Mahuhiki has no remorse for what he did, infact, he is out there bragging! Respect, and responsibilities are the hardest thing to teach young people. A village raising the child hurts everyone and that is the 'realities' of life.
We lost our connections with our children during the multi wars in our society today!
Trying to connect with our people is a daunting task, it takes patience and lots of sterness to get to a spot in there brain that connects to their soul. Sometimes it just doesn't happen and we end up as victums of society that too have no remores.
Numbing down the community happens all the time, and the six oclock news have a tendency to do just that. People that have no connection to their communities, and families, but talk a lot on cyber space also too add to the dumbing down of information. The disconnection happens within split seconds and father time becomes a ghost of time!
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By Minna Sugimoto - bio | email
MAKAHA (HawaiiNewsNow) - A Makaha woman who couldn't find her son Sunday night turned to a GPS tracking device for help. But the cell phone trail led to a devastating discovery at the scene of a deadly crash.
Shelly Willingham is having trouble processing the fact that the oldest of her three sons is gone. She keeps looking at the front door of her home expecting to see 22-year-old Justin come in.
"But he didn't walk through the door," she said through tears. "It's still hard because I still don't want to believe it."
Police say Justin Willingham was walking on the shoulder of Farrington Highway in Makaha at about 8 PM Sunday, when a car veered to the right and slammed into him. The car continued traveling -- with him caught through the front windshield -- until it finally stopped in a ditch.
"How did you find out about the accident?" this reporter asked.
"By chance," Shelly Willingham replied.
She says she came upon the wreck at about midnight, after she tried several times to reach her son by phone. The GPS feature on his cell led her to the site.
"His phone had been stuck in one area for four hours," she said. "I went looking for him to where his phone would be. Where his phone was was smack dab in the middle of..."
Witnesses say the driver got out of the car and attempted to flee, but they grabbed him and held him until officers arrived.
"I wish I could just hug them because I think that is kind of what helps because the person that did it didn't get away because there were people there that did the right thing," the victim's mother said.
Police arrested Valentine Mahuiki, 20, on suspicion of first-degree negligent homicide, failure to render aid, driving under the influence, and driving without a license.
"Part of me wants to be really, really angry," Shelly Willingham said. "But another part is I heard it was a 20-, in various news reports online, it was a 20-year-old kid and that kid has got to live with that for the rest of his life."
Justin was an office assistant for RE/MAX in Kapolei. Co-workers at the real estate firm described him as loyal, genuine and trustworthy.
"I just want my son back," the victim's mother said.
A fund has been established to help Justin Willingham's family with funeral expenses. If you would like to contribute, visit any American Savings Bank branch. The name on the account, which was opened Monday, is "Markette Greggs."
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Witnesses to deadly crash chase down negligent homicide suspect
A 22-year-old Makaha man was killed last night on Farrington Highway after being hit by a car driven by a 20-year-old Maili man.
The suspect was arrested, but only after being chased down by witnesses.
It was just after 8 p.m. Sunday when 22-year-old Justin Willingham was hit by a car while walking on the shoulder lane of Farrington Highway about a mile from his home near Makaha Beach.
"He was actually going so fast, he went that way hit this pole when I saw him ditch out of the car I knew it was one bad deal," said Kulai Mclouth. "All I saw was glitter which was the glass in the air."
Mclouth was heading in the opposite direction toward Makaha when he saw the driver get out of his car and run.
"Chased him from his car all the way to Lahilahi to Cabanas, everyone went help me. While on the beach the guy was just sitting down doing that nothing, I told him what you doing where you going? He was like I never do nothing. I told him brah you busted you go to go."
Valentine Keola Mahuiki, 20, was arrested on suspicion of failing to render air, negligent homicide, driving under the influence and driving without a license.
Police believe speed was also a factor.
Willingham was pronounced dead at the scene.
The medical examiner says he died from multiple traumatic injuries.
"Sad it is to find out that your child was killed like this -they always say be careful don't drink and drive don't do all these thing and they do it anyway," said the family's neighbor Anna Alcantra.
Willingham, his mother and two brothers moved to Hawaii from Michigan several years ago.
He graduated from Waianae High School where friends say he was a quiet young man.
"Liked to walk, he always walked everywhere he walked with his earphones," said Alcantra.
The victim's mother Shelly Willingham told KHON2 she hopes leeward Oahu residents will slow down - saying her son's death did not have to happen.
Residents who live near the accident scene say this stretch of Farrington Highway is notorious for speeding and accidents.
"It is an area of concern because we are dealing with two blind spots," said Lisa Garcia. "From down there it is a 35 mile and then it changes to 25 but most people ain't slowing down fast enough."
"Right around these trees and right around Jade Street is both blinding spots -- right here they going meet in the middle," added Rastan Bailey.
And that's where the crash happened.
Mahuiki was released pending further investigation.