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A distinguished Samoan writer and playright has been charged with murdering the aunt of Tulsi Gabbard, the previous Hawaii Democratic Congresswoman, in keeping with a number of experiences.
Papalii Sia Figiel, 57, was arrested Sunday following the dying in Samoa of 78-year-old Caroline Sinaviana-Gabbard, a retired former College of Hawaii professor.
The sufferer was stabbed a number of occasions and crushed with a hammer, native experiences stated, citing police. Samoa is a rustic situated within the South Pacific Ocean.
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An award-winning writer has been charged with murdering the aunt of Tulsi Gabbard, the previous Hawaii Democratic Congresswoman, in keeping with a number of experiences. (Fb, left, and Ethan Miller/Getty Photos, proper)
The lethal incident happened on Might 25 at Figiel’s residence within the village of Vaivase-Uta, which is about three miles from the island nation’s capital metropolis of Apia. Figiel’s property additionally doubles because the native theater, the New Zealand Herald experiences.
An argument had damaged out between the pair earlier than the incident turned violent, Samoan Police Commissioner Auapaau Logoitino Filipo stated, in keeping with the publication. It’s not clear what sparked the argument.
The 2 girls have been colleagues and pals, and Gabbard was Figiel’s mentor, in keeping with native media experiences.
Sinaviana-Gabbard was Tulsi Gabbard’s aunt and sister of state Sen. Mike Gabbard.
Her household says she was the primary Samoan to change into a full professor within the U.S., and was an achieved author, instructor and environmental activist.
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An aerial view of Major Seashore Street in Apia, Samoa, 2021 throughout a lockdown. Apia is about 5 miles from the place Caroline Sinaviana-Gabbard died. (Chikara Yoshida/Getty Photos)
Mike Gabbard stated he was very near his sister rising up and pleased with her accomplishments in life.
“Caroline was my finest buddy as a youngster,” Mike Gabbard stated in an announcement to Spectrum Information.
“She helped me significantly throughout my rebellious stage of adolescence. She obtained me hooked on studying, a lot in order that I adopted in her footsteps and majored in English at Sonoma State College in California, then returned to our birthplace, American Samoa, the place I taught English in excessive faculties and was a school member, steering counselor and dean on the group school for a few years.”
“I like her deeply and want her nicely as she continues her journey.”
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Samoa is a rustic situated within the South Pacific Ocean. (Google Maps)
Mike Gabbard went on to say that he forgives the particular person chargeable for her dying, however hopes justice might be served and that the particular person “might be punished to the complete extent of the legislation.”
In line with Spectrum Information, Sinaviana-Gabbard earned undergraduate levels in English and psychology from Sonoma State College, a masters’ diploma in folklore from the College of California, Berkeley, and a Ph.D. in American research from the College of Hawaii.
She taught Pacific literature on the College of Hawaii for over 20 years earlier than retiring.
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