{"id":692,"date":"2026-05-29T04:35:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T04:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=692"},"modified":"2026-05-29T04:35:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T04:35:24","slug":"triple-homicide-suspect-captured-victims-identified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=692","title":{"rendered":"Triple homicide suspect captured; victims identified"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<section>\n<p>PAHOA (HawaiiNewsNow) &#8211; After days on the run, the suspect in a triple homicide on Hawaii Island is in custody.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=690\">\u2018A lot of fear and anxiety:\u2019 New green card policy threatens to disrupt path to permanent residency<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Authorities captured Jacob Daniel Baker, 36, at around 2:45 p.m. on Kalapana Kapoho Road.<\/p>\n<p>He was arrested for the following offenses: <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<h1>Witness reported suspect hiding in field<\/h1>\n<p>Hawaii Police Chief Reed Mahuna credited the public for Baker\u2019s capture. A tip was called in just after 2:30 p.m. from the Kaimu Cove area, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHawaii Police Department officers received information that the possible suspect had been observed hiding within a grassy area in a field. Witnesses reported observing the male party ducking down as passing traffic approached,\u201d Mahuna said.<\/p>\n<p>Video surveillance captured Baker fleeing from property to property, Mahuna said. Officers and detectives searched the area and found him hiding in a small cave. He was arrested without incident.<\/p>\n<p><b>Watch the full Hawaii Department press conference:<\/b><\/p>\n<h1>\u2018All hands on deck\u2019<\/h1>\n<p>Both Mahuna and Hawai\u02bbi Island Mayor Kimo Alameda expressed appreciation for the public, as well as officers and supporting agencies for working around the clock.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was truly all hands on deck,\u201d Alameda said. <\/p>\n<p>Mahuna said officers worked \u201clong hours under intense pressure in very challenging terrain and difficult conditions\u201d and thanked local, state, and federal partners for assisting with the search, including the FBI, Hawaii Department of Law Enforcement, U.S. Marshals Service, Honolulu, Hawaii, and Kauai police departments, state Department of Defense, Homeland Security Investigations, and the state Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement (DOCARE).<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Mahuna said the department\u2019s thoughts are with the victims and their families, and that the investigation will continue. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBehind every investigation, every search and every arrest are real people whose lives have been forever changed. We will continue to do everything that we can to ensure that we support them and seek justice on their behalf,\u201d Mahuna said.<\/p>\n<h1>Residents relieved after \u2018intense couple days\u2019<\/h1>\n<p>Residents say they\u2019re relieved the manhunt is over.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone\u2019s been really scared,\u201d said Puna resident Priya Surrago. \u201cA lot of people around here, we just live very close in community and not even everybody even has like locks on their doors.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Surrago said she had met the suspect once when he was selling coconuts near the highway, and the encounter left her uneasy. \u201cHe just had a creepy vibe,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Resident Aumrae McCarroll said he saw Baker being taken into custody. \u201cI just felt so much relief in my whole body,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>McCarroll called the experience \u201ctoo close for comfort.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McCarroll said, \u201cHe broke into my friend\u2019s house a couple nights ago and it\u2019s just like it\u2019s all right here and it\u2019s happening right in our backyards.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>McCarroll said he had known two of the victims: \u201cMy mother was friends with them and I grew up around them, and so year, definitely a heavy heart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=688\">Hilo murder under investigation; unrelated to Puna manhunt, police say<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Resident Ariyah Barron also witnessed Baker\u2019s capture.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s very much a relief because it\u2019s been an intense couple days for sure living in the area,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Barron said Baker was known to the community and described him as \u201cintense.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve definitely seen him angry. I have seen him verbally abuse people and I\u2019ve kind of kept my distance from him,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>McCarroll added, \u201cIt feels good and it feels good to know that he\u2019s off the streets and that we can all just \u2014 we\u2019re safe. We can relax.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Barron said she was concerned for k\u016bpuna in the community, noting many elders live alone. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t personally know the victims, but I know that they\u2019ve been in the community for a long time,\u201d Barron said. \u201cIt hits us all hard, and there\u2019s a lot of grief in that.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<h1>Victims identified, autopsy results revealed<\/h1>\n<p>On Thursday, police also positively identified two of the three victims.<\/p>\n<p>Robert Shine, 69, was found dead Monday night in the 14-000 block of Papaya Farms Road in P\u0101hoa.<\/p>\n<p>An autopsy indicated Shine was strangled, police said. The pathologist\u2019s final ruling is pending standard toxicology results.<\/p>\n<p>Police have not released the identity of the second victim, a 79-year-old man found Tuesday afternoon, about 400 feet from the first victim. But loved ones identified him as Chitta Morse.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Police identified the third victim, found at around 10 p.m. Tuesday in the 12-7800 block of Kalapana Kapoho Beach Road, as John Carse, 69.<\/p>\n<p>An autopsy performed Wednesday on Carse indicated he died of sharp force trauma, police said. The pathologist\u2019s final ruling is pending standard toxicology results.<\/p>\n<p>The third homicide occurred 19 miles away from the first two victims.<\/p>\n<p>Police ask anyone with information regarding this investigation is urged to contact Detective Duane Rapoza at (808) 961-2383 or via email at Duane.Rapoza@hawaiipolice.gov, or Detective Daniel Tam at (808) 961-2380 or via email at Daniel.Tam@hawaiipolice.gov.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Members of the public may also call the police department\u2019s non-emergency number at (808) 935-3311.<\/p>\n<p>Citizens who wish to remain anonymous can make an anonymous tip through Crime Stoppers at (808) 961-8300 and be eligible for a reward of up to $1,000. Crime Stoppers does not record any calls or subscribe to caller ID.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=686\">Veteran state lawmaker Belatti enters Hawaii lieutenant governor race<\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities captured Jacob Daniel Baker, 36, at around 2:45 p.m. on Kalapana Kapoho Road.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":691,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-692","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 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Triple homicide suspect captured; victims identified - Hawaii Moving Insider<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=692\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Triple homicide suspect captured; 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