Posted at 3:49 p.m., Monday, October 31, 2005
Man takes responsibility for murder
Advertiser staff
A 49-year-old man pleaded no contest today to the brutal beating death of a Kapahulu woman in April 2004 and now faces the state's harshest punishment of life in prison without the possibility of parole.Ronald J. Howe had pleaded not guilty to one count of second-degree murder, but Howe told Circuit Judge Dexter Del Rosario he had changed his mind and wanted to take responsibility for his actions.
Howe pleaded no contest to the April 23, 2004, murder of Robyn Mae Nakaji.
Based on his no-contest plea, Howe was found guilty by Del Rosario, who set sentencing for March 8.
