June 1, 2026:
HONOLULU (AP) — Police in Hawaii have charged a 36-year-old man with killing three people in a remote community known for its communal lifestyle. The Hawaii Police Department said in a news release that Jacob Daniel Baker has been jailed without bail and is scheduled to appear in court Monday (June 1, 2026). Police say Baker was charged Saturday with counts of first- and second-degree murder. Authorities say Baker killed three men in their 60s and 70s. Baker was arrested Thursday after a search of Hawaii’s Big Island. Residents of the island’s rural Puna community say Baker had been living there in exchange for work but recently had become threatening. It was not immediately known if Baker had an attorney.
May 29, 2026:
HONOLULU (AP) — A man wanted in connection with the killings of three men has been apprehended after a massive search of Hawaii’s Big Island. Police say they deployed “significant resources” to find 36-year-old Jacob Baker. Authorities say they believe he is involved in the deaths of three men: a 69-year-old man found partially submerged in a cement pond, a 79-year-old man who was found just a few hundred feet away, and a third man, also 69, whose body was found about 19 miles away. The killings took place within two days in a remote and mostly rural district that’s a mix of tropical landscape and barren lava fields. No lawyer is listed for Baker.
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