Anya Cain (29:46)
Exactly. See, people want to hear you explain legal concepts. They don't want to hear me badly explain legal concepts and then have. You have to correct it. So you might as well save time. Just say, say it. So, yeah, this is a probable cause affidavit, and I'm not going to be naming witnesses, and I'm also not going to be naming the victim in this case or the. The, you know, the victims. Who. Who is alleging the abuse and who's alleging the attempted homicide. So I'm just going to, I think, use initials here, but I think I'll just read through. There's a couple of. About two pages here. So I'm just going to read through the probable cause affidavit and then we can discuss it, Quote, that your affiant is currently assigned to the Honolulu Police Department here and after hpd, Strategic Enforcement Detail here and after sed, which works under the Criminal Investigation Division here and after SCID, on March 24, 2025, Officer Ken Chun, hereafter referred to as Officer Chunky, was assigned to District 5 in uniform patrol and responded to an incident of assault reported at Poly Lookout. Specifically on the Polypooka Trail in Honolulu, Hawaii. Upon arrival, Officer Chun made contact with the female caller who was one of two witnesses to the event. A hereina after referred to as A and S, herein after referred to as s, had called 911 to report witnessing an assault between a male and a female on the Polypooka Trail. Officer Chun spoke to the victim at the scene, later identified as ak, hereinafter referred to as ak, who was verbally identified and appeared sober and coherent during the course of the investigation. AK stated that she was on the Polypooka Trail with her husband, later identified as Gerhard Koenig. She mentioned that while on the trail, Koenig was standing close to the edge and asked her to take a selfie with him. AK expressed that she did not feel comfortable taking a picture with him that close to the edge, so she declined to begin to walk back. AK stated that Koenig then yelled at her to come back and when she refused, he pushed her into the bushes and they began to struggle. AK managed to get away from him. She reported that Koenig then picked up a rock and struck her on the head approximately 10 times while also grabbing the back of her hair and smashing her face into the ground. AK indicated that she was yelling for help and heard two the two other hikers she was able to crawl over to them. AK observed Koenig take out two syringes from his bag and attempt to use them on her, but she was able to get them away from her. She stated that she did not give Koenig permission to assault her and that she is willing to press charges. Officer Chin met with A, who was verbally identified and appeared sober and coherent during the course of the investigation. A stated that on March 24, 2025 at about 10:28 hours, she began hiking up Polypuka. Approximately five to ten minutes into her hike, she heard a woman screaming help. Help me. Repeatedly prompting her to run to the top as she thought someone was falling off the side of the mountain. When A reached the top, she saw a girl lying on her back in the grass with a man on top of her hitting her on the head. A described that the man had a rock in his hand and when he saw her she stopped and got off of the woman. A recalled the woman, later identified as A.K. stated, He is trying to kill me. He is hitting me in the head with a rock. Concerned for her safety, A stepped away while her friend s called 91 1, all the while keeping an eye on Koenig and AK. According to a, AK was able to move away from Koenig and towards her once A re. Once AK reached her, Koenig moved up the trail toward the puka. A related that AK did not pass out and was talking to them the entire time. AK informed A that it was her husband Koenig who had assaulted her. A stated that she was would be able to identify the suspect if seen again. AK sustained multiple large lacerations to her face and head as a result of the altercation. Emergency Medical Services EMS arrived shortly after the incident and transported AK to Queens Medical center in serious but stable condition for further evaluation and treatment. On March 24, 2025, after speaking to AK and the two witnesses, Officer Chun formed police dispatch to broadcast an all points bulletin or APB for Koenig. Last seen wearing a light gray T shirt, blue shorts, and last seen going up the Polypooka Trail. On March 24, 2025, Detective Tracy Spacek here and after Detective Spacek arrived at Queens Medical center to interview AK about the events that occurred at the Polypooka Trail. During the interview, AK disclosed that her husband Koenig was a suspect who attempted to kill her by striking her on the head with a rock approximately 10 times. She also reported that he tried to inject her with a syringe containing some sort of fluid. Detective SpaceX showed a current color photograph of Koenig, which AK positively identified as her husband, to all units in the area to assist in locating him. Detective Spacek requested assistance from SED to locate and arrest him. Arrived at Poly Lookout to carry out a comprehensive ground and area search. On March 24, 2025, at about 1810 hours, your affiant was making checks in the area and observed Koenig on foot walking down Nuano Poly Drive. Koenig was then placed under arrest for attempted murder in the second degree documented under Honolulu Police report number 251-10-958. The suspect verbally identified himself as Gerhard Koenig and his identity was also verified via the police database by photography and information provided by Koenig. The aforementioned facts and circumstances occurred entirely in the state of Hawaii, city and county of Honolulu. End quote. Okay, so obviously very disturbing, very disturbing, very upsetting. That what that sounds like to me. And again, innocent until proven guilty. These are all allegations at this point. But first of all, a damning affidavit if I've ever seen one. I mean, this attack is witnessed by people. The victim survives and is able to recount what happened and has to be treated in the hospital for getting, you know, hit in the head with a rock multiple times. But I, I was confused at when this story came out. It's like, you know, it almost was like it. Did he freak out because she didn't take a selfie with him? But what it sounds like. And again, this is all speculation based on what we've just read. Speculation based on some facts. I'm not. We'll have to see what Koenig's defense team has to say if he decides to go to trial and plead not guilty. But it sounds like he was going to push her off the mountain and kill her that way. The selfie was like a ruse and when she didn't want to do it, then he shifted and had backup methods for trying to kill her. Yes, that's what it sounds like. Yeah, it does because, you know, he's, he's prepared to attack her with a rock. He's prepared to inject her with mysterious syringes. He's a doctor, he's an anesthesiologist. So he presumably probably has some insights in what could, you know, what different drugs could do to a human body. But yeah, so they're, they're living in Maui, they're visiting Oahu and this happens. And yeah, the PCA kind of, you know, PCAs tend to be written in very kind of plain, matter of fact language and for the reasons that Kevin cited earlier because what they're supposed to do. But reading all this happening to this poor woman in this situation and you know, we talked about this last time, but this couple was, you know, highly educated, you know, people who are prominent in the community doing. Well, that doesn't matter. Domestic violence can happen to anyone in any social demographic or, you know, financial demographic or whatever. What have you any, any person in society, man or woman, you know, regardless of who you are, this can happen. And I'm very glad that this lady survived this horrible attack. But yeah, horrifying. I'm glad those other women stepped in, know, stepped in when they heard someone calling for help.