Prosecutors said anesthesiologist Gerhardt Konig tried to push his wife off a cliff and stab her with a syringe. He hit her with a rock when those tries failed.
Gerhardt Konig, 47, an anesthesiologist from Maui, attacked his wife, Arielle Konig, on a hiking trail near Honolulu, prosecutors said. He claimed it was self-defense.
Prosecutors allege the anesthesiologist attacked his wife near a cliff while on the Pali Puka Trail by pushing her near the edge and then beating her with a rock.