(Update #5)Jacob Baker Charged for Multiple Offenses, Including Three Murders

Media Release (Update #5)

Hawai‘i Island police have charged 36-year-old Jacob Daniel Baker of Pāhoa with numerous offenses, including multiple murder offenses.

After conferring with the Hawai‘i County Office of the Prosecuting Attorney on Friday evening, May 29, at 7:40 p.m., Baker was charged with:

• First-degree burglary
• Unauthorized control of propelled vehicle (auto theft)
• First-degree theft
• (2 counts) fourth-degree criminal property damage
• Fourth-degree theft
• First-degree unauthorized entry into motor vehicle (car break-in)

Baker’s bail for these charges was set at $193,000.

On Saturday morning, May 30, at 9:30 a.m., after conferring with the Hawai‘i County Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, Baker was also charged with:

• First-degree murder
• Second-degree murder
• Second-degree murder
• Second-degree murder

The second-degree murder charges pertain to the three homicide victims. Murder in the first-degree pertains to intentionally or knowingly killing two or more people.

Baker’s bail for the murder charges is set at no bail. He will not be eligible for release even if he makes bail for the property crimes.

Baker is scheduled to make his initial court appearance on Monday afternoon, June 1, 2026, in Hilo District Court.

The Area I Criminal Investigation Section is continuing these investigations. Police ask anyone with information on these cases to contact Detective Duane Rapoza Jr. at (808) 961-2386 or via email at Duane.Rapoza@hawaiipolice.gov or call the department’s non-emergency line at (808) 935-3311. Citizens who wish to remain anonymous can make an anonymous tip through Crime Stoppers at (808) 961-8300 and be eligible for a reward of up to $1,000. Crime Stoppers does not record any calls or subscribe to caller ID.