One America News Network By Abril Elfi
A Samoan playwright and author have been accused of killing former Hawaii Democrat Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard’s aunt.
Papalii Sia Figiel, 57, was taken into custody on Sunday following the death of retired University of Hawaii professor Caroline Sinaviana-Gabbard, 78.
Local reports, citing police, claimed that the victim had been beaten with a hammer and had suffered multiple stab wounds.
The incident occurred on May 25th at Figiel’s home in the village of Vaivase-Uta in Samoa, approximately three miles from the island nation’s capital city of Apia.
Reports also stated that Figiel’s home doubled as the local movie theater.
According to the publication, Samoan Police Commissioner Auapaau Logoitino Filipo stated that the two had argued before the incident turned violent. What started the argument is unclear.
Local media reports state that Gabbard was Figiel’s mentor, and the two women were friends and coworkers.
Sinaviana-Gabbard was the sister of Hawaii State Senator Mike Gabbard and the aunt of Tulsi Gabbard.
According to her family, she was a skilled writer, educator, and environmental activist, and the first Samoan to hold a full professorship in the United States…
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