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RE: Woman's body found off Kalapana - HereOnThePrimalEdge - 06-23-2013
quote:That part of your post I would agree with. The rest of what you wrote is guesswork & conjecture. Unless someone was there at the time the death(s) occurred, none of us can possible know more than a small fraction of what actually took place. There is a campsite, a body, some stories about things that may have been said, or may not have been said.
Originally posted by alonak
It was clear from the beginning that something very ugly had happened
What we don't know is how the couple interacted with each other and how they interacted with other people in the days leading up to the tragedy. We don't know how the victim ended up in the ocean. We don't know where her boyfriend Bo is. I could go on and on listing the things that we don't know, and it is a long, long list. To try and weave together a story from the few facts that are available in this case, can at best only lead to a guess. Of course some people may guess right, but most will probably guess wrong.
RE: Woman's body found off Kalapana - kimo wires - 06-23-2013
I Second Ken's motion.
Let's not listen to conjecture and Ignorant spew.
Just the Facts Please.
I keep posting on this thread in attempt to keep it in the forefront.
I hate injustice and for anyone to get away with such a Sin.
Although the Perp may have gotten away with this for now and may never be caught there is a thing called Divine retribution.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine_retribution
RE: Woman's body found off Kalapana - Kapohocat - 06-23-2013
quote:
Originally posted by kimo wires...
Although the Perp may have gotten away with this for now...
There are the key words "for now". Someone somewhere will spill for whatever reason. This is Puna - for all the blah blah blah rumors eventually the real info will come to the police attention... unfortunately it is usually when someone is trying to make a deal for themselves to avoid jail time on something else entirely - could be soon, could be years - but it will happen.
RE: Woman's body found off Kalapana - dragon2k - 06-24-2013
19,000 views? This post must be in the record books!
RE: Woman's body found off Kalapana - opihikao - 06-25-2013
FYI: Update / HTH Article
http://hawaiitribune-herald.com/sections/news/local-news/evidence-dragging-seen-near-campsite.html
Homicide victim Brittany-Jane Royal appeared to have been strangled with a rope or cord, and there was evidence of dragging near the campsite she shared with her missing boyfriend, Boaz “Bo” Johnson, according to court documents filed by police.
The nude body of the 25-year-old Royal, of Tustin, Calif., was discovered by a fishing boat in waters off Kalapana in the early morning hours of May 28. Police wrote that the body had “severe undetermined visible injuries with ligature marks around the whole neck area. Also observed were lacerations to the head and body.” The document stated that the body also “displayed injuries … which may be due to animal/shark activity.”
An autopsy performed on May 29 found that Royal had died due to strangulation and her death was ruled a homicide. She was positively identified by fingerprints on May 30.
Also on May 30, police executed a search warrant on the campsite where Royal and Johnson were staying in a Kalapana lava field. They found two clotheslines at the vacant campsite, one strung between two trees about five feet north of the tent, another about 20 feet to the southeast of the tent which had been “cut with nothing attached to it,” according to documents. The clothesline strung between the trees had “several items of clothing hanging” with “possible trace blood evidence on these items.”
Inside the tent, officers found “a bundled nylon fiber-type rope.”
“The width of the rope was consistent with the marks found on the body,” police wrote.
Police wrote that on a recent lava flow about 100 yards south of the campsite, an officer found “what appeared to be human hair and tissue along the lava leading in the makai direction.”
“This hair appeared to be similar in appearance and length to the victim’s hair in this investigation,” police wrote. The document stated that there “also appeared to be drag marks and disturbance to the ground leading in the makai direction.”
Found nearby was “a black colored backpack with a cell phone next to it and a knife with an approximately 5 inch blade next to the cellphone.” Documents state that what is “believed to be an Alaska state identification” was also found, bearing the name Boaz Johnson. The 22-year-old Johnson lived in Petersburg, Alaska, before coming to Hawaii a few months ago.
Police Lt. Greg Esteban of the Hilo Criminal Investigations Section said earlier this month that evidence collected in the search of the campsite and surrounding area has been sent off-island to a forensic laboratory for analysis.
Johnson’s mother, Kathy Johnson, called police on May 29 at about 7:45 p.m. to report that she had not heard from her son since May 27 at about noon, documents state. She told police that her son had failed to show up on May 28 to close on a Kalapana property he and Royal had planned to live on. Police issued a media bulletin on May 30 declaring Bo Johnson missing.
Johnson’s mother, his father, Tom Johnson, and brother, Mark, told the Tribune-Herald earlier this month they fear that Bo Johnson may also be the victim of foul play. They said that Royal was pregnant and the couple was excited about starting a family and establishing an organic farm on the 10-acre Kalapana property.
Police still consider Bo Johnson to be a missing person and have not excluded him as a suspect in Royal’s death.
A search warrant was also executed on a Pahoa hostel on June 15 after its manager picked Johnson’s picture out of a photographic lineup and identified him as a person who had contracted to stay a month at the establishment, according to court documents. The manager told police that she last saw the individual, who had checked in under a different name, on June 10.
“We have excluded that name as an alias for Mr. Johnson,” Esteban said Monday afternoon.
RE: Woman's body found off Kalapana - Susan - 06-25-2013
I have thought of these two young adults with much sorrow for Brittany, Boaz, the unborn baby and their families. Who would we be without the fearless young and adventurous kids who aren't jaded and tainted by the struggles of daily life? So freaking sad for them and for us as a society and still no one knows what happened.
RE: Woman's body found off Kalapana - David M - 06-25-2013
Someone knows, and someday the word will get out. Hopefully someone knows who I'd it and the word will get out sooner.
David
Ninole Resident
Please visit vacation.ninolehawaii.com
RE: Woman's body found off Kalapana - nana valley - 06-25-2013
“We have excluded that name as an alias for Mr. Johnson,” Esteban said Monday afternoon.
Help me understand. Does this mean the man at the hostel was indeed someone else, not Bo Johnson under a phony name?
A travesty was done when the police chose not to begin a search and recovery for a second body on the 29th of May.
He who hoots with owls at night cannot soar with the eagles in the morning.
RE: Woman's body found off Kalapana - opihikao - 06-26-2013
Nana, maybe this will clarify that statement made by Esteban.(Bold portion) This whole thing is so disturbing and so sad. JMO.
(*Snipped - more at link)
Police are also poring over documents, which were subpoenaed, Esteban said. “We’re hoping we’re going to find information we’re looking for,” he said.
Johnson’s family contends he may also have been the victim of violence, and reported that a lava tour operator had threatened him if he persisted in giving tours after Johnson had taken his family out to see lava flows.
Esteban said they had investigated the allegations, and ruled out the tour operator as a suspect.
His mother earlier told the Tribune-Herald that police photos of the campsite did not look like a crime scene, and that there were no signs of a struggle in the tent.
Police have been unable to find Johnson, and one possible sighting proved to be a red herring.
A Pahoa hostel property manager identified Johnson from a photo lineup as a person who resembled someone who had rented a room and abandoned property there.
Detectives tried to verify the information, and excluded Johnson as that person.
Anyone with information concerning this case is asked to call Detective Robert Almeida at 961-2386 or Detective Fetuutuunai Amuimuia at 961-2278. Anonymous calls may be made to CrimeStoppers at 961-8300 or 329-8181.
http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/breaking/20130625_Clues_in_womans_death_may_come_from_Hawaii_island_campsite.html?id=213088711
RE: Woman's body found off Kalapana - Minette - 06-27-2013
Is it true? 12 murders in the past 6 months, in Puna? Any of them solved? Rather alarming. Is my information correct?