2 men arrested in CA after body found in concrete in bathtub in Hawaii

Two males have been arrested in Southern California Wednesday and charged with the demise of an aged man whose physique was discovered encased in concrete in a tub in Honolulu, authorities say.

On Monday, patrol officers have been despatched to a house within the east Honolulu neighborhood of Hawaii Loa Ridge to test on the 73-year-old proprietor who was reported lacking, in response to Honolulu police. 

When authorities arrived on the home, they spoke with a person, later recognized as 23-year-old Juan Tejedor Baron, who stated he knew the proprietor and lived within the house. Baron allowed detectives to go looking the house however they didn’t discover the 73-year-old. They did discover a bathtub stuffed with concrete. Authorities say they noticed Baron depart the house later with Scott Hannon, 34.

Hannon and Baron have been taken in for questioning relating to the lacking particular person however have been launched early Tuesday morning, in response to Hawaii Information Now. The Honolulu Police Division turned over the investigation to murder investigators, and on Tuesday, detectives started to chip away on the concrete the place they found a decomposing physique later recognized because the lacking 73-year-old proprietor. 

Lt. Deena Thoemmes with the Honolulu Police Division Felony Investigation Division informed Hawaii Information Now espresso grounds have been on high of the concrete, more likely to disguise the odor.

“After we entered, we smelled espresso little question,” Thoemmes stated. “The physique was within the standalone tub, and it was in a state of decomposition as soon as we chipped away on the concrete combination.”

Nonetheless, the espresso grounds weren’t sufficient to cover a “decaying odor” coming from the house.

“The sufferer and one of many suspects have been concerned in an intimate relationship. It’s alleged that after the homicide, the 2 suspects have been dwelling within the sufferer’s home and on the sufferer’s cash till the neighbors complained a few decaying odor from the sufferer’s location,” the Los Angeles Police Division stated in an announcement. 

Authorities then named Baron and Hannon as suspects, and the Honolulu Police Division stated the people have been “thought of harmful” with their whereabouts unknown. With the assistance of U.S. Marshals, police later realized the 2 had fled the island of Oahu to Los Angeles. 

Round 5 p.m. PT, U.S. Marshals and LAPD officers discovered and arrested Baron within the metropolis of Anaheim, lower than 20 miles southeast of Los Angeles. Police stated Baron pulled again a metallic plate beneath a bench inside a Greyhound bus certain for Mexico and was hiding within the crawl house.

Lower than two hours later, authorities situated Hannon at an intersection in Inglewood, southwest of Los Angeles. 

Baron and Hannon have been then booked into the LAPD Metropolitan Detention Middle. They’re being held with out bail pending extradition hearings to be returned to Honolulu to face homicide fees, authorities say. 

The Honolulu Medical Examiner’s workplace did not launch the identification of the deceased man on Thursday.

Contributing: The Related Press

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