MEDIA RELEASE

Hawaiʻi Island police have arrested four persons in connection with a fatal stabbing in Hilo on Tuesday (January 20). Detectives arrested the two men and two women Thursday (January 22) on suspicion of second-degree murder.

The suspects were arrested at their Honomū home. Aaron Figueroa, 21, was arrested at 5:32 p.m. Lilly Costa, 22, was arrested at 6:01 p.m. Garrett Dahlin, 22, was arrested at 6:45 p.m. Brittne Morgan, 28, was arrested at 7:30 p.m.

All four were taken to the Hilo police cellblock, where they remain in custody while detectives from the Area I Criminal Investigations Section continue the investigation.

Forty-three-year-old Brian Whetten, who had no permanent address, was found Tuesday with stab wounds in a drug store parking lot off KÄ«lauea Avenue. He died later at Hilo Medical Center.