The man accused of kicking and killing his daughter’s grandmother entered a plea of “not guilty” Monday in court. Shane Nevada Duncan, 27, of Kapa‘a, faces charges of manslaughter, assault, unlawful imprisonment and family abuse. Unlawful imprisonment is defined by
The man accused of kicking and killing his daughter’s grandmother entered a plea of “not guilty” Monday in court.
Shane Nevada Duncan, 27, of Kapa‘a, faces charges of manslaughter, assault, unlawful imprisonment and family abuse.
Unlawful imprisonment is defined by the county as unlawfully restraining another person, according to officials with the police records department.
The manslaughter charge stems from allegations that Duncan kicked Marie “Annette” Mundon, 65, of Kapa‘a in a family dispute May 9.
She died from trauma to the heart the next day.
In 2005, Annette Mundon tried to get a restraining order against Duncan, but the courts denied her motion.
The second and third charges against Duncan are in relation to Mundon’s husband, James, who, court records state, got involved in the altercation between his wife and Duncan and intervened to try to protect her when his wife was holding their granddaughter.
James “Bully” Mundon is not related to James Mundon, who was convicted of sexually assaulting a Canadian tourist in February 2004, who is featured in a separate, unrelated case in today’s edition of The Garden Island.
The third and fourth charges against Duncan stem from allegations that he punched and kicked Bully’s daughter, Jamie Mundon, also the daughter of Annette Mundon, while driving her away from the scene in which Annette Mundon was attacked. Those final charges are in conjunction with witness testimony that Duncan held Jamie Mundon against her will while her mother was fighting for her life at Wilcox Memorial Hospital in Lihu‘e.
It was Duncan and Jamie’s 7-month-old daughter who was in Annette Mundon’s arms when Duncan allegedly struck her with the blow to the chest that ultimately killed her.
Duncan is facing 23 years in prison, First Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Jennifer Winn said. While manslaughter is a Class A felony, family abuse is a misdemeanor, which carries a maximum of one year in jail and $2,000 in fines.
Winn said it is premature for the Prosecuting Attorney’s Office to state what kind of penalty it would ask for from the judge should Duncan be convicted.
Duncan’s trial is scheduled to begin July 23 in courtroom 4.
