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Inset: Jon Tokuhara (Mililani Memorial Park). Background: Eric Thompson receives his destiny for sidesplitting Tokuhara successful Hawaii (KGMB).
A Hawaii antheral was sentenced to beingness successful situation with the anticipation of parole for murdering his wife's acupuncturist with whom she was reportedly having an affair.
Eric Thompson, 37, received his destiny Friday for the January 2022 sidesplitting of 47-year-old Jon Tokuhara adjacent Honolulu. Local CBS affiliate KGMB reports that Thompson besides was sentenced to 20 years for a weapons charge. He volition person to service astatine slightest 15 years connected the execution charge. The sentences volition tally concurrently. A assemblage successful February convicted Thompson of second-degree murder. It was the 2nd proceedings arsenic the archetypal 1 ended successful mistrial aft a assemblage could not travel to a unanimous verdict.
According to KGMB, Thompson's woman supported her hubby and sat down him astatine the sentencing hearing. She declined to talk with the media afterward, arsenic did Thompson's family.
A person of Tokuhara's, Elton Escobido, told the TV presumption his pal was "not a homewrecker."
"He's a bully guy," Escobido said. "I mean, helium gives backmost to the community. Like for precocious school, if you're participating successful a athletics and you're successful the aesculapian field, conjecture what? You get a $2,000 scholarship."
Thompson's attorneys argued helium was not successful the country astatine the clip of the murder. They besides claimed the unfortunate was having affairs with aggregate women and different radical whitethorn person had a motive to termination him.
As Law&Crime antecedently reported, Tokuhara's parent recovered her lad changeable to decease wrong his acupuncture session connected Jan. 12, 2022. Police reportedly utilized surveillance video to place Thompson's motortruck and nexus him to the execution scene.
As Thompson walked backmost to his car, helium dropped his hat, which was aboriginal picked up by a stateless man, KGMB reported. Police utilized surveillance video to place that antheral and propulsion samples of hairsbreadth and fibers from it, yet starring to Thompson arsenic the imaginable killer, the TV presumption said.
According to section Fox affiliate KHON, which reviewed tribunal documents supporting Thompson's arrest, Thompson's woman was having an matter with Tokuhara betwixt May and July of 2021.
A diligent of Tokuhara's, who is believed to beryllium the past diligent to spot him the time earlier his assemblage was discovered, said that she knew some Thompson and his wife, KHON reported. That diligent said the mates started dating successful precocious schoolhouse and aboriginal married, the KHON communicative said.
That diligent aboriginal referred Thompson's woman to Tokuhara for acupuncture services and treatment, according to the KHON report.
The woman aboriginal admitted to the diligent that she was having an affair, though she did not accidental with whom oregon whether Thompson knew astir it, the Fox affiliate continued.
The constabulary probe into Tokuhara's decease reportedly uncovered Instagram messages betwixt the unfortunate and Thompson's woman successful which she expressed fearfulness astir Thompson discovering the relationship.
The KHON study further noted that it appeared that portion Tokuhara whitethorn person wanted a semipermanent relationship, Thompson's woman did not privation to permission her husband; successful July 2021, she reportedly told Tokuhara that she had to extremity the narration and helium couldn't interaction her anymore. Their past Instagram connection was connected July 23, 2021, according to KHON.
Marisa Sarnoff contributed to this report
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