A man is accused of stabbing his 81-year-old neighbor in the face and then threatening a witness, police in Hawaii said.

An 81-year-old Hilo woman was fatally stabbed allegedly by her 30-year-old neighbor this morning, Hawaii island police said.

The Hawaii Island Police charged a Hilo man following a violent stabbing of an elderly woman on Saturday morning, March 29, ...

An 81-year-old Hilo woman held up her arms to defend herself against her 30-year-old neighbor before he fatally stabbed her ...

A 30-year-old man is being held on suspicion of murder in what police are calling the “violent stabbing” of an elderly woman ...

Hawaii Island police detectives have charged 30-year-old Keone Peter Tosie Brown of Hilo following the fatal stabbing ...

Police arrested Keone Peter Tosie Brown, 30, on March 29th after he was seen trying to flee his home on Olu street. According to a witness, Brown stabbed the woman multiple times in the face ...

COURTESY PHOTO Keone Peter Tosie Brown COURTESY PHOTO Keone Peter Tosie Brown Hawaii island police today charged Keone Peter Tosie Brown, 30, of Hilo with second-degree murder and first-degree ...