Hawaii doctor’s son tells jurors dad confessed cliffside attack on wife, vowed to jump before arrest

A Hawaii assemblage heard grounds that a lad watched his begetter look connected FaceTime with humor connected his garment and admit helium had conscionable tried to termination his woman earlier saying helium planned to leap disconnected a cliff up of police.

Prosecutors are relying heavy connected that relationship from Emile Konig arsenic they physique their lawsuit against Gerhardt Konig, a doc who is accused of attacking his wife, Arielle Konig, adjacent the Pali Puka Trail connected Oahu successful March 2025.

Emile, who was surviving with the mates and his younger siblings successful Kahului, Maui, said the telephone came soon aft the alleged attack.

"He would not beryllium making it backmost to Maui and to instrumentality attraction of the younger kids and that Ari, my stepmom, had been cheating connected him and that helium tried to termination her," Emile testified, recounting what his begetter told him, according to Hawaii News Now and courtroom testimony.

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Hawaii doc Gerhardt Konig appears earlier a justice via video during an arraignment proceeding aft being indicted connected allegations of attempting to termination his woman connected Monday, April 7, 2025, successful Honolulu. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)

Jurors heard the archetypal telephone came astatine 10:42 a.m., erstwhile Konig allegedly told his lad helium was not coming location and needed him to measurement successful for the family. He besides claimed Arielle had been unfaithful and said helium had conscionable tried to termination her.

About an hr later, Emile testified, his begetter called again connected FaceTime, wherever helium appeared with humor connected his shirt.

Emile told the tribunal helium saw humor connected his father’s shirt.

During the call, Konig again spoke astir the alleged matter and the attack, and past described what helium planned to bash next.

"During that call, the adjacent program that helium said was to leap disconnected the cliff," Emile testified. "I told him not to."

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Gerhardt Konig sits successful a Maui courtroom arsenic helium faces charges successful the attempted execution proceedings involving his estranged wife. (KHON-FOX)

Prosecutors accidental Konig ended the telephone with a stark warning: "I’m going to spell earlier the constabulary drawback me."

Emile besides testified his begetter ne'er claimed self-defense during either call, a cardinal constituent arsenic the defence has argued Arielle was the archetypal aggressor.

During cross-examination, defence lawyer Thomas Otake pressed Emile connected specifics of the FaceTime call.

Emile confirmed helium saw humor connected his father’s garment and that Konig said it belonged to Arielle. He besides testified that his begetter told him the humor came from her caput and that Arielle had been cheating connected him for "a mates months."

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Otake besides asked whether everything had seemed mean earlier that morning.

"Yes," Emile said.

In the courtroom, Konig reportedly showed nary disposable emotion arsenic his lad testified. Emile’s grandparents besides watched softly from the gallery, Hawaii News Now reported. 

Earlier successful the trial, Honolulu Police Department integer forensics examiner Det. Thomas Iinuma elaborate what prosecutors picture arsenic a troubling integer way successful the months starring up to the incident.

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Hawaii doc Gerhardt Konig appears earlier a justice via video during an arraignment proceeding aft being indicted connected allegations of attempting to termination his wife, April 7, 2025, successful Honolulu. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)

Investigators recovered information from Konig’s laptop, wherever a azygous progressive idiosyncratic profile, "GKonig," contained a bid of late-night Reddit searches and posts focused connected infidelity, betrayal and divorce.

On Dec. 24 and 25, 2024, Konig allegedly browsed threads with titles specified arsenic "Lying again," "It’s over," and "I did a horrible thing," galore wrong forums dedicated to coping with infidelity.

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One station read: "My woman cheated connected maine 2 years agone and I forgave her… How tin I spot her again?"

Authorities besides recovered that Konig purchased a voice-activated audio recorder and aboriginal searched for distant Maui hiking locations, including elaborate accusation astir the Pali Puka Trail, which is known for steep, unsafe cliffs.

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Keyword investigation of the instrumentality revealed repeated searches including "danger," "death," "fall," "kill," "die," "cliff," and "hike."

A Dropbox folder labeled "Divorce" was besides discovered.

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Gerhardt Konig is charged with attempted second-degree execution aft helium allegedly tried to termination his woman portion hiking successful Hawaii.  (Gerhardt Konig/Facebook)

Family members besides testified that the narration betwixt Gerhardt and Arielle Konig had grown progressively tense.

Peter Mast, Arielle’s stepfather, said the matrimony had cooled implicit the past year, though Konig appeared to enactment arsenic if "everything was normal" astatine a household gathering successful January.

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Arielle’s mother, Judith Mast, described hostility and affectional region but said the narration appeared to beryllium improving earlier the incident.

After the authorities rested its case, prosecutors pointed to Emile Konig’s grounds arsenic a captious portion of grounds supporting their communicative of what happened.

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They said his relationship provides a nonstop model into the defendant’s mindset instantly aft the alleged attack, linking the integer evidence, the alleged motive of infidelity, and the events connected the cliff.

The defence is expected to proceed arguing that the incidental stemmed from a confrontation initiated by Arielle.

Stepheny Price covers crime, including missing persons, homicides and migrant crime. Send communicative tips to [email protected].