Woman sentenced probation in child death case
A former Kona resident was sentenced to probation Monday after meting a plea deal with prosecutors in the 2018 murder of a 6-year-old boy in Kailua-Kona.
Kuuipo Leinaala Nihipali, who is now living in Hilo, was sentenced to five years probation for three counts of felony abuse in the presence of a child under age 14 and one count first-degree hindering prosecution in connection with the Oct. 31, 2018, death of Mazen Kaniela Nihipali-Moniz at a Kealakehe apartment complex.
