Tulsi Gabbard’s aunt, Caroline Sinaviana-Gabbard, was killed on May 25th in what appears to have been an argument that turned violent. The suspect in the killing is now being charged with murder.
Papalii Sia Figiel, 57, was arrested Sunday following the death in Samoa of 78-year-old Caroline Sinaviana-Gabbard, a retired former University of Hawaii professor.
The victim was stabbed multiple times and beaten with a hammer, local reports said, citing police. Samoa is a country located in the South Pacific Ocean.
The deadly incident took place on May 25 at Figiel’s home in the village of Vaivase-Uta, which is about three miles from the island nation’s capital city of Apia. Figiel’s property also doubles as the local theater, the New Zealand Herald reports.
An argument had broken out between the pair before the incident turned violent, Samoan Police Commissioner Auapaau Logoitino…
