A manhunt that left a Hawaii community on edge ended Thursday with the arrest of a suspect in the killings of three men at separate locations, police said.
Jacob Daniel Baker, 36, a suspect in the three killings on Hawaii’s Big Island, was arrested “without incident” Thursday – nearly three days after the first body was discovered, the Hawaii Police Department said.
Baker was described as “armed and extremely dangerous” by Hawaii Police Chief Reed Mahuna as law enforcement searched for the suspect and details emerged about requests for restraining orders against him in the days leading to the killings.
He was found “concealed within a small cave” in the Kalapana area on the Big Island’s eastern side, after he was spotted hiding in a nearby grassy area and ducking down in a field as passing traffic approached, Mahuna said during a news conference Thursday.
“It was a citizen who saw something, said something and helped bring this manhunt to a safe conclusion,” the chief said, thanking the community for its support.
The suspect had also stolen a car earlier but the vehicle was not with him during his arrest, Mahuna said. Surveillance footage obtained by investigators shows the suspect fleeing from one property to another before police arrived, he added.
Baker was arrested on charges including second-degree murder, burglary and theft, the chief said.
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