2026年4月8日 美国东部时间晚上10:05 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
作者：艾米莉·梅·查霍尔（Emily Mae Czachor）
一名麻醉科医生去年在夏威夷悬崖边徒步时被控企图杀害妻子，周三檀香山陪审团认定其犯有基于极端精神或情绪障碍的较轻罪名——过失杀人罪。
47岁的格哈德·科尼希（Gerhardt Konig）在为期三周的审判后被定罪，审判期间他和妻子均出庭作证。宣读判决后，科尼希缓缓坐下，用手捂住脸。
这位居住在毛伊岛的医生最初在去年于夏威夷瓦胡岛被捕并起诉时，对二级企图谋杀罪拒不认罪。此次指控源于2025年3月的一起事件，检察官称科尼希在檀香山一条风景优美的徒步步道上袭击了妻子阿里埃尔·科尼希（Arielle Konig）。周三的定罪罪名较轻，最高可判处20年监禁。
“我们尊重判决结果。尊重陪审团履行了职责，审查了证据，并做出了他们认为符合证据和本案举证责任的裁决，这就是我对此能说的全部，”检察官乔尔·加纳（Joel Garner）在被问及是否对格哈德·科尼希未被判更严重的企图谋杀罪感到失望时说道。
格哈德·科尼希的辩护律师托马斯·奥塔克（Thomas Otake）在法庭外对记者表示，他计划提起上诉，称他认为在审判期间和审判前存在“诸多上诉理由”，涉及“本案审理过程中法官的部分裁决”。
奥塔克表示，他“感谢”陪审团没有认定其当事人犯有企图谋杀罪——该罪名本可判处终身监禁。
格哈德·科尼希在其企图谋杀案审判结案陈词前出庭，2026年4月7日，周二，檀香山。孟新·林（Mengshin Lin） / 美联社
帕利普卡步道（Pali Puka trail）沿悬崖边缘延伸，设有一处热门但偏僻的观景台，阿里埃尔·科尼希称其丈夫就是在此处袭击了她——先是试图用注射器刺伤她，随后用石头砸她的头部。她在庭审作证时表示，她认为丈夫想先将她打晕，再把她推下悬崖。
“我开始尖叫，因为在我看来，他想把我打晕，好把我拖到悬崖边，”阿里埃尔·科尼希告诉陪审团。
阿里埃尔·科尼希称她在袭击中受了重伤，此后已向丈夫提出离婚。检察官在庭审中表示，她能幸存下来是因为两名徒步旅行者在步道上目睹了袭击，迫使格哈德·科尼希停手。他逃离了现场，最终在持续六个多小时的搜捕后被捕，哥伦比亚广播公司下属电视台KGMB-TV报道。
多名证人证实了阿里埃尔·科尼希的说法。其中一名证人阿曼达·莫里斯（Amanda Morris）在证词中表示，她在步道上看到格哈德·科尼希“用石头砸他的妻子”。另一名证人莎拉·布克斯鲍姆（Sarah Buchsbaum）作证称，阿里埃尔·科尼希“满脸是血”。布克斯鲍姆拨打了911。
阿里埃尔·科尼希作证称，丈夫因她出轨而愤怒，这是袭击的动机。格哈德·科尼希的儿子埃米尔·科尼希（Emile Konig）在自己的证词中表示，事件发生后，父亲在FaceTime通话中向他透露了此事。19岁的埃米尔·科尼希在证人席上作证时，将格哈德·科尼希称为“被告”。
回忆起那次FaceTime通话，埃米尔·科尼希表示，父亲告诉他“自己回不了毛伊岛了，要好好照顾弟弟妹妹，还说阿里，我的继母，对他不忠，他试图杀了她”。
格哈德·科尼希上周出庭作证时声称自己是自卫，称阿里埃尔·科尼希抓住他的手腕，自己扑到地上，用石头砸了他的侧脸。
当被律师问及是否“在情急之下为自保做出了反应”时，格哈德·科尼希回答：“是的。”当检察官问及他认为暗示妻子出轨的短信是否让他愤怒时，他还坚称自己“当时没有生气”。他告诉陪审团，自己当时“心烦意乱”，但并未计划在当天的徒步旅行中伤害阿里埃尔·科尼希，看到妻子流血时“感到非常糟糕”。
被捕前，格哈德·科尼希曾在夏威夷麻醉医疗集团担任医生，此前还曾在匹兹堡大学医学中心担任麻醉科医生。他还曾在该大学担任麻醉学和生物工程学助理教授。
谢莉·博茨、玛德琳·巴托斯和乔纳森·维格洛蒂对本文亦有贡献。
Hawaii doctor accused of trying to kill his wife during cliffside hike found guilty of attempted manslaughter
2026-04-08 10:05 PM EDT / CBS News
By Emily Mae Czachor
An anesthesiologist accused of trying to kill his wife during a cliffside hike last year in Hawaii was found guilty of the lesser charge of attempted manslaughter based on extreme mental or emotional disturbance by a jury in Honolulu on Wednesday.
Gerhardt Konig, 47, was convicted after a three-week trial in which both he and his wife testified. Konig sat down slowly and put a hand over his face after the verdict was read.
The Maui-based doctor had pleaded not guilty to second-degree attempted murder after his arrest and indictment last year on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. His charge stemmed from a March 2025 incident in which prosecutors said Konig assaulted his wife, Arielle Konig, as they walked along a scenic hiking trail in Honolulu. His conviction Wednesday was on a lesser charge, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years.
“We respect the verdict. We respect that the jury did their job, considered the evidence, and came to a verdict that they thought fit the evidence and fit the burden of proof in this case, so, that’s all I can say about that,” prosecutor Joel Garner said when asked if he was disappointed Gerhardt Konig wasn’t convicted of the more serious attempted murder charge.
Gerhardt Konig’s defense attorney, Thomas Otake, told reporters outside the courtroom that he plans on appealing, saying he believes there were “many appellate issues” both during and before the trial concerning “some of the judge’s rulings throughout the case.”
Otake said he was “thankful” the jury didn’t convict his client of attempted murder, which would have carried a sentence of life in prison.
Gerhardt Konig appears in court before closing arguments in his attempted murder trial, Tuesday, April 7, 2026, in Honolulu. Mengshin Lin / AP
The Pali Puka trail wraps around the edge of a cliff and includes a popular but remote lookout spot, where Arielle Konig alleged that her husband attacked her — first, by trying to stab her with a syringe and then by hitting her over the head with a rock. She said in her testimony at his trial that she believed her husband wanted to render her unconscious before pushing her off the cliff.
“I just started screaming, because, in my mind, he’s trying to knock me unconscious, to get to be able to drag me over the edge,” Arielle Konig told the jury.
Arielle Konig said she suffered critical injuries in the attack and has since filed for divorce from her husband. Prosecutors said at the trial that she survived because a pair of hikers saw the assault happening on the trail, prompting Gerhardt Konig to stop. He fled the scene and was eventually arrested after a manhunt that lasted more than six hours, CBS affiliate KGMB-TV reported.
Witnesses corroborated Arielle Konig’s account of what happened. One of them, Amanda Morris, said in her testimony that Gerhardt Konig was “hitting [his wife] with a rock” when she saw them on the trail. Sarah Buchsbaum, another witness, testified that Arielle Konig’s “face was covered in blood.” Buchsbaum called 911.
Arielle Konig testified that her husband was angry with her for having an affair, and that motivated the attack. In his own testimony, Gerhardt Konig’s son, Emile, said his father told him as much during a FaceTime call after it happened. Emile Konig, 19, referred to Gerhardt Konig as “the defendant” when he spoke to jurors from the stand.
Recalling the FaceTime call, Emile Konig said his father told him that “he would not be making it back to Maui, and to take good care of the younger kids, and that Ari, my stepmom, had been cheating on him, and that he tried to kill her.”
Gerhardt Konig claimed self-defense when he took the stand last week, testifying that Arielle Konig grabbed his wrists, threw herself to the ground and hit him on the side of his face with a rock.
When asked by his attorney if he “reacted to defend” himself “in the heat of the moment,” Gerhardt Konig replied, “Yes.” He also insisted he “was not mad” when a prosecutor asked him if text messages that he thought hinted at his wife having an affair had angered him. He told the jury that he “was upset” but had not planned to hurt Arielle Konig on the hiking trail that day and “felt horrible” when he saw his wife bleeding.
Before his arrest, Gerhardt Konig worked as a doctor at Anesthesia Medical Group in Hawaii and, earlier, as an anesthesiologist at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He was also an assistant professor of anesthesiology and bioengineering at the university.
Shelley Bortz, Madeline Bartos and Jonathan Vigliotti contributed to this report.