Still Missing HI - Ariel Sellers AKA 'Isabella Kalua', 6, last seen asleep in bdrm, Waimanalo, 12 Sep 2021*Arrests

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Ariel deserves better than this. She deserves justice. She was let down by the legal system in life and now it's letting her down in death, too.

 

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Judge denies bail for woman accused of killing adopted daughter

A Honolulu judge denied bail on Friday for Lehua Kalua, a woman accused of killing her adopted daughter in 2021.

www.hawaiinewsnow.com

September 5, 2025

A judge denied bail Friday for a woman accused of killing her adopted daughter.

Lehua Kalua and her husband, Isaac Kalua, are accused of murdering and dismembering the body of 6-year-old Isabella “Ariel” Kalua in 2021.

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Friday’s bail hearing for Lehua Kalua was initially scheduled for June, but it was pushed back several times because Kalua refused transport from jail.

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Lehua Kalua remains in custody at the Women’s Community Correctional Center while her husband is at the Oahu Community Correctional Center.

Barring further delays, their trial is scheduled to begin in October.