The Waimanalo couple accused of murdering their 6-year-old adopted daughter in 2021 apparently have retained their parental rights over three of the victim’s young sisters.
The trial in the alleged 2021 murder of a 6-year- old Waimanalo girl by her adoptive parents has been pushed back nine months to Oct. 28 from Jan. 15 with all parties in agreement.
Police say Isabella, also known as Ariel Sellers, was killed on or about Aug. 18, 2021, by adoptive parents Lehua Kalua and Isaac “Sonny” Kalua III at their blue, two-story Waimanalo home.
HONOLULU (AP) A Hawaii couple accused of killing their 6-year-old adoptive daughter a month before reporting her missing pleaded not guilty to murder Monday. The body of Isabella Kalua, known by some by her birth name of Ariel, has not been found.