Hawaii Doctor's Trial: Wife's Alleged Murder

On March 20th, a Hawaii anesthesiologist named Gerhard Konig, 47 years old, is on trial

for trying to murder his wife Ariel during a hike, on a Wahoo last March.

He admits striking her twice with a rock at the Nuanupali lookout, but claims she

hit him first amid a fight over her affair with a coworker.

Prosecutors say he planned the attack, tried pushing her off a steep cliff, stabbed at

her with a syringe, and bashed her head multiple times.

The couple had been married since 2018 and owned a $1.5 million home on Maui.

They gone to counseling after she confessed the three-month affair and thought things were

improving with a birthday trip to the trail.

But tensions boiled over when she withdrew $130,000 without telling him, leading to restraining

orders and divorce papers.

Before therapy, witnesses hiking nearby heard Ariel scream for help and saw Konig on

top of her with blood on her face.

One called 911, describing a man trying to kill her as she crawled away.

Konig fled into the woods, then facetimeed his 19-year-old son, confessing he tried to

kill her over the cheating and planned to jump.

His lawyer argues her injuries were minor, just the small cut above her eyebrow and pushes

for an assault charge instead.

No syringe was found, and police say Konig reacted in self-defense.

Ariel takes the stand next week near the one-year mark of the attack.

The trial wraps up by mid-April, with Konig pleading not guilty as both sides present

their cases on what really happened that day.