Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard’s (I-HI) aunt was reportedly killed by a Samoan poet and author who was arrested and charged with murder last weekend.
Papalii Sia Figiel was charged with the murder of 78-year-old Caroline Sinavaiana-Gabbard, a retired professor from the University of Hawaii in Manoa. Sinavaiana-Gabbard was reportedly beaten with a hammer and stabbed “multiple” times, Somoan Police Commissioner Auapaau Logoitino Filipo told the Somoan Observer.
Sinavaiana-Gabbard, who had been the sister of Hawaii State Sen. Mike Gabbard (D), was described as being a “kindred spirit” and a “brilliant writer.”
“Caroline was my best friend as a teenager,” her brother said in a statement to Spectrum News, adding that his sister had helped him a lot during his “rebellious stage of adolescence.”
The Hawaii state senator added that his sister had been responsible…
