MAUI(KHON2) — The Maui doctor accused of a violent attack on his wife faced a judge for the first time Thursday. Gerhardt Konig is facing attempted murder charges after court documents said he tried to kill his wife Arielle Konig while they were hiking along the Pali Puka trail Monday morning.
Those who know the Konigs are trying to wrap their heads around what happened. Arielle Konig’s friend and housekeeper, Christina Ferguson, still can’t believe it.
“Nobody could have imagined that this would ever happen. To me, it’s out of character, because I never, I never would have suspected this behavior of this magnitude from this family,” Ferguson explained. “When you walk into their home, you felt the happiness, you felt the love and that in the atmosphere and, like I said, it’s just, it’s just shocking.”
She said she was at the couple’s Maui home last week and Gerhardt seemed normal.
“He was actually there last week when I was there and had a brief conversation, ‘Hi, how are you? How’s it going.’ That kind of thing. And just he was bee bopping around the house, you know, doing family things. And didn’t think anything of it,” Ferguson said.
She described Arielle as a soft spoken and generous.
“She’s the kind of person I would like to be. She was just, she ,not was, she is a very kind and endearing person,” Ferguson explained.
“Between the two of them, they had two little ones, and he, I think, I know for sure he has an older son from his previous marriage.”
She said her last update on Arielle’s condition was two days ago.
“I heard that she had gotten some stitches, but she was not in a good state,” she added. “She was going to pull through, and so that’s good.”
Ferguson had this message to share with her friend.
“There are a lot of people that love her and are praying for her,” she said. “And if she needs anything, just reach out. We’re here for her, definitely.”
Ferguson started a GoFundMe to help Arielle and says all the donations will go directly to her.