Before he lost consciousness while lying in blood on his kitchen floor Monday afternoon, a 33-year-old Kahului man told a police officer who had stabbed him, the Maui News reported yesterday. He died later at a hospital.

John Shaniyo identified his attacker as his girlfriend, Rachael Berta, according to police reports filed in court to support a second-degree murder charge against her.

During an initial appearance Wednesday in Wailuku District Court, the 23-year-old woman pleaded not guilty. She was held in lieu of $500,000 bail at the Maui Community Correctional Center.

A preliminary hearing is set for this afternoon.