Susa charged with Antone murder, makes first court appearance

October 12, 9:12 PMHonolulu Crime ExaminerChuck Cordill

A Honolulu man charged with the second degree murder of a visiting college student in Waikiki made his initial court appearance today and entered a not guilty plea through his court appointed attorney.
31-year-old Aaron Susa is accused of the Oct. 2 death of Bryanna Antone, whose nude body was found on Waikiki Beach early that morning.
Susa was arrested Saturday in connection with the death and is being held in lieu of $500,000 bail.
Court affidavits show that Susa admitted to having consensual sex with Antone as well as some sort of argument and altercation, but said he did not kill her.
Several Royal Hawaiian Hotel employees told police that they saw a man on top of a woman making and appeared to be choking her.
Autopsy reports are still incomplete but show Antone’s injuries are suspicious, included a fractured thyroid larynx, and bruising to the neck and chest areas.
Susa was last seen with Antone as they left the Waikiki Ohana West Hotel at 1:40 am Friday, Oct 2. Antone was visiting Hawaii as a birthday gift and with family attending the American Dental Association convention. Susa had just been released a day earlier after serving four months at the Federal Detention Center for parole violations.
Susa was arrested Oct. 5 when police spotted him hiding in some bushes near a Makiki street corner. He was taken to an area hospital for several days after telling police he had swallowed and injected Drano.

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