{"id":17704,"date":"2021-08-09T17:30:13","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T03:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigislandthieves.com\/?p=17704"},"modified":"2021-08-09T17:31:20","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T03:31:20","slug":"trial-begins-for-waimea-woman-accused-of-killing-a-three-year-old-boy-foster-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigislandthieves.com\/trial-begins-for-waimea-woman-accused-of-killing-a-three-year-old-boy-foster-child\/","title":{"rendered":"Trial Begins for Waimea Woman Accused of Killing a Three-Year-Old Boy Foster Child"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"17704\" class=\"elementor elementor-17704\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"penci-section penci-disSticky penci-structure-10 elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3d6b5705 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3d6b5705\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"penci-ercol-100 penci-ercol-order-1 penci-sticky-ct    elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6c278e00\" data-id=\"6c278e00\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50f1433 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"50f1433\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17706 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bigislandthieves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Chasity-Alcosiba-McKenzie-copy.jpg?resize=240%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bigislandthieves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Chasity-Alcosiba-McKenzie-copy.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bigislandthieves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Chasity-Alcosiba-McKenzie-copy.jpg?resize=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bigislandthieves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Chasity-Alcosiba-McKenzie-copy.jpg?resize=819%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 819w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bigislandthieves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Chasity-Alcosiba-McKenzie-copy.jpg?resize=768%2C960&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bigislandthieves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Chasity-Alcosiba-McKenzie-copy.jpg?resize=585%2C731&amp;ssl=1 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/>Today, Prosecuting Attorney Kelden Waltjen announced that a bench trial began on Thursday for 47-year-old Chasity Alcosiba-McKenzie of Waimea, who was charged in relation to a child homicide that occurred in 2017.<\/p>\n\n<p>As the Indictment alleges, Alcosiba-McKenzie was charged with Murder in the Second Degree, which carries a penalty of life in prison with the possibility of parole. The trial is scheduled to resume on Tuesday in Kona Circuit Court. Alcosiba-McKenzie remains on supervised release.<\/p>\n\n<p>Garett-Garcia died at 7:54 p.m. July 25, 2017, at North Hawaii Community Hospital, just 37 minutes after emergency responders got the initial 911 call reporting an emergency involving the toddler at a Hoohoa Street home in Waimea.<\/p>\n\n<p>Hawaii Fire Department personnel found \u201cFabian lifeless and lying face down beside a pool of his own vomit on a bed\u201d in the McKenzie residence.<\/p>\n\n<p>The initial autopsy said that he died from blunt force trauma to the head, but the medical examiner could not rule if the death was accidental. The indictment alleges Alcosiba-McKenzie failed \u201cto obtain reasonably necessary and available medical services\u2026 he was suffering from serious physical harm.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>Because the victim is a child, prosecutors are seeking a harsher penalty if the foster mother is convicted. The same law also applies to elderly victims.<\/p>\n\n<p>The case is being prosecuted by Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Kate Perazich and First Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Stephen Frye.<\/p>\n\n<p>Perazich says murder can be applied when the suspect intentionally kills someone, or when the suspect fails to get help for the victim under their care.<\/p>\n\n<p>The charges are merely allegations, and the Defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.<\/p>\n\n<p>The Office of the Prosecuting Attorney remains dedicated to the pursuit of justice with integrity and commitment. Anyone having information to assist local law enforcement should call Crime Stoppers at (808) 961-8300 in East Hawai\u2018i or (808) 329-8181 in West Hawai\u2018i.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"penci-section penci-disSticky penci-structure-10 elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4dbb640 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4dbb640\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"penci-ercol-100 penci-ercol-order-1 penci-sticky-ct    elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fc7c26c\" data-id=\"fc7c26c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b366443 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wp-widget-adrotate_widgets\" data-id=\"b366443\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wp-widget-adrotate_widgets.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Error, Advert is not available at this time due to schedule\/geolocation restrictions! -->\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, Prosecuting Attorney Kelden Waltjen announced that a bench trial began on Thursday for&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17706,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[616],"tags":[91,232],"class_list":["post-17704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-murder","tag-murder-suspect"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bigislandthieves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Chasity-Alcosiba-McKenzie-copy.jpg?fit=1000%2C1250&ssl=1","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigislandthieves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigislandthieves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigislandthieves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigislandthieves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigislandthieves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17704"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/bigislandthieves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17713,"href":"https:\/\/bigislandthieves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17704\/revisions\/17713"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigislandthieves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigislandthieves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigislandthieves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigislandthieves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}