WAILUKU — A Maui murder trial is nearing its conclusion.
WAILUKU — A Maui murder trial is nearing its conclusion.
The Maui News reports closing arguments are scheduled Thursday in the trial of Jesse Hueu in the death of Derrick Kualaau at Maliko Gulch in 2014.
An inmate incarcerated with Hueu testified that he acknowledged killing Kualaau.
Alex Kealoha testified than Hueu said he bashed Kualaau in the back of his head after learning Kualaau had been hiding Hueu’s girlfriend after the couple fought.
Kualaau was found on the porch of his one-room shack in the evening of Dec. 11, 2014.
Jurors heard testimony that Kualaau suffered massive internal bleeding in his brain from severe blows that could have been caused by a baseball bat.
The trial began Nov. 8.
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