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Topics: Crime, Hawaii, World News, True crime, Social Media
Lucy Devine
Topics: Crime, Hawaii, World News, True crime, Social Media
Horrifying footage shows two killers filming a 'dying video' just days before they murdered a woman and kidnapped her daughter.
In 2017, Telma Boinville had been cleaning a vacation rental in the quiet North Shore neighborhood of Pupukea, Hawaii, when she was killed by Stephen Brown and his girlfriend, Hailey Dandurand.
Boinville allegedly walked in on the couple while they were burglarizing the vacation rental, which the 51-year-old was set to clean.
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A court heard how Brown had tied her up before she was murdered with a machete and knives.
Boinville's eight-year-old daughter had been waiting outside in the car for her mom.
She was kidnapped by the couple, tied up in the property and told her mother had been murdered.
At the sentencing, Judge Rowena Somerville said: “This is one of the most heinous cases to occur in Hawaii.
“Ms. Boinville was brutally killed when she happened upon the defendants at her place of work. The defendants could have left the premises, but instead chose to beat her with multiple objects — knives, a machete, and even a meat tenderizer.”
Both Brown and Dandurand were sentenced to life with the possibility of parole for the murder of Boinville.
Brown was also sentenced to 20 years for the kidnapping of a child and an extended sentence of 20 years for burglary.
Meanwhile, Dandurand also received a life sentence for kidnapping a child and a 20-year extended sentence for burglary.
In a chilling video taken just days before the killing, Brown and Dandurand could be seen laughing and chatting in what Brown called a 'dying video'.
"This is our dying video," he says. "It was nice knowing you world."
At Brown and Dandurand's sentencing, Boinville’s husband, Kevin Emery, spoke about what had happened and the impact it had on his daughter, who is now 14.
“My daughter sleeps in my bed more than her own,” he told the court.
“She don't go into a home or a house, bedroom, bathroom, or even a kitchen unless I check if it's safe. I drove her to school for three years.
"Three years I drove her and I picked her up from school because she's terrified. She wouldn't be here today because she's terrified of what these two have done to her.”
Meanwhile, Prosecutor Scott Bell added: “Nothing will make them whole.
“If there’s anything that can be taken from this is that the system worked and that the court imposed a judgment today that reflects community concerns of deterrents, public safety and punishment.”