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RE: Murder investigation in Eden Roc - ericlp - 10-05-2012
Dunno I read the whole story...Tho, I am kinda tired. I kinda fail to see anything about a weapon or prints or anything that would lead the cops to have probable cause. Unless he turned himself in with a confession? I hope there is more to the story later.
RE: Murder investigation in Eden Roc - bananahead - 10-05-2012
my guess.... is close people he crossed might have turned him in, or maybe he stole something that was later to be found in his possession and he aint a good lier.... guesses
save our indigenous and endemic Hawaiian Plants... learn about them, grow them, and plant them on your property, ....instead of all that invasive non-native garbage I see in most yards... aloha
RE: Murder investigation in Eden Roc - SuperGu - 10-10-2012
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Originally posted by KathyH
Big Island police have reclassified the investigation of body a found Saturday in the Eden Roc subdivision from a coroner's inquest to a murder.
SLAYING SUSPECT IN COURT
A 48-year-old Mountain View man accused of a January killing in Eden Roc subdivision had obtained a temporary restraining order against the victim five days before the body was found and three days before police believe the slaying occurred.
Walter Boyd Bremmer and Cynthia Villella were granted a temporary restraining order against 52-year-old Robert John “Johnny” Leong on Jan. 23.
According to court documents, Villella told police Bremmer had informed her he entered Leong’s home at 11-3410 Palainui Ave. without permission and shot and strangled Leong. His body was found by the property owner on Jan. 28, and a court document indicates police believe he’d been dead for two days.
Bremmer, who was arrested last Wednesday, made his initial appearance on Monday in Hilo District Court. Judge Barbara Takase set a preliminary hearing for 2 p.m. today and denied a request by Stanton Oshiro, Bremmer’s court-appointed attorney, to set bail for his client.
Bremmer, who is in custody at Hawaii Community Correctional Center, is charged with second-degree murder, first-degree burglary and use of a firearm in a felony.
A court document filed by police states that a pocket knife believed to belong to Bremmer and containing his DNA was found next to Leong’s body, “and evidence believed to be used during the murder was recovered” from Bremmer’s residence. According to the document, forensic testing “also corroborated the information” Villella gave to police.
The document states that Leong died of “multiple gunshot wounds to the head and ligature strangulation,” which means strangulation with a cord-like object.
Bremmer was charged in July with domestic abuse; the alleged victim in the case was Villella, according to court documents. Prosecutors dismissed that case in August without prejudice — meaning the charges can be refiled — pending further investigation. Villella was also granted a TRO against Bremmer in July, effective through Jan. 13, 2013.
http://westhawaiitoday.com/sections/news/local-news/slaying-suspect-court.html
RE: Murder investigation in Eden Roc - SuperGu - 10-12-2012
This story just gets better and better. It appears now that Bremmer may have committed the other murder in 2009. The following is a snippet of the continuing story:
This is not the first time Bremmer is alleged to have been involved in a homicide. Prosecutors in Washington state granted him immunity for his testimony against another man, Erin Rieman, in the 2009 beating and strangulation death of 53-year-old fishing boat owner John Adkins of Albany, Ore.
According to the The Daily News of Longview, Wash., Bremmer told authorities that Rieman, who was Bremmer’s business partner, came back to the boat, the Tiger, on July 5, 2009, after a night of bar-hopping in Ilwaco, Wash., and attacked Adkins in the boat’s pilot house. He said that Rieman, who was hired to be the boat’s captain due to Adkins’ inexperience and made a full partner in the operation, put Adkins’ head through a window and threw him down a staircase into the galley. He said that Rieman then choked Adkins to death with a yellow extension cord.
Police said that Rieman and Bremmer, a deckhand on the boat, dumped Adkins’ body at sea the following day. The body has never been found.
Rieman, who was originally charged with second-degree murder, pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to 11 years in prison in May 2010. At his sentencing, Rieman, then 48, told Adkins’ family that he did not kill Adkins, but accepted the punishment because he failed to prevent the killing. He did not accuse Bremmer, but according to police, Rieman and Bremmer were the only people present during the homicide.
The prosecutor in the case said he offered Bremmer immunity for his testimony because Bremmer admitted only to helping to dispose of Adkins’ body, a gross misdemeanor punishable by up to 364 days in jail.
Court records also indicate that Bremmer was convicted in 1988 of attempted robbery in North Carolina. He was sentenced to probation in that case.
http://hawaiitribune-herald.com/sections/news/local-news/man-held-eden-roc-slaying-was-allegedly-involved-mainland-homicide.html
RE: Murder investigation in Eden Roc - mailes - 10-12-2012
Sure, they found his knife and dna and his other belongings next to Johnny; that explains why they took 9 months to arrest him. Ur right, this just gets better.
RE: Murder investigation in Eden Roc - Lee M-S - 10-14-2012
I hear gunshots all the time in Hawaiian Acres. The one time I called, the cops came out and gave me stink eye for bothering them about pig hunters. Uh, it's illegal to fire guns here, even if there's a pig involved, but obviously that isn't enforced. His neighbors may have heard the shot and thought it was hunters.
RE: Murder investigation in Eden Roc - SuperGu - 10-17-2012
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Originally posted by mailes
Sure, they found his knife and dna and his other belongings next to Johnny; that explains why they took 9 months to arrest him. Ur right, this just gets better.
According to the paper, it took 2 months to arrest him. His girlfriend turned him in at the end of July.
RE: Murder investigation in Eden Roc - SuperGu - 10-17-2012
*UPDATE*
Hearing delayed until Oct. 25
http://hawaiitribune-herald.com/sections/news/local-news/hearing-delayed-slaying-case.html
A preliminary hearing for the suspect in a January homicide has been delayed until later this month.
On Tuesday, Hilo District Court Judge Harry Freitas granted 48-year-old Walter Boyd Bremmer of Mountain View a postponement until Oct. 25 at 2 p.m. The continuance was granted to allow his attorney, Stanton Oshiro, time to prepare.
Bremmer is charged with second-degree murder, first-degree robbery and use of a firearm in a felony for the slaying of 52-year-old Robert John “Johnny” Leong of Eden Roc.
Leong was found dead outside his home on Jan. 28. An autopsy found that he died of multiple gunshot wounds to the head and strangulation with a cord-like object.
RE: Murder investigation in Eden Roc - amyw - 10-19-2012
That guy needs to fry!
Amy
RE: Murder investigation in Eden Roc - Bullwinkle - 10-19-2012
"An autopsy found that he died of multiple gunshot wounds to the head and strangulation with a cord-like object."
= second degree murder - wonder what it takes to be charged w/first degree.....