2026-05-29T06:09:00-0400 / 哥伦比亚广播公司/美联社
檀香山讯——一名涉嫌杀害三名男子的男子于周四落网，此前警方对夏威夷大岛展开大规模搜捕，当地居民因此人心惶惶。
警方表示，来自夏威夷帕霍阿的36岁男子雅各布·贝克在经过动用“大量资源”的搜捕行动后被捕，他被控谋杀、入室盗窃及其他罪名，此次搜捕得到了州和联邦执法部门的协助。警方称他“携带武器且极具危险性”。
当局表示，他们认为贝克与三名男子的死亡有关：一名69岁男子的尸体被发现部分浸泡在水泥池塘中，仅数百英尺外又发现一名79岁男子的尸体，第三名69岁男子的尸体则在约19英里外被找到。
这两起谋杀案发生在该岛偏远且以乡村为主的区域，跨度两天时间。夏威夷群岛最大的岛屿面积超过4000平方英里，该区域兼具热带景观与贫瘠的熔岩地貌。
夏威夷警方局长里德·马胡纳在逮捕后的新闻发布会上表示，警方于周四下午收到线索，称贝克正藏身于一片草地中，看到车辆经过便俯身躲避。警方最终在一处小洞穴中找到他并将其逮捕。
警方于2026年5月28日展开大规模搜捕后，将三名老年男子遇害案嫌疑人雅各布·贝克拘留。图片来源：夏威夷警察局
黛博拉·戴维斯开车回家时，在一名遇害者生前居住的区域附近放慢了车速，这时她看到一名女警在路上追捕一名奔跑的男子。
“我当时就停下车，心想‘就是他了，这个人就是凶手’，”她说道。
那名男子跑进一条长满杂草的车道，随后钻进了丛林。经过一番喊话，数名警察押着一名赤裸上身、戴着手铐的男子走了出来。戴维斯表示，警员们互相击掌庆祝，高喊着“chee hoo”——夏威夷当地常见的庆祝口号。
“他们都非常开心，”她说，“而我也十分感激，当时我热泪盈眶地向他们道谢。”
警方表示尚未确定作案动机，但确信贝克与三起谋杀案均有关联。
马胡纳未透露警方如何锁定贝克为嫌疑人，也未公布将他与案件联系起来的证据。他表示，除了其中两名受害者居住地点相近外，调查人员尚未发现受害者之间存在其他关联。
贝克此前的威胁引发当地居民警惕
就在这几起谋杀案发生前几天，两名女性向法院申请针对贝克的临时限制令，称他在一处农场对她们进行了威胁和骚扰。其中一名女性当时正住在该农场，另一名女性则与他人共同拥有该农场。法官驳回了两份申请，称没有足够证据证明存在骚扰行为。
其中一名女性在申请书中称，贝克威胁要杀死住在农场里的数名女性，导致她们纷纷搬离或提前结束住宿。她附上了一段据称记录了至少一次威胁行为的视频链接，但截至周四，该链接要么已被删除，要么已无法访问。
另一名女性则指控贝克威胁女性和一名残疾男子，称他会擅自闯入农场、拿走不属于自己的物品，并打算在农场非法占地居住。
记录显示，贝克没有委托律师，过去20年里还有20起其他案件记录，其中大多是交通违章。在大多数案件中，贝克都是自行辩护。
谋杀案细节
警方确认第一名受害者为罗伯特·沙因，第三名受害者为约翰·卡斯。79岁的第二名受害者的姓名尚未公布，等待身份确认完毕。警方表示，尸检结果显示沙因死于勒杀，卡斯则死于“锐器创伤”。
马胡纳称，警方于周一晚间在一处住宅发现了沙因的尸体，其遗体部分浸泡在水泥池塘中。周二中午12点30分刚过，警方发现了79岁男子的尸体，其身上有明显的钝器伤。
周二晚约10点，警方接到一处房产的福利检查请求，在约19英里外的该地点发现了卡斯的尸体。
斯蒂芬·沙弗尔表示，贝克曾住在他前妻位于帕霍阿的农场里，他们在那里种植水果，贝克还帮她爬椰子树。但几个月后，他的前妻申请了针对贝克的临时限制令。沙弗尔称自己不清楚两人闹翻的具体细节，只知道他的前妻受到了贝克的威胁，希望他搬离。
“在我看来，他当时看起来很愤怒，”住在农场另一处住所的沙弗尔说道。他补充说，该区域的其他人也对贝克感到担忧，但未详细说明。
唐纳德·海厄特是两名遇害者以及沙弗尔前妻的朋友，他表示贝克几个月前就离开了他在农场居住的小屋。
“他把房子弄得一团糟，”海厄特说，“屋里屋外全是垃圾。”
海厄特称，贝克最近返回农场，声称拥有“非法占地居住权”，并威胁沙弗尔的前妻。他劝说前妻申请限制令。
位于该岛东侧的帕霍阿地区以乡村为主，但土地价格低廉，发展速度很快。多年来，熔岩流也曾摧毁过该区域的多个社区。
被捕前，帕霍阿居民蒂芙尼·爱德华兹·亨特表示，社区内许多人都人心惶惶。她说自己从未见过帕霍阿地区出现过这么多警车。
她表示，该地区很多居民生活贫困。
“这里有人住在丛林里用蓝色防水布搭建的临时住所中，”亨特说道。
帕霍阿距离夏威夷东部的主要城镇希洛仅17英里，但帕霍阿地区很多道路都是未铺装的土路，感觉上要远得多，她说道。
“在这种偏远地区，容易出现无法无天的情况，”亨特说。
居民们终于松了一口气
“大家都非常害怕，”帕霍阿居民普里亚·苏拉戈告诉哥伦比亚广播公司檀香山附属电台KGMB-TV。“这里很多居民都住得很近，彼此之间联系紧密，甚至很多人家门上都没有锁。”
苏拉戈称，她曾在公路附近见过贝克卖椰子，那次碰面让她感到很不安。“他给人的感觉就是很诡异，”她说。
居民奥姆雷·麦卡罗尔告诉该电台，他亲眼看到贝克被逮捕。“那一刻我全身都感到如释重负，”他说。麦卡罗尔称整个事件“近得让人不舒服”。
Suspect in killings of 3 elderly men in Hawaii arrested after massive manhunt
2026-05-29T06:09:00-0400 / CBS/AP
Honolulu— A man wanted in connection with the killings of three men was apprehended Thursday after a massive search of Hawaii’s Big Island that had left residents on edge.
Police said Jacob Baker, 36, of Pahoa, Hawaii, was arrested on suspicion of murder, burglary and other charges following a search that involved “significant resources,” including help from state and federal authorities. They described him as “armed and extremely dangerous.”
Authorities said they believe Baker was involved in the deaths of three men: a 69-year-old found partially submerged in a cement pond, a 79-year-old who was found just a few hundred feet away, and a 69-year-old whose body was found about 19 miles away.
The killings took place over two days in a remote and mostly rural part of the island, which is the largest in the Hawaiian chain at more than 4,000 square miles. The area is a mix of tropical landscape and barren lava fields.
Police received information Thursday afternoon that Baker was hiding in a grassy area, ducking down as traffic passed, Hawaii Police Chief Reed Mahuna said at news conference after the arrest. Police found him hiding in a small cave and arrested him.
Police on Hawaii Island are seen taking Jacob Baker, the suspect in the slayings of three elderly men, into custody on May 28, 2026 after a large manhunt. Hawaii Police Department
Deborah Davis was driving home when she slowed down near where one of the people killed had lived. That’s when she saw a policewoman chasing a man running on the road.
“I just stopped and I’m thinking, ‘This is it. This is the guy,’” she said.
The man ran into a grass driveway and into the jungle. After some yelling, several officers emerged with a shirtless man in handcuffs. She said officers were giving each other high-fives and shouting, “chee hoo,” a celebratory yell common in Hawaii.
“They were very happy,” she said. “And I was very grateful. I was thanking them with tears in my eyes.”
Police said they hadn’t identified a motive but were confident Baker was involved in all three killings.
Mahuna didn’t release information on how police identified Baker as a suspect or what evidence may connect him to the killings. He said investigators hadn’t found any connections among the victims, other than that two lived near each other.
Baker’s alleged threats drew the attention of locals
The slayings happened just days after two women requested temporary restraining orders against Baker, saying he had threatened and harassed them at a farm. One woman was staying there and the other co-owned it. A judge denied both applications, saying there wasn’t enough proof of harassment.
One of the women claimed in her petition that Baker threatened to kill several women who were staying on the property, and caused a number of them to move or end their stays. She included a link to a video that allegedly captured at least one threat, but the link had either been removed or was incorrect as of Thursday.
The other woman alleged that Baker threatened women and a disabled man, and said he would trespass on the property, take things that didn’t belong to him and that he intended to squat on the property.
No attorney was listed for Baker, who had 20 other cases in the court record in the past two decades, many of them traffic infractions. In most of those cases, Baker represented himself.
Details on the slayings
Police identified the first victim as Robert Shine and the third victim as John Carse. The name of the 79-year-old man was withheld pending positive identification. Autopsies show Shine was strangled and Carse died from “sharp force trauma,” police said.
On Monday night, police found Shine at a residence partially submerged in a cement pond, Mahuna said. On Tuesday, the 79-year-old man was found dead with apparent blunt force injuries shortly after 12:30 p.m., Mahuna said.
Later Tuesday, at around 10 p.m., police responded to a property about 19 miles away on a welfare check request and found Carse dead.
Stephen Shaffer said Baker had lived on his ex-wife’s property in Puna, where they grow fruit, and Baker climbed coconut trees for her. But after several months, he said, she sought a temporary restraining order against Baker. Shaffer said he didn’t know details of their falling out, only that his ex-wife felt threatened by Baker and wanted him to move out.
“He just seemed to me kind of angry,” said Shaffer, who lives in a separate dwelling on the same property. He added that others in the area were concerned about Baker but didn’t elaborate.
Donald Hyatt, who is friends with two of the men killed and Shaffer’s ex-wife, said Baker left the cabin he was living in on the property months ago.
“He left the place in disarray,” Hyatt said. “Trash inside and out.”
Baker returned recently claiming “squatter’s rights” and threatened Shaffer’s ex, Hyatt said. Hyatt urged her to seek a restraining order.
Puna, on the eastern side of the island, is a largely rural but fast-growing area known for affordable land. It’s also an area where lava flows have wiped out entire communities over the years.
Before the arrest, Puna resident Tiffany Edwards Hunt said many in the community were on edge. She said she had never seen so many police cars in Puna.
Many in the area live in poverty, she said.
“We have people who live in blue tarps in a jungle in makeshift homes,” Hunt said.
Puna is just 17 miles from Hilo, east Hawaii’s main town, but with unpaved roads in many parts of Puna, it can feel farther away, she said.
“In that remoteness, you have lawlessness,” Hunt said.
Residents express relief
“Everyone’s been really scared,” Puna resident Priya Surrago told CBS Honolulu affiliate KGMB-TV. “A lot of people around here, we just live very close in community and not even everybody even has like locks on their doors.”
Surrago said she had met the suspect once when he was selling coconuts near the highway, and the encounter left her uneasy. “He just had a creepy vibe,” she said.
Resident Aumrae McCarroll told the station he saw Baker being taken into custody. “I just felt so much relief in my whole body,” he said. McCarroll called the whole experience “too close for comfort.”