Hawaii Kai

A 29-year-old man was charged today with allegedly murdering his mother in Hawaii Kai.

Micah Nainoa Nohea Alapai Auna is charged with murder in the second degree. He is subject to sentencing to a “mandatory minimum term of imprisonment without possibility of parole” because his mother was elderly, according to state court records.

Shortly before noon Saturday, District 7 patrol officers responded to a house in the 6200 block of Upolo Place for a welfare check involving Auna’s 60-year-old mother, Michele Hanapi-Auna.

Hanapi-Auna died of blunt head trauma and the manner of her death is homicide, according to the city Department of the Medical Examiner.

When police entered the home, they found Hanapi-Auna dead on the floor inside the home.

Preliminary investigation revealed the woman sustained fatal injuries. Her son was in the house when police arrived and was “identified as a suspect and subsequently arrested for murder,”according to a statement from HPD.

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A 27-year-old woman, who was also in the home, was arrested on suspicion of murder and criminal contempt of court was released pending further investigation. “No additional information will be released at this time,”according to HPD.

In May of 2013, Auna’s mom unsuccessfully petitioned the court for a protective order against her son.

See more:Crime in Hawaii

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