{"id":1414,"date":"2026-06-16T10:04:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T10:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=1414"},"modified":"2026-06-16T10:04:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T10:04:37","slug":"kauai-murder-suspect-appears-in-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=1414","title":{"rendered":"Kauai murder suspect appears in court"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<section>\n<p>LIHUE (HawaiiNewsNow) &#8211; The suspect who led Kauai police on a chase that ended in the ocean made his first appearance in court Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=1412\">Taj Clubhouse closing at Ward Centre after 50 years in business<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Murder suspect William \u201cBilly\u201d Sinclair is accused of killing Sergio Hernandez, 37, in Hanalei and shooting at another person in Kilauea.<\/p>\n<p>Sinclare then led police on a two-day manhunt that ended in waters off Kapaa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe ran and jumped into the ocean,\u201d said Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Jennifer Winn. \u201cHe was in the ocean for almost two hours before the police finally were able to apprehend him. He has person-related prior felonies, including robbery and assault with a firearm. And in this case, when he was located in Kapaa on June 8th, there was a loaded firearm that was recovered from his vest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=1410\">\u2018Amazing trajectory\u2019: Hawaii film industry rebounding with more movies in the islands<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Although the prosecution requested he be held without bail, the judge maintained Sinclair\u2019s bail at $1.5 million.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe it is already $1.5 million, which I believe is a substantial amount of bail to be set on this matter,\u201d said Public Defender Renee Ardnt. \u201cSo I would ask that you deny the state\u2019s request for no bail.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=1409\">More than 10k corals restored on Waianae Coast<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sinclair is due back in court for a preliminary hearing on Wednesday. <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kauai murder suspect William \u201cBilly\u201d Sinclair made his first appearance in court Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1413,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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