In tearful testimony, woman describes day she believed alleged crime boss killed her boyfriend

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – It was the most dramatic day so far of the federal Mike Miske organized crime trial. On Thursday, in tearful testimony, 29-year-old Ashley Wong described the day in 2016 she believed Miske had kidnapped and killed her boyfriend — Johnathan Fraser.

Witnesses say Miske blamed Fraser for the death of his son, Caleb, in a crash.

Miske is charged with killing Fraser as part of a federal racketeering conspiracy.

There has never been any physical evidence of what happened to Fraser, but Wong said she believes believes the father of her child was kidnapped and murdered by Miske after he lulled the couple into a sense of security, providing free housing and a car after Caleb’s death.

The final gift was a spa day for Wong; she believes it was to get her out of the way.

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Wong arrived at federal court Thursday wearing a big smile and carrying a “Justice for Johnny” tshirt. She had been campaigning for justice since August 2016, when she taped posters around the island seeking any sign of her missing boyfriend. Fraser survived the crash that killed Caleb.

In 2016, she told Hawaii News Now that even though Fraser was still recovering from his injuries and depression, he wasn’t suicidal or likely to run off. “He was just really blessed to be alive at this point because the accident was really bad and we are expecting,” she said.

“His main goal was pretty much to recover and to become better than he was before.”

On the witness stand, Wong said on July 30, 2016, Miske gifted her and Caleb’s wife, Delia, a spa day at Ko Olina. But she became more worried and frantic when she couldn’t reach Fraser all day.

By evening, when friends couldn’t find him, she concluded they’d been set up for a kidnapping.

“To me, this wasn’t happening. There was no freaking way,” she said. “Why would he give us that car? Why would he put us in the house? Why did I not see all these things? I was pissed off. It came to me instantly — all of the red flags that anybody could have seen.”

During a frantic search that evening, she drove to Miske’s home in Kailua at nearly midnight, hoping Fraser might be there. She found the house was dark and deserted so she called Miske.

“When he answered the phone I asked him if he knew where John was,” she said.

“But before that, I asked him where he was. He told me that he was at home. I didn’t believe that,” she said, adding that the carport was empty and the house was dark.

After she began a social media campaign to find Fraser, Miske sent her an all-caps text that warned her to stop encouraging people to believe Caleb Miske was the driver in the accident.

She said she felt threatened.

She also testified she was told to leave the home Miske paid for shortly after Fraser disappeared.

Wong said after Fraser disappeared she began recording phone calls with Miske. One played in court Thursday included him telling her that he didn’t want police in the condo without him or Delia standing by. She said she hoped one day the recordings would be evidence against him.

After two days on the stand, she faces cross examination Friday by defense attorneys who deny Miske had anything to do with Fraser’s disappearance.

So far in the trial, there has been no eyewitness or physical evidence of what happened to Fraser.

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