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Tara Tevaga

Case from Honolulu, HI dated Sep 24, 2016

Victim Details

Tara Tevaga

Female

Hawaiian Native

Honolulu

HI

2016-09-24

44

Tara

Tevaga

Yes

06/25/2026

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Tara Tevaga, a 44-year-old Native Hawaiian woman from Honolulu, died there on September 24, 2016, a loss later recorded in an obituary that named her family and the home she came from.

In the years that followed, court records show prosecutors tied her death to a single episode in Honolulu that also involved a violent attack on another person the same day. The State’s case named Alabanza C. Tuimalealiifano as the defendant, and the charging lineup reflected how investigators and prosec ...
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