Suspect arrested after three men killed in two days on Hawaii's Big Island
- Jacob Baker, 36, of Pahoa, was arrested Thursday on suspicion of murder, burglary, and other charges after a multi-agency search on Hawaii’s Big Island that involved state and federal authorities.
- Authorities say Baker is connected to the deaths of three men: a 69-year-old found partially submerged in a cement pond, a 79-year-old found a few hundred feet away, and a third 69-year-old found about 19 miles away.
- The killings occurred over two days in a remote, rural part of the island, a region of tropical landscape and barren lava fields spanning more than 4,000 square miles.
- Police described Baker as “armed and extremely
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Man wanted in killings apprehended on Hawaii’s Big Island
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