Hawaii doctor confessed in FaceTime call he tried to kill his wife, son testifies | CNN

The Hawaii doctor accused of trying to kill his wife on a birthday hike last year called his son over FaceTime, confessed to the attack and threatened to kill himself, his son testified in court Tuesday. On March 24, 2025, Dr. Gerhardt Konig said “that he would not be making it back to Maui and to take good care of the younger kids,” Emile Konig testified. “(He said) that Ari, my stepmom, had been cheating on him and that he tried to kill her.” Gerhardt allegedly FaceTimed his son again about an hour later and said he was going to jump off a cliff, but Emile told him not to do so. “I’m going to go before the police catch me,” Gerhardt said, according to the son’s testimony. That was the last time he talked to his father, Emile Konig testified. The 19-year-old son of a Maui doctor accused of attempting to kill his wife during a birthday hike says his dad confessed during a FaceTime call to him. Gerhardt Konig is on trial for an attempted second-degree murder charge. If convicted, he faces a sentence of life in prison with the possibility of parole. He has pleaded not guilty. The details of the dramatic calls were revealed in a Honolulu courtroom during Gerhardt Konig