Big Island man, 25, pleads guilty to murders, stabbings

Sep. 16—A Kona grand jury indicted Chito Asuncion Sept. 26, 2022 for the two Kona murders in May and June 2022 that bookended the two stabbings in Hilo. The victims ranged in age from 48 to 70. A 25-year-old Kona man, who took a plea deal Aug. 28, had been facing life without the possibility of parole for two fatal stabbings and two near-fatal stabbings, but the question of his mental fitness …