COURTESY OF HPD Gibran K. Copeland COURTESY OF HPD Gibran K. Copeland The 44-year-old man indicted on charges of second-degree murder and use of a firearm in the September 9 shooting death of his 50-year-old girlfriend pleaded not guilty today in Oahu Circuit Court.
Christina Baca’s body was found in a Manoa storm drain near the University of Hawaii faculty housing.
Defendant Gibran Copeland, who is homeless and was charged on October 15, was arraigned today before Judge Ronald Johnson and appeared via video teleconferencing from the Oahu Community Correctional Center.
The judge denied Copeland’s request for bail.
His trial is set for December 23 before Judge Catherine Remigio.
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