May 3, 2021
HILO (AP) The father of a 9-year-old Hawaii girl who starved to death pleaded no contest to manslaughter.
Kevin Lehano’s plea to a reduced charge is part of a deal with prosecutors, Hawaii Tribune-Herald reported Thursday.
Lehano, his wife and his mother-in-law were indicted on second-degree murder charges for the 2016 starvation death of Shaelynn Lehano-Stone.
A judge last month sentenced the girl’s mother, Tiffany Stone, to 10 years probation. She pleaded no contest manslaughter.
Her mother the girl’s grandmother pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder. Henrietta Stone has a hearing scheduled for Friday on a court-ordered mental examination. She remains jailed in lieu of $100,000 bail.
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HILO, Hawaii (AP) â The father of a 9-year-old Hawaii girl who starved to death pleaded no contest to manslaughter.
Kevin Lehanoâs plea to a reduced charge is part of a deal with prosecutors, Hawaii Tribune-Herald reported Thursday.
Lehano, his wife and his mother-in-law were indicted on second-degree murder charges for the 2016 starvation death of Shaelynn Lehano-Stone.
A judge last month sentenced the girlâs mother, Tiffany Stone, to 10 years probation. She pleaded no contest manslaughter.
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A judge last month sentenced the girl’s mother, Tiffany Stone, to 10 years probation. She pleaded no contest manslaughter.
Her mother - the girl’s grandmother - pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder. Henrietta Stone has a hearing scheduled for Friday on a court-ordered mental examination. She remains jailed in lieu of $100,000 bail.
Henrietta Stone was the girl’s legal guardian and had pulled her out of Hilo Union Elementary School to be home-schooled, the newspaper reported.
After a 911 call, police found her at Henrietta Stone’s apartment unconscious on June 28, 2016. She died later that day.
Lehano faces up to 20 years in prison when he is sentenced.