Tara Tevaga was a 44-year-old Native Hawaiian woman from Honolulu who died there on September 24, 2016. An obituary named her family and the home she came from. Court filings later connected her death to a single episode in Honolulu that same day which also involved a violent attack on another person.

Prosecutors charged Alabanza C. Tuimalealiifano in the matter, with counts ranging from attempted murder for the other victim to manslaughter in Tevaga’s death, plus robbery and multiple firearm-related offenses. On March 4, 2020, Tuimalealiifano entered guilty pleas that included an amended attempted assault tied to Sherard Melei and a manslaughter plea in which he agreed he recklessly caused Tevaga’s death; he also pleaded guilty to firearm-possession and related counts while the State said other charges would be dropped at sentencing. The defendant later tried to withdraw those pleas. In October 2020 the court entered judgments, but on November 30, 2021 the Intermediate Court of Appeals vacated the October 5, 2020 judgments and remanded the cases for further proceedings, setting those convictions aside.

Does anyone have information about Tara Tevaga, her family, or the events in Honolulu on September 24, 2016?