Updated at 10:17 p.m., Monday, June 11, 2007
B.I. stabbing leaves boy dead, woman injured
Advertiser Staff
A teen-age boy died today and a 34-year-old woman was in guarded condition after they were stabbed in an Ainaloa home in the Big Island's Puna District, police said.Hilo police said they arrested 38-year-old Tyrone Vesperas. He was in custody at the Hilo police cellblock but was not charged, police said.
Puna patrol officers responded to a 911 call around 11:30 a.m. The woman was taken to Hilo Medical Center in guarded condition and the boy was pronounced dead at 5:30 p.m.
The names of the victims were being withheld pending notification of family members.
