Updated at 2:25 p.m., Thursday, March 1, 2007
Man, 83, accused of stabbing wife at least 100 times
Jim Dooley
Advertiser Staff Writer
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Circuit Judge Derrick Chan granted the request, made after Jandura was indicted by an O'ahu grand jury on a charge of second-degree murder.
Jandura is charged under a section of state law which requires a penalty of life without possibility of parole when a murder "was especially heinous, atrocious or cruel, manifesting exceptional depravity."
Jandura is a Canadian citizen, as was his wife, Ingeborg, 82. He allegedly killed her Feb. 25 in their room at the Ilikai Hotel.
The couple, of Edmonton, Alberta, were married 58 years and were regular winter visitors to Hawaii.
Jandura is the oldest defendant charged with murder here in recent memory.
Reach Jim Dooley at jdooley@honoluluadvertiser.com or 535-2447.
