At a press conference late Thursday, Honolulu Police Department Lt. Deena Thoemmes said the children — ages 6, 5, 3 and 2 — had been beaten by Perez and Utley with hands, sticks and paddles. After Sarai was found unresponsive at the Kapolei house, two of the other children were admitted to the hospital suffering from extreme dehydration.
The girl’s grandmother last year told Civil Beat that she had tried to alert the state’s Child Welfare Services after noticing how skinny Sarai had become. ---More...