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Bryant Tejeda-Castillo, a Marine stationed in Kanehoe, Hawaii, has been charged with second-degree homicide within the demise of his estranged spouse, Dana Alotaibi, whom he’s accused of stabbing to demise on the aspect of a busy Honolulu freeway. Bail for Tejeda-Castillo, a Marine within the third Littoral Fight Crew, has been set at $1 million, The Every day Mail reviews.
The couple had allegedly been arguing forward of the assault, through which 29-year-old Tejeda-Castillo allegedly stabbed Alotaibi, 27, a number of instances. Witnesses reportedly intervened and tried to assist Alotaibi, whereas Tejeda-Castillo fled into the woods.
One witness who mentioned he was educated in CPR surmised rapidly that Alotaibi’s situation was too dire. “You realize, clearly after we’re doing CPR there’s no pulse,” the nameless witness advised KITV4. “They didn’t get a pulse the entire time, and it was simply her face—she simply seemed previous the purpose of no return, you already know?”
Alotaibi was pronounced useless on the hospital.
Tejeda-Castillo allegedly reduce himself when approached by police, who apprehended him; he stays hospitalized and in custody, Folksreviews.
Alotaibi’s mom, Natalia Cespedes, advised KITV that Alotaibi and Tejeda-Castillo had been married for nearly three years. Per KITV, courtroom data point out that Tejeda-Castillo filed for a divorce final November, and that the uncontested divorce was granted this June.
Alotaibi allegedly documented a number of the fraught marriage’s ups and downs on social media.
Marine Corps Base Hawaii advised KITV that the third Marine Littoral Regiment and Marine Corps Base Hawaii “will proceed to cooperate totally with regulation enforcement officers as the main points surrounding this incident unfold.”
“The Marine Corps extends its deepest sympathies to the household and associates of these concerned.”
After Alotaibi obtained pregnant, her mom Natalia Cespedes advised KITV, all of the preparations had been made for her to return to Virginia, the place Cespedes nonetheless resides. There Alotaibi deliberate to “make her life, reside together with her child.”
Now, the 27-year-old’s grief-stricken mom is working to return her daughter’s physique to her house state. “Look,” she mentioned, “my life is empty.”
She has arrange a GoFundMe to assist cowl bills.