Overview
- A Honolulu jury found anesthesiologist Gerhardt Konig guilty of attempted manslaughter based on extreme mental or emotional disturbance after a three-week trial.
- Konig had pleaded not guilty to second-degree attempted murder, but jurors chose the lesser included offense that still allows a sentence of up to life in prison.
- Jurors heard 911 audio and police bodycam as hikers testified they saw Konig hit his wife with a rock, and an emergency doctor described a skull-deep laceration with rock fragments.
- Konig denied trying to push or inject his wife and said he acted in self-defense, while his son testified Konig told him on FaceTime that he had “tried to kill her.”
- Hikers’ intervention led to a 911 call and police arrested Konig hours later after a manhunt, with sentencing pending and his hospital privileges already suspended.