KAU, BIG ISLAND (HawaiiNewsNow) - A retired homicide detective who is accused of killing his wife appeared in a Kona court on Tuesday. Daniel DeJarnette Jr., 59, allegedly murdered his wife, Yu Kue DeJarnette, 56, nearly six years ago. He moved to the Big Island after retiring from the Los Angeles Police Department.

On November 12, 2006, officers responded to a report of an accident at DeJarnette's home in Ocean View. He told police he found his wife lying on a lava embankment near their house.

"It was on the backside of the property, like a hill, embankment-type area just outside the back door. She was a little ways down that embankment area," explained Capt. Robert Wagner of the Hawaii County Police Department.

Information courtesy: Kona Music Society

If you are looking for a chance to escape to Kona, we announce:

Kona Music Society's Annual Spring Concert

On Sunday, May 20, at 4:00 PM at the ballrooms at the King Kamehameha Hotel in Kailua-Kona, Kona Music Society presents their annual spring concert featuring:

Part I: Lux Aeterna by Morten Lauridsen, featuring the the 80-voice KMS Chorus and 25-piece Orchestra with members from the Kamuela Philharmonic, KMS is the first chorus in the state to perform this work with orchestra

Part II: selections by the KMS Youth Chorus

Part III: world set with songs from Cameroon, Hawai‘i, Ireland, the Ukraine, and the USA 

Tickets: Adults: $20 and Keiki/Students: $5

Tickets available at:

• Kona Bay Books
• Kona Stories in Keauhou
• www.konamusicsociety.org
• phone 808-334-9880

For more information call 960

Information courtesy: County of Hawai'i

Hawai‘i County Mayor Billy Kenoi and Department of Parks and Recreation Director Bob
Fitzgerald joined the North Kohala community in celebrating the reopening of Kēōkea Beach
Park during a public blessing and dedication ceremony on Saturday, May 12.

The Friends of Kēōkea Beach Park assisted in welcoming the public back to the North Kohala
facility. The park’s main pavilion has been closed since it was badly damaged Oct. 15, 2006, by
the 6.7-magnitude earthquake that struck near Kiholo Bay and also a 6.0 Hāwī temblor.

Kēōkea Beach Park has since undergone a $1.4 million renovation that included fixing extensive
earthquake damage to the main pavilion and modifying the entire park so it complies with
federal accessibility requirements.