An inmate convicted of the 1994 killing of a Japanese psychic was found dead in a Hawaii prison cell

HONOLULU– A Hawaii inmate has been convicted of the 1994 murder of a Japanese psychic and her son was killed in prison, authorities said.

Staff at the Halawa Correctional Facility in Aiea, outside Honolulu, found Raita Fukusaku, 59, bleeding on the floor of his cell with head and neck trauma early Monday, according to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

“It was determined that the victim was assaulted and stabbed by his cellmate, a 38-year-old man,” Honolulu police said in a public information release. bulletin.

The cellmate was immediately removed and placed in a holding cell, the Department of Corrections said.

Authorities were still investigating on Tuesday. The Honolulu medical examiner’s office had not yet released a cause of death.

Fukusaku was the first Japanese person extradited to the United States and convicted of murder. Hawaii News Now Reported.

He was serving a prison sentence for two counts of second-degree murder.

He was found guilty in 1995 of the murder of Kototome Fujita and her son Goro Fujita KITVwhich reported that Kototome Fujita was found shot in her penthouse and her son was found dead in his car in a hotel parking garage in Waikiki. Goro Fujita’s apartment and car were set on fire.

Myles Breiner, former lawyer for Fukusaku, told KHON-TV In the thirty years he has been in prison, he has never had any problems.

‘He had nothing to do with a gang, he seemed to rise above it. He got along well with all the staff,” Breiner said. “I’m not satisfied that this happened. This should not have happened.”