Marine stabbed pregnant ex-wife to death on the side of a Honolulu highway

A Marine stands accused of fatally stabbing his 27-year-old pregnant wife on the side of a busy Honolulu, Hawaii, highway as witnesses driving by saw the horrifying attack and attempted to intervene, according to police.

Dana Alotaibi, who was 13-weeks pregnant, died from multiple stab wounds to her neck. The name of the suspect hasn’t been released, but in a statement to KITV4, Marine Corps Base Hawaii said he’s a Marine in the 3rd Littoral Combat Team.

During the heinous attack on Thursday, witnesses ‘observed a male standing over a female, stabbing her multiple times,’ Deena Thoemmes, homicide lieutenant of the Honolulu Police Department’s criminal investigation division, said at a press conference. 

They tried to render aid to the victim and restrain the suspect, but he ran into the woods, where he used the same knife to stab himself once, before officers located and arrested him.  

A 27-year-old pregnant woman was stabbed to death on a busy Honolulu highway by her ex-Marine husband, as witnesses driving by saw the horrifying attack and attempted to intervene

He was transported to a hospital where he remains in custody, officials said. 

Before the Wednesday attack, the pair reportedly got into a heated argument.   

Witnesses on the scene were horrified by the grisly attack. One frantic witness, who asked for anonymity, described the harrowing moments, of the attack that happened on Highway 3 around 6:18 pm Wednesday night.

Highway 3 in Hawaii is a busy freeway where Wednesday night’s heinous crime took place 

 ‘It was just her face, she just looked past the point of no return, you know,’ the male witness said.

‘Could you imagine being stabbed in the neck and then watching as your life just literally leaks out of you, and everyone around you either doesn’t know what to do, or is too shocked to do anything about it, I couldn’t imagine that,’ he said, People reported. 

At Thursday’s press conference, Thoemmes said: ‘It has been determined that the victim and the male were married, and had recently been going through marital problems.’

 Alotaibi was rushed to a nearby hospital where she later died from the fatal injuries she sustained. The suspects name was not being released at this time. 

Court documents reveal that the couple had been married for nearly three years. T

In November, the suspect had filed for divorce, and in June it was granted by a court KITV News reported. 

Alotaibi friends said that she had tried to leave the alleged abusive relationship and spoke about it on social media

It was reported that Alotaibi was 13 weeks pregnant with her current boyfriend’s child

It was reported that Alotaibi had been pregnant with her current boyfriend’s child, Hawaii Now0

Alotaibi friends said that she had tried to leave the alleged abusive relationship and spoke about it on social media.

She planned to return home to Virginia to live with her mother and siblings.

The distraught mother was looking forward to becoming a grandmother.  

After her daughter’s murder, she said: ‘My life is empty. I really want to, I really has planned for here for my grandbaby, and I think how they’re dead has been very trouble.’

Marine Corps Hawaii issued a statement expressing their condolences to Alotaibis’s family and and said they will ‘continue to cooperate fully with law enforcement officials as the details surrounding this incident unfold,’ the news outlet reported.

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