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Prominent Samoan playwright charged in murder of Tulsi Gabbard’s aunt

  • Award-Winning Samoan author Sia Figiel, known in New Zealand, faces murder charges and is in police custody in Samoa after turning herself in.
  • The 78-year-old victim, Sinavaiana-Gabbard, was a professor at the University of Hawai'i, the first Samoan to become a full professor in the US, and an aunt of former Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard.
  • Sinavaiana-Gabbard was allegedly stabbed and beaten by Figiel during an argument at Figiel's theater, leading to Figiel's arrest on a upgraded murder charge.
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