#initial court appearance Monday afternoon June 1
Hawai‘i Island police officially charge 36-year-old Jacob Daniel Baker with several counts of murder
Baker now faces one count of first-degree murder and three counts of second-degree murder, which are directly connected with the killings of 69-year-old Robert Shine, 79-year-old Chitta Morse and 69-year-old John Carse, all from Puna; he remains behind bars and police said will not be eligible for release even if he was able to make bail for the initial property crime charges he also faces.
