The Hawaii doctor who police say tried to kill his wife on a hiking trial had been prone to "extreme jealousy" in the weeks leading up to the attack, records have revealed.
Arielle Konig, 36, filed an application for a restraining order against her husband, Gerhardt Konig, 46, which provides details about the alleged attack on the trail and what led up to it, the Pittsburgh-Post Gazette reported.
The newspaper quoted the application as stating that Gerhadt's "extreme jealousy" had led him to attempt to "control and monitor all of [Arielle's] communications." The couple, who met and lived in the Pittsburgh area before moving to Hawaii, went to Oahu for the weekend, leaving their kids with relatives.
During the trip, Gerhardt suggested the hike Pali Puka Trail. The picturesque trail extends for only a mile, but rises high above Oahu. "If you are not comfortable being inches away from a 2000ft vertical cliff, this is not the hike for you," states Oahuhike.com.
As Gerhardt and Arielle went up the trail, she said she became uncomfortable. When Gerhardt asked her to take a selfie on the edge of a cliff, she declined, causing him to fly into a rage, the Pittsburgh-Post Gazette reported.
"He was yelling something to the effect of, 'Get back over there, I'm so [expletive] sick of you,' and continued to push me," the newspaper quoted the court document.
According to Hawaii News Now, Arielle first thought he might be joking. "When I got close to Gerhardt, Gerhardt grabbed me by my upper arms and started pushing me back towards the cliff edge," she said in the document. "At first, I thought he was joking, but I quickly realized he was seriously trying to make me fall off the cliff."
Arielle threw herself on the ground away from the cliff and states that Gerhardt jumped on top of her. The anesthesiologist then pulled a syringe from his bag and tried to inject and when that failed grabbed a rock and began beating her in the head, Hawaii News Now reported the court document states. Arielle received lacerations and bruisings, she also broke her thumb defending herself.
"Arielle is focusing on her recovery at home in Maui with the support of her family. She kindly asks that the media and the public respect their privacy during this time," her attorney, Brandon Segal, said in a statement to Hawaii News Now.
Gerhardt faces attempted murder charges and was being held on $5 million bail, the Pittsburgh-Post Gazette reported.
