Four indicted in brutal beating death of Hawaii corrections inmate

HONOLULU — Four inmates at the O‘ahu Community Correctional Center have been indicted by a grand jury for manslaughter in the death of another inmate.

The indictment alleges Aaron Tuitelapaga, Bronson Tuitelelepaga, Manu Sorensen, and Josiah Palimoomanu beat Christopher Vaefaga to death on July 6.

A judge ordered three of the four to be held without bail. Palimoomanu’s bail was set at $500,000.

The Department of the Attorney General's Investigations Division conducted the investigation and the AG's Criminal Justice Division is prosecuting the case.

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