Marine accused of killing wife on freeway pleads not guilty, held in jail on $1 million bond

Bryant Tejeda-Castillo and his spouse Dana Alotaibi. Tejeda-Castillo is accused of killing Alotaibi on the aspect of the H-3 freeway in Hawaii.
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The Marine accused of killing his spouse close to the H-3 freeway in Hawaii has pleaded not responsible, in response to Hawaii Information Now.

Bryant Tejeda-Castillo, formally serving with The third Marine Littoral Regiment on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, has been charged with second-degree homicide.

Tejeda-Castillo allegedly stabbed his spouse, 27-year-old Dana Alotaibi, on July 20. Honolulu police say witnesses noticed a person standing over a girl on the aspect of the H-3 freeway at round 6 p.m. close to Kapaa Quarry Highway in Kailua.

In Hawaii, second-degree homicide can carry the prospect of life imprisonment with the opportunity of parole if convicted.

Dana Alotaibi/Fb

After witnesses got here to the help of a dying Alotaibi, Tejeda-Castillo fled into a close-by wooded space, the place police have been capable of detain him after he minimize himself with a pocketknife.

Tejeda-Castillo was denied a bail discount and is being held in jail on $1 million bond, in response to official data obtained by Hawaii Information Now.

His trial is ready to start in October of this yr.