Western Pennsylvania's trusted news source
Officials identify remains found in burnt-out Hawaii home | TribLIVE.com
U.S./World

Officials identify remains found in burnt-out Hawaii home

Associated Press
2236938_web1_2236938-3d6cad5e115a4bd3bcb59532a3bda8b6
In this photo taken Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020, a woman looks at the rubble of a historic residence after a fire destroyed the home following a shooting in Honolulu over the weekend. Residents have been allowed to return to their homes following a suspected landlord-tenant dispute where two police officers were fatally shot and two others died. A fire that followed last Sunday’s violence destroyed several homes. (Dennis Oda/Honolulu Star-Advertiser via AP)
2236938_web1_2236938-6e79fa57279647e19fb158ee693bf186
A Hawaii police officer stands in the neighborhood where fire destroyed several homes after a shooting in Honolulu over the weekend, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020. Hawaii has some of the nation’s strictest gun laws, but the killing of two Honolulu police officers by a man believed to have psychiatric issues has given new urgency to efforts to close gun control loopholes and bolster mental health treatment. (Cindy Ellen Russell/Honolulu Star-Advertiser via AP)
2236938_web1_2236938-21468cbc49824ee4b61027038924502b
The charred remains of a neighborhood where a fire destroyed several homes after a shooting in Honolulu over the weekend is shown Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020. Hawaii has some of the nation’s strictest gun laws, but the killing of two Honolulu police officers by a man believed to have psychiatric issues has given new urgency to efforts to close gun control loopholes and bolster mental health treatment. (Cindy Ellen Russell/Honolulu Star-Advertiser via AP)
2236938_web1_2236938-360663fdfaad486ca080e764240405b1
In this Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020, photo, John Enriquez, center right, ex-husband of Honolulu Police Officer Tiffany Enriquez, holds their daughters Teiya Enriquez Sandoval, from bottom left, Jazzy and Triniti during a candlelight vigil in remembrance of Tiffany Enriquez in Honolulu. A handyman’s landlord had recently started an eviction process before he stabbed a woman Sunday and fatally shot two Honolulu officers, including Enriquez. (Bruce Asato/Honolulu Star-Advertiser via AP)
2236938_web1_2236938-fc8765bfb7954f4d93d2f64d6e6afaf9
The family of Honolulu Police Officer Tiffany Enriquez greet officers during a candlelight vigil in remembrance of Enriquez, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020, in Honolulu. Enriquez and and fellow officer Kaulike Kalama were killed Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020, while responding to a call.(Bruce Asato/Honolulu Star-Advertiser via AP)
2236938_web1_2236938-dc4d8a71fe674f739ef25508a4a804bb
In this Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020, photo, Teiya Enriquez Sandoval, center, and her sister Jazzy Enriquez, right, the daughters of Honolulu Police Officer Tiffany Enriquez, hug family friend Tristel Tynanaes during a candlelight vigil in remembrance of Tiffany Enriquez in Honolulu. A handyman’s landlord had recently started an eviction process before he stabbed a woman Sunday and fatally shot two Honolulu officers, including Enriquez. (Bruce Asato/Honolulu Star-Advertiser via AP)

HONOLULU — The Honolulu Medical Examiner’s Office has identified the remains of two people found in a burnt-out home where a man allegedly shot and killed two Honolulu police officers and attacked a neighbor before setting the house ablaze last weekend.

Officials on Friday released a statement identifying the homeowner, Lois Ann Cain, 77, as one of the two people found in the house that was destroyed by fire in an upscale neighborhood near Waikiki Beach.

A tenant, Jaroslav “Jerry” Hanel, is accused of shooting police who were responding to the home after he allegedly attacked and stabbed a woman who also lived in the house.

Cain was in the process of evicting Hanel when the violence erupted on Sunday.

The medical examiner also identified the second set of remains but withheld a name pending notification of next of kin.

There are no indications of any firearms being registered to any residents of the house police, said. Police recovered multiple firearms in the rubble. They were being examined for ownership and serial numbers.

Officers Tiffany-Victoria Enriquez, 38, and Kaulike Kalama, 34, were killed. Police said funeral services for Enriquez will be Thursday at Diamond Head Memorial Park. After the funeral there will be a “final salute” to Enriquez in front of Honolulu police headquarters.

There was no information available Friday on services for Kalama.

Remove the ads from your TribLIVE reading experience but still support the journalists who create the content with TribLIVE Ad-Free.

Get Ad-Free >

Categories: News | U.S./World
Content you may have missed