mk30puna district was on edge this week because there was a killer on the loose. this man murdered 3 people in less than a week. they caught him yesterday: https://bigislandnow.com/2026/05/29/who-is-jacob-baker-hes-in-a-viral-video-with-a-bong-served-time-in-california-and-has-a-baby-girl/
apparently he posted on tiktok recently: “Do not crash out when your baby mama leaves with your baby to the mainland. Do not start drinking and taking drugs.”
and: "he likely spent the two days after the murder of John Carse in a house less than half a mile away, sleeping along the coastline at the end of their vacant property.
“He was down below the cliff on the coastline,” Valdez said. “He had come up to the top of our bluff and took out cushions that we had put in a container to keep them dry…. He apparently was sleeping down there.”"
and: "Another woman said she was staying on a friend’s farm, but realized that all the women had left because Baker was threatening to kill them."
AND: "On May 26, Judge Kanani Laubach denied both temporary restraining order petitions citing there was insufficient evidence to amount to a probable cause to believe an act of harassment occurred."
very sad situation, and sadly, i'm not surprised. people can fall right off the edge when they're in the jungle and lose support. it's easy to get totally isolated. and because it's warm and there are plenty of places to hide and food grows on trees, people can survive for quite some time, but they lose their minds. living off coconuts, sleeping on the coast, doing drugs....it's a recipe for disaster.
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