Updated at 2:40 p.m., Monday, November 20, 2006
Man acquitted in park ranger's death to stay in custody
By Ken Kobayashi
Advertiser Staff Writer
Federal prosecutors said they hope Eugene Frederick Boyce III will be confined for the rest of the life.
U. S. District Judge Susan Oki Mollway ruled that Boyce must remain in custody. The federal Bureau of Prisons will now select which Mainland federal secured medical facility Boyce will be placed in until he can demonstrate that he is no longer a danger to others.
Boyce was charged with first-degree murder in the death of U.S. Park Service ranger Steve Makuakane-Jarrell at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historic Park in December 1999. Boyce was homeless at the time.
He was diagnosed as suffering from paranoia and schizophrenia. His case was delayed several times until he was declared competent to stand trial.
In October, Mollway returned the insanity acquittal, setting up today's hearing.
Reach Ken Kobayashi at kkobayashi@honoluluadvertiser.com.
