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The 19-year-old man who allegedly killed his mom on Farrington Highway late Tuesday night time was seen by witnesses hitting her along with his fists and stomping on her face along with his ft, in accordance with a report filed by a Honolulu police officer who responded to the scene.
The report was a part of the judicial dedication of possible trigger filed with paperwork charging Joshua N. McPeek on Thursday with second-degree homicide. His bail is ready at $1 million, and he made his preliminary look in courtroom Friday.
McPeek hung his head whereas he sat in a chair in a courthouse cellblock throughout his preliminary look held by way of videoconference earlier than Judge Kristine Yoo at Honolulu District Court.
Yoo scheduled his preliminary listening to for Tuesday.
A patrol officer who arrived at 84-570 Farrington Highway at 11:45 p.m. discovered Michelle Kalena McPeek “lying lifeless flat on her back with her face covered in blood and unrecognizable due to her severe injuries,” in accordance with courtroom paperwork. Her wounds had been seemingly the results of “blunt force trauma,” the report mentioned, and her face was “completely smashed in.”
The HPD patrol officer was responding to a report of a shirtless man carrying crimson board shorts assaulting a lady on the roadway. At 11:50 p.m. officers discovered McPeek at Farrington Highway and Kili Drive with “blood covering his face and hands,” in accordance with courtroom paperwork.
Witnesses advised police they noticed McPeek run away from the scene of the assault towards Makaha Surfing Beach.
After a short battle he was detained.
A feminine witness was introduced over to the place McPeek was detained and positively recognized him because the particular person she noticed assault Michelle McPeek, police mentioned.
Joshua McPeek was arrested a 12:17 a.m. and, whereas he was being booked, allegedly advised officers he didn’t bear in mind what he did and gave the impression to be beneath the affect of unlawful narcotics, in accordance with sources.
Second-degree homicide carries a penalty of life in jail with the opportunity of parole.
Joshua and Michelle McPeek have a number of prior arrests and legal citations.
Michelle McPeek was arrested Sept. 24, 2013, for harassment and legal property injury after she attacked a relative, Mindy McPeek. Michelle McPeek was discovered responsible and sentenced to 6 months’ probation on each counts and ordered to bear a psychological well being examination. On Aug. 26, 2014, the state moved to have McPeek’s probation revoked after she allegedly violated the phrases, in accordance with state courtroom paperwork. The state later withdrew that movement and acknowledged that McPeek complied and accomplished her probation.
On July 6, 2015, she was cited for trespassing in Mother Waldron Park at 537 Coral St. at 10:37 p.m. The park closes at 10 p.m., and McPeek, who had no native deal with on the time, wouldn’t depart the world close to the park’s restrooms and refused to signal the quotation issued by an HPD patrol officer.
On Feb. 13, 2020, at 11:55 p.m., she was cited for violating park closure hours in Waianae and once more gave no native deal with to the HPD officer who cited her. The quotation was dismissed with prejudice.
On Oct. 1 she was arrested for driving and not using a license and no proof of motorized vehicle insurance coverage. Those expenses had been additionally dismissed with prejudice.
On Jan. 7, Joshua McPeek was arrested in Waianae and cited for seven site visitors crimes together with reckless driving, driving with out insurance coverage and driving greater than 81 mph. Six of these expenses had been dismissed with prejudice, and he was fined $267 for not complying with the pace restrict.
As a juvenile, McPeek was arrested and charged with legal trespassing, second-diploma assault, third-degree assault and second-diploma theft 3 times, in accordance with data obtained by the Honolulu Star-Advertiser.
