Police investigate stabbing death of Kaimuki newspaper seller
Honolulu Police Department investigates the area around 8th and 9th Aves. at Waialae Ave. after a newspaper vendor was stabbed in the Kaimuki section of Honolulu on Sunday, November 9, 2014 in the early morning hours. The victim later died at the hospital.
Jennifer Muehle, Kaimuki resident, placed flowers and a newspaper for the 70-year-old man she called "Ted" who was stabbed on Waialae Ave. between 8th and 9th Aves. in the Kaimuki section of Honolulu in the early morning hours of Sunday, November 9, 2014. Muehle bought her Sunday newspaper from the victim for almost 10-years and described him as having "aloha." The victim later died at the hospital.
Jennifer Muehle, Kaimuki resident, placed flowers and a newspaper for the 70-year-old man she called "Ted" who was stabbed on Waialae Ave. between 8th and 9th Aves. in the Kaimuki section of Honolulu in the early morning hours of Sunday, November 9, 2014. Muehle bought her Sunday newspaper from the victim for almost 10-years and described him as having "aloha." The victim later died at the hospital.
Jennifer Muehle, Kaimuki resident, talked about the 70-year-old man she called "Ted" who was stabbed on Waialae Ave. between 8th and 9th Aves. in the Kaimuki section of Honolulu in the early morning hours of Sunday, November 9, 2014. Muehle bought her Sunday newspaper from the victim for almost 10-years and described him as having "aloha." The victim later died at the hospital.
Jennifer Muehle, Kaimuki resident, talked about the 70-year-old man she called "Ted" who was stabbed on Waialae Ave. between 8th and 9th Aves. in the Kaimuki section of Honolulu in the early morning hours of Sunday, November 9, 2014. Muehle bought her Sunday newspaper from the victim for almost 10-years and described him as having "aloha." The victim later died at the hospital.
Honolulu Police Department investigates the area around 8th and 9th Aves. at Waialae Ave. after a newspaper vendor was stabbed in the Kaimuki section of Honolulu on Sunday, November 9, 2014 in the early morning hours. The victim later died at the hospital.
Lt. Walter Calistro, of the Honolulu Police Department, spoke after a 70-year-old man was stabbed on Waialae Av. between 8th and 9th Aves. in the Kaimuki section of Honolulu on Sunday, November 9, 2014 in the early morning hours. The victim was a long-time newspaper vendor and later died at the hospital.
Honolulu Police Department investigates the area around 8th and 9th Aves. at Waialae Ave. after a newspaper vendor was stabbed in the Kaimuki section of Honolulu on Sunday, November 9, 2014 in the early morning hours. The victim later died at the hospital.
Police are searching for a suspect in the stabbing death of a popular 70-year-old Honolulu Star-Advertiser newspaper seller Sunday morning in Kaimuki.
Honolulu police homicide Lt. Walter Calistro said police received a call about 3:40 a.m. about someone needing help.
Responding officers found a man who had been stabbed on the sidewalk of Waialae Avenue near 9th Avenue. Paramedics took the man in critical condition to the hospital where he died.
Calistro said the stabbing occurred in front of Cafe Miro where the man already had his newspapers stacked. He said the man sold newspapers in the same location every Sunday.
He did not have a possible motive and asked the public to call 911 and ask for the Criminal Investigations Division if anyone has any information.
Police opened a second-degree murder case.
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Jennifer Muehle, who lives across Waialae with a window overlooking the crime scene, said she never heard anything, but noticed blood on the sidewalk and police investigating before she found out what happened.
She left a bouquet of flowers for the man she knew as Ted.
“He gave so much to this community,” she said. “He was just the sweetest guy and he had a big smile on his face all the time.”
Muehle, who bought a newspaper from Ted every Sunday, said he embodied the aloha spirit, helped people with bus money and told dirty jokes to make others laugh.
“So many people know him,” she said, adding that he was a fixture on the block. “He didn’t deserve this.”
