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Ex-Soldier charged for woman’s murder, was guilty of similar 1980 murder

April 3, 2007

Man charged in woman’s death committed similar 1980 murder

According to court documents, Darnell Griffin constantly harassed his victim

By Rosemarie Bernardo
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In 1980, Darnell Griffin harassed Lynn Marie Gherardi after she said she did not want to go out with him again, according to witnesses.

On Oct. 10, 1980, Griffin appeared unannounced at her apartment.

Three days later, Gherardi was found strangled to death in her Makiki apartment. The killer: Griffin.

Yesterday, Griffin appeared in court again, this time charged with the strangulation death of 20-year-old Evelyn Luka in September 1999. Witnesses saw Luka leave with someone from Venus Nite Club. She was found unconscious near the H-2 freeway, beaten, raped and strangled. About a month later, Luka died.

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Griffin was found guilty of Gherardi’s murder in December 1982 and was sentenced to life in prison. He was placed on parole in March 1996. Griffin was living in Salt Lake when the two murders occurred. At the time of Gherardi’s murder, Griffin was 22 and living with his girlfriend.

A native of Chicago, he was based at Schofield Barracks for two years as an E-4 specialist.

According to court documents, at least four witnesses said Griffin constantly harassed Gherardi over the phone and made two unannounced visits to her Makiki home at 1520 Liholiho St.

Griffin wanted to go out with her, but she turned him down because of different interests and her “prejudicial attitude toward him,” witnesses said.

Court-appointed attorney Bruce Masunaga represented Griffin in the 1980 case. He requested that the statements made by the witnesses be thrown out, describing them as hearsay. He said the witnesses were not present during the phone calls made to Gherardi, did not know Griffin’s last name and had never met him.

There was no evidence of any physical threat, harm or injury ever being inflicted or threatened upon Gherardi by Griffin, Masunaga said in court documents.

Griffin had told police that he had gone on at least one date with Gherardi, spoke to her over the phone a few times and had been to her apartment. Police also recovered a letter written to Gherardi by Griffin dated March 25, 1980.

An 11-year-old child told police that he heard a woman scream and cry for about five to 10 minutes while he was playing in his backyard next to Gherardi’s apartment about 6:30 p.m. Oct. 12. “The noises came from the house next to ours on the mauka side of our house,” said the child in a written statement to police.

After the screams, it was silent, he said.

Suspect in killing goes to court

Star-Bulletin staff
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An Ewa Beach man accused in the rape and murder of a 20-year-old woman made his first court appearance yesterday in Honolulu District Court.

Darnell Griffin, 48, was charged Friday in the death of Evelyn Luka, who was last seen alive in September 1999 leaving Venus Nite Club with a male companion. Her body was found left for dead about eight years ago near the Ka Uka Boulevard onramp to the H-2 freeway.

It’s the first arrest Honolulu police have made in a “cold case” using DNA evidence since a 2005 law was passed requiring all convicted felons to submit samples to a national database.

DNA samples obtained last November from Griffin, who had served time and been paroled for a strangling murder in 1980, apparently matched evidence obtained earlier from Luka while she lay in a coma at the Queen’s Medical Center. She had been beaten, strangled and raped.

District Judge Leslie Hayashi ordered Griffin to return tomorrow to Honolulu District Court for a preliminary hearing. He remains in custody in lieu of $5 million bail. Griffin has yet to be assigned an attorney.

Source: http://archives.starbulletin.com/2007/04/03/news/story04.html

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Ex-soldier, with prior murder conviction, arrested for 1999 murder

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Police Arrest Man In 1999 Murder Case

Suspect Previously Convicted Of Murder

POSTED: 1:36 pm HST March 30, 2007

HONOLULU — Honolulu police arrested a convicted murder in connection with a murder case that happened in 1999.

Darnell Griffin faces charges of second-degree murder in the death of Evelyn Luka.

Luka was last seen alive leaving Venus nightclub with a man matching Griffin’s description one night, according to police. Her body was found the next day along the H-2 Freeway near the Ka Uka Road overpass.

The 20-year-old woman was barely alive. She remained in a hospital for a month before she died.

Griffin’s registered DNA appeared as a possible match to the cold case. Police arrested him on a parole violation. They tested his DNA and found it was a match in Luka’s case, according to police.

Police are holding Griffin in custody. He is expected to appear in court next week.

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Former Pearl Harbor MP charged with murder

Witness tells of Torres’ confession and threats

By Debra Barayuga
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Accused murderer Jenaro Torres threatened to kill a former co-worker and her family if she told anyone he had robbed a bank in Hawaii and killed someone, the woman testified.

Susan Davis said she believed Torres’ threat, and for nearly six months she kept the secret to herself, putting up with his harassment and living in fear.

“‘I’ll know if you told anybody and if you want to see your children and family again’ … that terrified me. I know what he meant,” Davis testified yesterday in Circuit Court. “You’re the only one that knows,” Torres told her, she said.

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Torres, a former Pearl Harbor military police officer, is charged with second-degree murder in the disappearance and murder of Ruben Gallegos, a Navy Exchange cashier. Gallegos was last seen May 5, 1992, leaving his cashier cage with Torres and carrying a money bag containing about $80,000.

More than five years after Gallegos’ disappearance, Torres confessed to Davis in California over lunch before warning her not to tell anyone, she testified, noting that his revelations shocked her.

“Who’d make up a story like that? Why would you terrify somebody if you’re supposed to be a friend?” she said.

In the past, Torres had bragged to her and other co-workers about his military background, that he knew how to kill and that if they were ever unhappy with their husbands, he could hire someone to get rid of them, according to Davis.

She went out of her way to avoid contact with Torres after that, but he would stop by her desk and make comments like “I’m watching you, good girl,” or, “Good girl, you haven’t told anybody,” she said.

He taunted her with messages on her voice mail, commenting on how lovely the day was and thanking her for being his friend, she testified, her voice breaking.

In June 1998, Navy investigators contacted Davis, and she told them what Torres told her because she could not live in fear anymore, she said.

She told them that over lunch at a Taco Bell, Torres revealed he had robbed a bank in Hawaii so he could go to California to be closer to his mother, who was dying of cancer. He wanted to prove to his siblings that he did care about her and could be there for her and all of them, she said.

Torres told her two other people were involved in the robbery but that something went wrong in the bank and only he came out. Another individual was outside waiting in the getaway car. But as Torres got into the car and tossed the money bag inside, his partner leaned down to pick up the bag and said, “I don’t want any of this. I want out,” Davis recounted.

Torres’ response was, “No one backs out on Jenaro.”

“When he told me at that point, I got scared,” said Davis. “I can’t believe I’m hearing this.”

But curiosity got the best of her, and she asked him if anyone got killed. His answer terrified her, she said.

“I can’t answer that right now,” he told her, Davis testified. “Don’t worry about it. I took care of it.”

He told her their plan was to bury the money then go back for it later, and the money would be split, she said. Military police, alerted about the missing money, arrested Torres when he tried to get back on base about five hours later.

In the trunk of his car were some of Gallegos’ belongings, including his Texas driver’s license and his wallet.

Source: http://archives.starbulletin.com/2007/03/17/news/story06.html

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Soldier gets life with no parole for killing fellow GI

Soldier gets life with no parole for killing fellow GI

By Rosemarie Bernardo
rbernardo@starbulletin.com

A seven-member jury sentenced Spc. Jeffery White to life in prison without the possibility of parole for murdering Spc. Felicia LaDuke.

White showed no emotion when his sentence was announced in a courtroom yesterday at Wheeler Army Airfield. The court-martial jury also demoted White and dishonorably discharged him from the Army.

The former truck driver with the 325th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade, remains at the Navy brig in Ford Island. His case will be sent to the service Court of Criminal Appeals.

Before he was sentenced, White took the stand and asked the jury for another chance at a productive life so he could be a father to his three children. He also apologized to the LaDuke family and his wife and other family members.

“I do have remorse and emotions,” White said. “I’m sorry for the things that happened.”

During sentence proceedings Wednesday, family members described White as a smart, responsible person who regularly sent clothes and gifts to his younger brothers and nieces and nephews in Houston.

But that was not how White was described by the prosecuting attorney.

“There was intent not only to kill her, but to make her suffer,” Capt. David Clark said.

“Did he ever say ‘I’m sorry Felicia for what I did’?” he said. “She went to Iraq and survived only to come back to Hawaii for another soldier to murder her.”

LaDuke’s family was not satisfied with White’s words.

“He didn’t say he was sorry for what he did. He showed no remorse, whatsoever,” LaDuke’s father, Steve, said.

Jury members deliberated for about 2 1/2 hours before reaching a decision on his sentence, after finding him guilty of premeditated murder on Tuesday.

White and LaDuke, a motor transport operator with the 25th Transportation Company, 524th Combat Support Battalion, were involved in a custody and child support battle over their son, Elijah, who was 20 months old at the time of LaDuke’s murder.

White has two other children, a 2-year-old daughter, Jacyah, and 7-month old son, Amir, with his wife Angela.

White’s family members declined to comment.

A custody hearing for Elijah, who turns 3 in February, is scheduled to be held Monday at Family Court. LaDuke’s father said he hopes his grandson will be able to come home to Warroad, Minn., with them.

“Now, maybe he can live with the family instead of living in foster care,” LaDuke’s father said.

Family members of LaDuke and White have talked to each other about how important it is for Elijah to grow up knowing both sides of his family.

“The primary focus here is going to be Elijah and having him be the happiest, healthiest little boy he can be and have a family,” LaDuke’s stepmother, Donna LaDuke, said.

Friends and family members described LaDuke as a bubbly, generous person who enjoyed telling jokes. She also was a loving mother and someone who would lift her friends’ spirits when they were upset or sad.

LaDuke’s father continues to agonize over his daughter’s murder, saying it “was like my heart was ripped out of my chest and it can’t be replaced in any way, shape or form.”

“Sure, he’s going to prison, but I still have no daughter,” he said.

Source: http://archives.starbulletin.com/2006/12/15/news/story08.html

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Soldier faces life in prison for murder

Soldier faces life in prison for murder

The Schofield driver is found guilty of killing the mother of his child

By Rosemarie Bernardo
rbernardo@starbulletin.com

A court-martial jury found Spc. Jeffery White guilty yesterday of premeditated murder of Spc. Felicia LaDuke on Oct. 7, 2005.

White, a truck driver with the 325th Brigade Support Battalion, faces life in prison or life with eligibility of parole in 20 years. He was to be sentenced at Wheeler Army Airfield at 1 p.m. today.

LaDuke, a motor transport operator with the 25th Transportation Company, 524th Combat Support Battalion, and White were involved in a custody battle over their son, Elijah. The toddler was 20 months old when LaDuke was murdered. White has another child with his wife, Angela.

Jury members deliberated for about 4 1/2 hours before they reached a verdict.

“He had a wife, a new life. She didn’t fit in anymore because she was a liability, a problem,” Capt. Robert McGovern, an attorney who represented the U.S. government, said during closing arguments at the court-martial.

LaDuke wanted White to “man up” to his responsibilities, McGovern said. White was fed up with her, he said.

White, he said, did not act in a fit of rage, but had talked with friends about killing LaDuke.

In August 2005, White told a friend, “I should just kill her, dump her body so I don’t have to pay child support.”

“He said it to many people, not idle chatter, (but) a man expressing his anger,” McGovern said.

On the night of Oct. 7, 2005, White was playing pool with a friend and stewing over LaDuke. He had changed his plans with his wife and called LaDuke about 10 p.m., asking to meet her.

The two, according to court testimony, drove to Kaena Point, where White beat her, strangled her and finally drove her car over her body three times to make sure she was dead.

McGovern said White attempted to cover evidence of his crime, showing it was a premeditated act.

This shows that someone is smart and was thinking — “not someone in rage,” McGovern said.

The courtroom gallery was packed with military personnel and family members of LaDuke and White during closing arguments. Family members declined comment.

White’s attorney, Maj. John Hyatt, said that White brought LaDuke to Kaena Point to have sex, not to kill her.

While they were at Kaena Point, something prompted White to derail his plans, Hyatt said.

Prior to LaDuke’s death, Hyatt told jury members, there were no threats against LaDuke from White. Of the statements he made to friends on how he wanted to harm LaDuke, Hyatt said, “People use phrases. People use figures of speech.”

“Nobody thought there was a potential of danger that LaDuke would get hurt,” Hyatt said.

“He never threatened her. There were plenty of opportunities of threats,” Hyatt said.

Hyatt argued that LaDuke’s death was not a result of premeditated murder because White did not consider how he would leave the scene.

Hyatt also argued that White did not have a weapon or a plan to leave the area.

After LaDuke’s murder, White told the first person he ran into that he killed someone. “There is no rational follow-through, no mental preparedness,” he said.

Source: http://archives.starbulletin.com/2006/12/13/news/story08.html

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Ex-Navy man suspect in death of stepfather

Posted on: Friday, November 17, 2006

Stepson sought in fatal fire

By Peter Boylan and David Waite
Advertiser Staff Writers

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Marie Ramos, who arrived home more than two hours after the fire and learned of her husband’s death, talks with a Red Cross worker. Neighbors who had rushed over when the fire began were unable to get to Robert Ramos inside the burning house. JOAQUIN SIOPACK | The Honolulu Advertiser

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Neighbors in ‘Ewa Beach watched the coroner’s department remove Robert Ramos’ body from the scene of the house fire. JOAQUIN SIOPACK | The Honolulu Advertiser

‘EWA BEACH – A man seen leaving a home before it burst into flames yesterday is being sought in connection with the death of his stepfather, who was found burned beyond recognition inside a back bedroom, investigators said.

“Neighbors reported hearing an argument before the fire and we’re interested in that aspect,” said Lt. Bill Kato, head of the Honolulu Police Department’s homicide unit. “His stepson left the house in a hurry and we’d like to talk to him.”

Neighbors said the victim, identified by police as Robert Ramos, 55, parked his truck in front of his single-family home on Kilipoe Street in ‘Ewa Beach shortly before 10 a.m. and ran in to pick up something he’d forgotten.

Neighbors said they heard an argument break out, then saw the stepson ride away on a bicycle. They saw the fire spread through much of the house, and a half-dozen neighbors rushed over and tried to break in while others sprayed the flames with water hoses, firefighters and police said.

Several neighbors screamed for Ramos while others tried to break windows and get close to a door but the heat was too intense, neighbors said.

“Bob is a nice guy; a real hard worker,” said Dean Nishimura, speaking about an hour after the blaze was extinguished. “Everybody tried (to get him out of the house). They good neighbors.”

A woman who was identified by neighbors and police as Ramos’ wife came home shortly after 12:45 p.m. and broke down when officers told her about Ramos.

Her husband’s truck was still parked in the street in front of the home when she returned.

Ramos’ body was found in the back bedroom, said fire Capt. Frank Johnson. A death pronouncement was made at the fire scene at 10:23 a.m., said Bryan Cheplic, spokesman for the city Emergency Services Department.

“The body was burned beyond recognition,” Cheplic said.

Fire officials said the blaze was reported at 10:07 a.m. and firefighters were at the scene six minutes later. The fire was declared under control at 10:18 a.m.

Police identified Ramos’ stepson as Timothy A. Adarna, who is being sought by officers with the department’s District Eight Crime Reduction Unit. Police initially did not know the stepson’s age but thought he was about 18 to 20.

Dean and Iris Nishimura, who have lived in the house next to Ramos’ for 37 years, both said Adarna and Ramos could often be heard arguing. Ramos and his family moved into the house 18 months ago.

Dean Nishimura was brushing his teeth when he heard three loud thumps, then what sounded like someone dragging a heavy bag across the floor, he said. Then his wife, Iris, began yelling that Ramos’ house was on fire.

Dean Nishimura ran outside and rushed next door to help other neighbors try to get Ramos out of the home. Nishimura said Ramos was a general contractor and business records indicate he owned Make It Beautiful Hawai’i LLC.

He and his wife, Marie, moved here from Portland, Ore., 18 months ago. Ramos once ran Kaipo Construction, according to business records.

HFD’s Johnson said about 20 firefighters from the ‘Ewa Beach and Kapolei stations fought the blaze.

“When our guys arrived, the structure was already fully engulfed,” Johnson said, noting that nearby Board of Water Supply workers and neighbors were already battling the blaze.

“They broke down the front door and were trying to fight the fire with garden hoses, but it was just too hot and there was too much smoke,” he said.

One of the water supply workers was taken to the hospital for treatment of smoke inhalation, Johnson said. “We appreciate people trying to help, but a fire like this is best left to professionals who have the necessary equipment and training,” he said.

Initial estimates set damage to the home at $200,000 and loss of contents at $80,000.

Police and fire investigators have not determined the cause and origin of the fire. Homicide investigators also were on scene yesterday.

Johnson said the older, single-wall wooden home probably went up in flames very quickly. He estimated that at least 50 percent of the home was destroyed.

Reach Peter Boylan at pboylan@honoluluadvertiser.com and David Waite at dwaite@honoluluadvertiser.com.

Source: http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Nov/17/ln/FP611170359.html

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Former military man sentenced to prison for sex assault of boy

TheHawaiiChannel.com

Man Who Sexually Assaulted Boy Sentenced To Prison

Victim’s Grandfather Blasts MySpace.com For Problems

POSTED: 3:39 pm HST September 20, 2006

HONOLULU — A man who met a teenage boy online and then sexually assaulted him was sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to several crimes.

Joseph Colasacco, 30, apologized to the family of the 14-year-old boy he sexually assaulted and told them he is not a monster.

“I screwed up. I know I did. I made some very bad decisions,” Colasacco said.

In a plea agreement, to spare the victim from testifying, Colasacco pleaded guilty to all 13 counts, including second-degree sexual assault and electronic enticement of a child.

The two met early this year on the popular Web site MySpace.com. In February, the teen’s stepfather discovered Colasacco in the boy’s bed at their Kahala home.

“This defendant was sneaky, and he was demanding. And, throughout all of this, he waged a campaign, so to speak, of control over this victim,” prosecutor Jean Ireton said.

“His adolescence has been stolen from him, and he’s unsettled and he’s not doing well in school,” the victim’s grandfather said in court.

The teen’s grandfather also criticized the MySpace Web site, saying it set up the perfect place for pedophiles.

“They left a path of destruction across this country,” the grandfather said.

“I should have never been online chatting. You’ll never find me in another chat room ever,” Colasacco said.

Colasacco said he assumed the victim was the legal age of 16, but prosecutors said he knew all along the boy was underage.

During sentencing, Judge Michael Wilson considered Colasacco’s military service and clean record before the incident, but said he gave the defendant 10 years in prison because of the severity of the crimes.

Under current Hawaii law, most of those convicted of electronic enticement of minors get robation. So, the teen’s family was pleased Colasacco got jail time.

Copyright 2006 by TheHawaiiChannel.com

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Hearing begins for Schofield soldier

Posted on: Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Hearing begins for Schofield soldier

By William Cole
Advertiser Military Writer

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WAHIAWA – Army Spc. Felicia LaDuke had a young son she loved, but on the night of Oct. 7, 2005, she had a baby sitter, and was in white pants, a black blouse and new high heels looking forward to a night out at the clubs, friends said.

Instead, she got a late phone call from Spc. Jeffery White, the child’s father, and with whom she had been involved in a custody and child support battle, according to testimony yesterday at a military court hearing at Wheeler Army Airfield.

“I was leaning against the cell phone and I heard Jeffery White tell her, ‘I need to see you because I need to talk to you about some personal (stuff),’ ” said Korina Walker, a friend of LaDuke’s.

It was the last time she would see LaDuke alive.

The 22-year-old Schofield Barracks soldier and Iraq war veteran was found face up in tall grass by Ka’ena Point, a party spot service members called “the end of the world.”

She had been strangled to death and run over three times by a vehicle, police said.

White had been ridiculed by his platoon for seeing LaDuke, and once said “it would be much easier for me to just kill her than to pay child support,” testified Spc. Ricky Walker, a onetime friend of White’s.

Walker said he didn’t believe White was serious.

White, charged with LaDuke’s murder, yesterday heard the testimony at an Article 32 hearing similar to a civilian preliminary hearing and grand jury.

A recommendation will be made on whether to try White at court-martial.

Prosecutor Capt. David Clark said in order to make the case eligible for the death penalty, he would ask the investigating officer to find that the murder was aggravated because it was for the purpose of receiving money or value, and that it was preceded by physical harm or mental suffering.

White, 21, of Houston, is charged with premeditated murder, communicating threats and obstruction of justice under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

Yesterday’s testimony at the Wheeler courthouse opened the hearing that military officials said is expected to last most of the week.

The prosecution said it had about a dozen witnesses to call, while the defense has about 20 names on its list.

Honolulu police detective Jimmy Anderson, who had responded to Ka’ena Point, said he was told White and LaDuke met to discuss child custody, and that White strangled LaDuke, threw her out of the car and ran her over three times.

Honolulu police previously said they had statements that White drove LaDuke’s rental car back to a spot near Schofield Barracks, and that he returned with a friend hours later and showed where the body was located.

The Army in November took over the prosecution of White.

LaDuke had previously deployed to Iraq, leaving her son, Elijah, now 2, with a relative in Minnesota.

White, meanwhile, served in Afghanistan, and defense attorney Capt. Yolanda McCray asked about his experience in combat.

“Did he tell you he got hit a lot (by attackers?),” McCray asked.

Ricky Walker said White had told him that he had, and that before the deployment and marriage to wife Amanda, he was a “goofy, cool-type person.” Afterward he was serious and wasn’t the same person, Walker said.

White and LaDuke each accused the other of being a bad parent, acquaintances said. The prosecution witnesses also said White made statements that he initiated a child custody case only because he didn’t want to pay child support.

Korina Walker said LaDuke “was a very good mom” who once spent her entire paycheck to buy her son clothes and toys.

Reach William Cole at wcole@honoluluadvertiser.com.

Source: http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Apr/25/ln/FP604250340.html

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Former military man indicted for sexual assault on a child

StarBulletin.com

Thursday, March 2, 2006

Suspect facing more counts of sex assault

An Oahu grand jury has re-indicted a 30-year-old man, allegedly found in the bed of a 14-year-old Waialae boy by his stepfather, adding four more first-degree sexual assault charges and upgrading an electronic enticement charge.

Joseph Colasacco was indicted yesterday on five counts of first-degree sexual assault, one count of third-degree sexual assault, four counts of promoting pornography for minors and three counts of first-degree electronic enticement of a child.

He reportedly met the boy on the Internet site MySpace.com and met in person at specified locations, allegedly committing first-degree electronic enticement of a child.

Colasacco was a civilian employee on a military installation, said Jim Fulton, the city prosecutor’s spokesman.

The indictment said he allegedly performed various sexual acts on the boy on Jan. 30 and Feb. 8.

In addition to the four new sexual assault charges, the second-degree electronic enticement of a child charge in the Feb. 16 indictment was raised to a first-degree charge in the latest indictment.

On Feb. 12, police were called to the boy’s Waialae home, where his father caught Colasacco in the boy’s bed pretending to be asleep, a police affidavit said.

Colasacco posted $200,000 bail and was released Feb. 17. A jury trial is set for April 24.

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Navy wife arrested over baby’s death in Hawai’i

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Woman Arrested In Ohio Over Baby’s Death In Hawaii

Authorities Say Mother Smothered Infant

POSTED: 5:22 pm HST January 16, 2006

HONOLULU — Authorities arrested a military wife in Ohio wanted for the murder of her baby in Hawaii.

It involves a cold case from a few years ago. Initially authorities didn’t have enough evidence to go forward with a murder charge, but new evidence has come to light and a federal grand jury indicted the woman last month, a source close to the investigation said.

Nina Manning, 25, was placed in custody at an Akron, Ohio, jail. Akron police arrested Manning Friday after U.S. marshals in Hawaii alerted Ohio authorities of the federal warrant for her arrest.

Manning is accused of smothering her infant child to death while living in Pearl Harbor Navy housing in 2002, then trying to cover it up.

From Hawaii, Manning and her family moved to Georgia. There, according to a source, her other children were taken into custody by state authorities.

Manning was living in Ohio with relatives when she was arrested Friday, sources said.

Domestic violence experts said many people find themselves overwhelmed when faced with parenthood, but they say there are community resources to help.

“It is hard to ask for help, but it could save a life. I think they can call anonymously to certain agencies,” said Nancy Kreidman, of the Domestic Violence Clearing House.

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