在这场备受瞩目的审判中，一名被指控去年试图在徒步旅行途中杀害妻子的夏威夷医生在经过两天几个小时的商议后，被判犯有过失杀人未遂罪。
47岁的Gerhardt Konig博士对该案中的二级谋杀未遂指控不认罪。陪审团判他一项较轻的罪名——基于极度精神或情感障碍的过失杀人未遂。
在审判中，检察官指控麻醉师在2025年3月24日在瓦胡岛的Pali Puka小径上庆祝她的生日时，在悬崖附近袭击了他的妻子Arielle Konig，将她推到边缘，然后用石头多次殴打她。
与此同时，辩方声称Arielle Konig首先袭击了她的丈夫，他出于自卫用石头打了她——这是一个“他说，她说”的案件
此案将于8月13日宣判。柯尼希面临最高20年的刑期。檀香山检察官办公室表示，他将继续被关押，直到宣判。
在檀香山审判中将近三周的证词之后，陪审团于周二下午开始审议。
陪审团接到指示，如果他们无法认定柯尼希犯有二级谋杀未遂罪，他们将考虑过失杀人未遂指控和各种攻击指控。
Gerhardt Konig和他的妻子在审判中出庭作证，对徒步旅行中发生的事情提出了大相径庭的说法。
Arielle作证说，两人从毛伊岛的家来到瓦胡岛庆祝她的生日。她说，在她的丈夫发现她和一名同事在2024年12月之间的“调情”WhatsApp消息后，他们一直在努力修复他们的婚姻，她说这是一场“情感事件”。
她作证说，在徒步旅行中，她的丈夫将她推向悬崖边缘。她说，当他们在地上扭打时，他把她按在地上，他拿出了一个注射器和药瓶。
Arielle Konig进一步作证说，她的丈夫开始用石头打她多达10次，她认为他试图把她打昏，以便把她拖下悬崖。
她回忆道，她尖叫道，“请救救我，他想杀了我，”当两个女人撞上他们时，她的丈夫“呆住了”，然后她得以爬走。
在为自己辩护了两天之后，Gerhardt坚持说他从未想过要伤害他的妻子，当他用石头砸她的时候是出于自卫。
他告诉法庭，他的妻子在他们就她的婚外情发生争吵后把他推到了边缘，当他们在地上挣扎时，她先用石头打了他。他承认在她身上用石头打了她，说他打了她两次，但他否认有任何注射器或试图将她拉向悬崖边缘。
Gerhardt Konig作证说，事件发生后，他感到有自杀倾向。
“那时我只是觉得一切都没希望了，”他说。“我对我对她的所作所为感到震惊，我对她的所作所为感到震惊，我对我的妻子——我在这个世界上最爱的人——采取了暴力手段。我也对我们的关系感到绝望。”
在结案陈词中，检察官乔尔·加纳说，Arielle Konig“直截了当”和“连贯”的证词得到了现场血迹证据、她受伤的“严重性”、数字证据和其他证人(包括遇到这对夫妇的两名妇女)的证词的证实。
加纳声称，格哈特·柯尼希想出了一个在充满挑战的帕利·普卡小径上杀死妻子的计划，以避免代价高昂的离婚，并称被告的证词，包括他的自卫声明，“令人难以置信”。
检察官还提到了Gerhardt Konig前妻的大儿子的证词，他告诉法庭他的父亲承认试图杀害他的妻子。
当检察官要求他讲述他父亲在FaceTime电话中所说的话时，埃米尔·柯尼希作证说，“他无法回到毛伊岛并照顾好年幼的孩子，我的继母阿里一直在欺骗他，他试图杀死她。”
在他的结案陈词中，辩护律师托马斯·奥塔克说，“这个案子有合理的怀疑。”
他对检察官概述的所谓计划提出质疑，称Gerhardt Konig从未打算伤害他的妻子。他还质疑Arielle Konig的证词，称她“骗人”，同时指出她与同事一起删除了信息。
Otake认为Gerhardt Konig和他的儿子之间的通话是“高度情绪化”的人之间的通话，Emile Konig无法一字不差地说出所说的内容。
检察官说，经过一个小时的搜捕，Gerhardt Konig被逮捕。
Arielle Konig作证说，她因“严重的复杂头皮撕裂”在医院接受治疗
Doctor accused of trying to kill wife on hike found guilty of attempted manslaughter
A Hawaii doctoraccusedof trying to kill his wife on a hiking trail last year has been found guilty of attempted manslaughter following several hours of deliberations over two days in the high-profile trial.
Dr. Gerhardt Konig, 47, pleaded not guilty to second-degree attempted murder charges in the case. The jury convicted him of a lesser charge -- attempted manslaughter based upon extreme mental or emotional disturbance.
During the trial, prosecutors alleged the anesthesiologist attacked his wife, Arielle Konig, near a cliff while on the Pali Puka Trail on Oahu for her birthday on March 24, 2025, by pushing her near the edge and then beating her multiple times with a rock.
The defense, meanwhile, alleged that Arielle Konig attacked her husband first and that he hit her with the rock in self-defense -- characterizing it as a case of "he said, she said."
Sentencing in the case is set for Aug. 13. Konig faces a maximum of 20 years. He will continue to be held until sentencing, the Honolulu prosecutor's office said.
The jury began deliberations Tuesday afternoon, following nearly three weeks of testimony in the Honolulu trial.
The jurors were instructed to consider the attempted manslaughter charge and various assault charges if they were unable to find Konig guilty of second-degree attempted murder.
Both Gerhardt Konig and his wife took the stand during the trial, presenting widely differing accounts of what happened on the hike.
Arielle Konigtestifiedthat the two had traveled to Oahu from their home in Maui to celebrate her birthday. She said they had been working on repairing their marriage after her husband found what she characterized as "flirty" WhatsApp messages between her and a colleague in December 2024 in what she said was an "emotional affair."
She testified that during the hike, her husband pushed her toward the edge of the cliff. As they wrestled on the ground with him on top, pinning her down, he produced a syringe and vial, she said.
Arielle Konig further testified that her husband proceeded to beat her with a rock as many as 10 times, and that she believed he was trying to knock her unconscious in order to drag her over the edge of the cliff.
She recalled screaming, "Please help, he's trying to kill me," and that when two women happened upon them, her husband "froze" and she was able to then crawl away.
Whiletestifyingin his own defense over two days, Gerhardt Konigmaintained that he never intended to hurt his wife and acted in self-defense when he struck her with the rock.
He told the court that his wife pushed him near the edge after they got into an argument about her affair, and that she hit him with a rock first while they struggled on the ground. He admitted to hitting her with the rock while on top of her, saying he struck her twice, though he denied having any syringes or trying to pull her toward the cliff's edge.
Gerhardt Konig testified that he felt suicidal after the incident.
"I just felt hopeless at that point in terms of everything," he said. "I felt horrified about what I did to her, that I had caused this to her, that I had resorted to violence against my wife, the person who I love the most in the world. And I just kind of felt hopeless in terms of our relationship, too."
During closing arguments, prosecutor Joel Garner said Arielle Konig's "straightforward" and "coherent" testimony was corroborated by the bloody evidence at the scene, the "severity" of her injuries, digital evidence and the testimony of other witnesses -- including the two women who came upon the couple.
Garner alleged that Gerhardt Konig came up with a plan to kill his wife on the challenging Pali Puka Trail to avoid a costly divorce and called the defendant's testimony, including his self-defense claims, "unbelievable."
The prosecutor also pointed to testimony from Gerhardt Konig's older son from his prior marriage, who told the court that his father admitted to trying to kill his wife.
Asked by the prosecutor to recount what his father said during the FaceTime call, Emile Konig testified, "That he would not be making it back to Maui and to take good care of the younger kids, and that Ari, my stepmom, had been cheating on him, and that he tried to kill her."
During his closing argument, defense attorney Thomas Otake said there is "reasonable doubt all over this case."
He disputed the alleged plan outlined by the prosecutor, saying Gerhardt Konig never intended to harm his wife. He also questioned Arielle Konig's testimony, calling her "deceptive" while pointing to her deleting messages with her colleague.
Otake argued that the call between Gerhardt Konig and his son was between "highly emotional" people, and that Emile Konig could not say exactly word for word what was said.
Gerhardt Konig was arrested following an hourslong manhunt, prosecutors said.
Arielle Konig testified she was treated at a hospital for "severe complex scalp lacerations" and showed the court scarring on her scalp.
She filed for divorce in May 2025, seeking full custody of the couple's two young children.
Gerhardt Konig, who worked as an anesthesiologist on Maui, has been in jail since his arrest. Following his arrest, Maui Health said his medical staff privileges at Maui Memorial Medical Center have been suspended pending investigation.
