Posted at 2:34 p.m., Thursday, February 9, 2006
Jury indicts Wai'anae man in hammer beating death
BY KEN KOBAYASHI
Advertiser Courts Writer
Clayton Higa, a Wai'anae pig farmer, is accused of murdering Shantel Figueroa, 21, of Wai'anae, Saturday at a pig farm on Mai'ili'ili Road.
The murder charge carries a life term with parole.
City Deputy Prosecutor Vickie Kapp told Circuit Judge Derrick Chan that Higa admitted to witnesses, including his mother and aunt, that he killed his former girlfriend. Higa then seriously injured himself with a large knife, Kapp said.
Kapp said Higa is extremely violent and a danger to the victim's family and the community.
Based on Kapp's report, Chan granted the prosecution request to set Higa's bail at $100,000.
Higa remains hospitalized with his injuries.
