{"id":876,"date":"2026-06-03T05:37:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T05:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=876"},"modified":"2026-06-03T05:37:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T05:37:06","slug":"maui-man-faces-trial-for-third-time-in-2012-death-of-4-year-old-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=876","title":{"rendered":"Maui man faces trial for third time in 2012 death of 4-year-old son"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<section>\n<p>WAILUKU (HawaiiNewsNow) &#8211; A Maui man faces trial once again for the 2012 alleged murder of his four-year-old son.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=874\">New lawsuit targets eligibility requirements for Hawaiian homes leases<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is the third time 46-year-old Kyle McKeown has been charged in this case.<\/p>\n<p>McKeown has been released on his own recognizance, which means the judge gave him permission to leave jail before trial without having to post bail. Instead, he promised he would return to court.<\/p>\n<p>McKeown was arrested on May 8th for the alleged murder of his son Zion 14 years ago.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Court documents say the boy died from injuries that most likely stemmed from someone stomping on him while he was lying on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>When McKeown was first arrested in 2012, Maui police spoke of the allegations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is very tragic,\u201d said then Lt. Wayne Ibarra of the Maui Police Department. \u201cA four-year-old child \u2014 his life has been taken away, and everyone here at the police department want to do our best to make sure justice is served.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A month later, the case was dismissed.<\/p>\n<p>In a 2012 interview with Hawaii News Now, Zion\u2019s maternal grandmother Maryann Rooney said she was furious.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=872\">No tsunami expected after magnitude 4.6 quake off Hawaii Island<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am so, so very angry. I am seeing red. I cannot believe they let him go. I truly believe he murdered my grandson and there\u2019s a special place in hell for this person I know it,\u201d said Rooney.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors re-indicted McKeown in 2018 for Zion\u2019s murder, but a year later, the case was dropped again.<\/p>\n<p>Seven years later, they are trying once more with Honolulu prosecutors now handling the case because a Maui prosecutor once represented McKeown as a defense attorney.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Honolulu prosecutors said they don\u2019t want to comment because they don\u2019t want to potentially taint a future jury pool.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Honolulu prosecutors filed a notice for an extended prison term. 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