{"id":2928,"date":"2026-05-29T16:01:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T16:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=2928"},"modified":"2026-05-29T16:01:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T16:01:10","slug":"hawaii-triple-murder-suspect-captured-following-massive-manhunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=2928","title":{"rendered":"Hawaii triple-murder suspect captured following massive manhunt"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><div><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2927\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/93f85d09838e30eb7d510174a7ff89ca.webp\" width=\"764\" srcset=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/93f85d09838e30eb7d510174a7ff89ca.webp 764w, https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/93f85d09838e30eb7d510174a7ff89ca-300x170.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 764px) 100vw, 764px\" \/><\/figure>\n <span>article<\/span><\/div> <div><div><p><span>FILE &#8211; Jacob Baker, 36, is accused of murdering three men in Hawaii over a span of two days. (Hawaii Police Department)\u00a0<\/span> <!-- --><\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=2925\">White House unveils new aliens \u2018walk among us\u2019 immigration tracking website<\/a><\/p> <!-- --><\/div><\/div> <!-- --><\/div> <!-- --> <!-- --><p>A man wanted in connection to<u> three men who were killed\u00a0<\/u>in\u00a0<u>Hawaii\u00a0<\/u>was captured on Thursday,\u00a0<u>officials said.<\/u><\/p> <p>Jacob Baker, 36, of Pahoa, Hawaii, was arrested after a search that involved &#8220;significant resources,&#8221; including assistance from state and federal authorities.\u00a0<\/p> <!-- --><p>What we know:<\/p> <!-- --><div><\/div> <!-- --><p>Investigators allege Baker is responsible for the deaths of three men:\u00a0<\/p> <!-- --><ul><li><span>Robert Shine, 69, was found partially submerged in a cement pond<\/span><\/li><li><span>79-year-old (identity yet to be released) was found a few hundred feet away from Shine<\/span><\/li><li><span>John Carse, 69, was found 19 miles away<\/span><\/li><\/ul> <!-- --><p>All three men were killed over a span of two days in a remote and mostly rural part of Hawaii\u2019s Big Island.\u00a0<\/p> <!-- --><p>Police received information Thursday afternoon that Baker was hiding in a grassy area, ducking down as traffic passed, Hawaii Police Chief Reed Mahuna said at a news conference after the arrest. Police found him hiding in a small cave and arrested him.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=2921\">5 dead, 34 injured in I-95 bus crash; southbound lanes closed, delays expected<\/a><\/p> <!-- --><p>What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p> <!-- --><p>Investigators said they do not have a motive for the killings at this time.<\/p> <!-- --><p>Dig deeper:<\/p> <!-- --><p>The slayings happened just days after two women had requested temporary restraining orders against Baker.<\/p> <!-- --><p>Baker had allegedly threatened and harassed them at a farm of which one of the women was a co-owner.<\/p> <!-- --><p>One of the women claimed Baker had threatened to kill several women who were staying at the property, which led to a few of them moving or ending their stays.\u00a0<\/p> <!-- --><p>The other woman alleged that Baker threatened women and a disabled man. Baker further said he would trespass on the property, take things that didn\u2019t belong to him and said his intention was to squat on the property.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=2919\">Nancy Guthrie: Expert says human bones found miles from her home are up to 1,000 years old<\/a><\/p> <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- --> <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man wanted in connection with the killings of three men was apprehended Thursday after a massive search of Hawaii\u2019s Big Island.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2926,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,196],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime-and-public-safety","category-hawaii"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hawaii triple-murder suspect captured following massive manhunt - 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