(Update #2) Police Identify Victim in Last Weekend’s Violent Murder of Elderly Woman in Hilo
Hawai‘i Island police have identified the victim of the violent early morning stabbing in Hilo, on Saturday morning, March 29, 2025, as 81-year-old Lola Linda Loebl, of Hilo.
On Sunday morning, March 30, the suspect in this case, 30-year-old Keoni Peter Tosie Brown was charged with the following offenses:
- Second-degree murder
- First-degree terroristic threatening
Brown’s bail was set at $2,020,000. He remained in police custody pending his initial court appearance on Monday, March 31, in South Hilo District Court.
An autopsy is scheduled to be performed on Friday, April 4, to determine Loebl’s exact cause of death.
Police ask anyone who may have witnessed this incident to contact Detective Duane Rapoza Jr., of the Area I Criminal Investigation Section, at (808) 961-2383, or via email at Duane.Rapoza@hawaiicounty.gov.
- Department:
- Hawaiʻi Police Department
- Division:
- Area I Criminal Investigation Division
- Officer:
- Captain Rio S. Amon-Wilkins
- Report Number:
- 25-028832
