JAVIEANNE WIN - 5 yo (2009) - Hilo HI

Hawai’i Police Department detectives are investigating the
circumstances surrounding the death of a 5-year-old girl identified as
Javieanna Win.
Sunday afternoon (September 6) at 3:06 p.m., Fire/Rescue personnel
were summoned to an apartment at 120 Pu’ueo Street in the Wainaku area
of Hilo to a report of a young child found, by a caregiver,
unresponsive in a filled bathtub within the family’s apartment. Medics
took the victim to Hilo Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead
at 4:28 p.m.
Injuries on the child appeared suspicious. Adding to the highly
suspicious circumstances was a report police received less than an hour
prior to the reported drowning. At 2:24 p.m. police received a call
from a concerned citizen who reported witnessing a man grab a little
girl by the hair and slam her against a cement wall on the corner of
Shipman Street and Kamehameha Avenue.
The ensuing investigation lead to
the arrest of 30-year-old Anthony Serges Poulin, Javieanna Win’s
caregiver and caller of the reported drowning. He was arrested for
abuse of a family/household member but has not been charged. He remains
in police custody at the Hilo cellblock as detectives continue their
investigation.
The investigation into the child’s death is currently classified as
a coroner’s inquest. An autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday morning to
determine the exact cause of death.
Police ask that anyone with information about this case call
Lieutenant Mitchell Kanehahailua at 961-2252. Tipsters who prefer to
remain anonymous may call Crime Stoppers at 961-8300 in Hilo or
329-8181 in Kona. All Crime Stoppers information is kept confidential.

A Big Island man has been charged in the sex assault and drowning of a 5-year-old girl.
Anthony S. Poulin, 30, was scheduled to be arraigned today in South Hilo District Court.
Poulin was being held in the police cellblock in Hilo in lieu of $1 million bail.
Poulin, who is disabled and uses a cane to walk, was charged with second-degree
murder, two counts of first-degree sexual assault and one count of
abuse of a family/household member.
He was supposed to have been taking care of his girlfriend's daughter,
Javienna Win, while his girlfriend was working, police said.
Poulin had lived at an apartment complex in Hilo with the woman and girl for at least several months, police said.
Police Capt. Randall Medeiros said Poulin is accused of drowning the girl in the apartment's bathtub Sunday. Medeiros said an autopsy found Win died of asphyxiation due to forceful submersion.


Poulinhad no criminal record other than a conviction for violating a
temporary restraining order held by another girlfriend, Medeiros said.
Poulin called police Sunday afternoon to report that Win had drowned in the apartment bathtub at the Hilo Val-Hala Apartments.
Police said the injuries on the child appeared suspicious and that an hour
prior to the drowning, a worried citizen reported a man had grabbed a
girl by the hair and slammed her against a cement wall at Shipman
Street and Kamehameha Avenue.
Win was taken to Hilo Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead at 4:28 p.m. Sunday.
Police held Poulin on Sunday for abuse of a family/household member.
Police ask that anyone with information about this case call Medeiros at 961-2251.
Tipsters who prefer to remain anonymous may call CrimeStoppers at 961-8300 in
Hilo or 329-8181 in Kona. All CrimeStoppers information is kept
confidential.

A Wainaku man accused of raping and drowning a 5-year-old girl Sunday made his initial court appearance yesterday afternoon.
Hilo District Judge Barbara Takase set a preliminary hearing date of 1:30 p.m. tomorrow for Anthony Serges Poulin. Poulin, 30, is charged with second-degree murder, two counts of first-degree
sex assault plus abuse of a family/household member in the death of
Javieanne Win. He is being held on $1 million bail.Poulin, who
wore a dark blue pocket T-shirt, torn jean shorts and black rubber
slippers when he was arrested Sunday, was wearing ill-fitting blue
surgical scrubs and shackles when he was escorted into the courtroom by
sheriff's deputies for his brief appearance. He remained silent the
entire time.Numerous family members and neighbors of Win, a
first-grader at Chiefess Kapiolani Elementary School, were at the
proceedings, including her mother, Jennifer Abiley, who declined to be
interviewed.Abiley was not at home and Win was in Poulin's care
when police and paramedics responded to a 3:06 p.m. call of an
unresponsive child in a filled bathtub in the family's Puueo Street
apartment. Win was taken by ambulance to Hilo Medical Center where she
died at 4:28 p.m.An autopsy found that Win's death was a
homicide by "asphyxiation due to forceful submersion," said police
Capt. Randall Medeiros, head of the Criminal Investigations Section."She
was a good girl," said Win's grand aunt, Adeline Makuakane. "She was so
loving and so respectful. She called everybody her aunty and uncle. She
would say, 'Hi, Uncle' and 'Hi, Aunty.' She was well-liked. She had
such a beautiful smile."Though tears, Makuakane said the family
was already grieving due to the July 23 death of her mother, also named
Adeline Makuakane, who was Win's great-grandmother. She said Win
attended the funeral."She handled (it) like a little princess,"
Makuakane said. "She knew that her great-grandma went to be with the
Lord and with her great-granddad."Less than 40 minutes before
emergency personnel went to the apartment, police received a call about
a man abusing a girl at Shipman Street and Kamehameha Avenue in
downtown Hilo.A court affidavit written by police Detective Reed
Mahuna said a woman "reported witnessing Poulin grab the victim by the
hair, spin her around and slam her violently into the cement side of a
building face first."Surveillance video from Alert Alarm of
Hawaii caught the girl shortly before the attack. The video, which was
turned over to police, shows the girl walking back and forth on the
sidewalk in front of businesses at Shipman and Kamehameha, less than
two hours before her death.The affidavit also said that a
neighbor may have heard the girl's final moments. The neighbor told
police that "she heard the victim scream once from the victim's
bathroom, then heard a 'clunk,' then the suspect talking loudly."The
affidavit referred to a report by Merle Endo, a registered nurse and
sexual assault forensic examiner, detailing acute injuries to the
girl's body that Endo concluded were consistent with "blunt force
trauma during non-consensual sexual penetration."According to a
domestic violence statement filed by Officer Robert Pule Jr., Win
suffered "injuries to her entire body including a fractured arm."Said Makuakane: "I don't know how someone could do this to anyone."Makuakane said the family is accepting donations for Win's burial expenses. She
asked that contributions be mailed or dropped off to IEG Federal Credit
Union, 375 Kekuanaoa St. in Hilo with a notation "on behalf of
Javieanne Win."

In a crime called "especially heinous," a Hilo grand jury has indicted
a Wainaku man accused of assaulting, raping and drowning his
girlfriend's 5-year-old daughter.
Javieanne Win, who was a first-grader at Chiefess Kapiolani
Elementary School, will be laid to rest in services today on the Big
Island.The indictment will move the case of Anthony
Serges Poulin from South Hilo District Court to Hilo Circuit Court.
Poulin, 30, is charged with second-degree murder, two counts of
first-degree sex assault, and abuse of a family household member in the
Sept. 6 drowning death of Javieanne Win. He had been scheduled to
return to District Court on Oct. 13 after Judge Barbara Takase granted
a motion filed by Poulin's court-appointed attorney, Stanton Oshiro,
for a psychiatric evaluation of Poulin by three doctors."Probably
what will happen, because I already spoke to Stanton, is (Oshiro will)
probably file a motion to dismiss the indictment because a mental exam
is pending, and then, we'll just have to argue before the Circuit Court
judge," Deputy Prosecutor Kanani Laubach said Friday.Asked
if a court date had been set, Laubach said, "No. I don't believe
(Poulin) has been served (with the indictment and bench warrant) yet."Poulin is in custody in Hawaii Community Correctional Center in lieu of $1 million bail.A call to Oshiro seeking comment was not returned in time for this story.The
indictment, filed Wednesday, asks for an extended sentence for Poulin,
which would mean a life sentence with the possibility of parole. The
document alleges "the murder was especially heinous, atrocious or
cruel, manifesting exceptional depravity ..."Jennifer
Abiley, Win's mother, was not at home, and the first-grader was in
Poulin's care. Police and paramedics responded to a 3:06 p.m. call of
an unresponsive child in a filled bathtub in the family's Hilo Val Hala
apartment. Win died less than an hour-and-a-half later at Hilo Medical
Center.An autopsy found that Win died from "asphyxiation due to forceful submersion."Roughly
40 minutes before emergency personnel went to the Puueo Street
apartment, police received a call about a man abusing a girl at Shipman
Street and Kamehameha Avenue in downtown Hilo.A court
affidavit written by police Detective Reed Mahuna said a woman
"reported witnessing Poulin grab the victim by the hair, spin her
around and slam her violently into the cement side of a building face
first."The affidavit also referred to a report by a
registered nurse and sexual assault forensic examiner, detailing acute
injuries to the girl's body consistent with "blunt force trauma during
non-consensual sexual penetration."Another police document stated that Win suffered "injuries to her entire body including a fractured arm."Win's
funeral is today at Borthwick Hawaii Funeral Home. Visitation from 9
a.m. to noon, with services at noon. Burial is at 2 p.m. at Alae
Cemetery. The family is accepting donations for her funeral and burial
expenses. Contributions can be mailed to or dropped off at IEG Federal
Credit Union, 375 Kekuanaoa St. in Hilo with a notation "on behalf of
Javieanne Win."

Hearing set for Hilo man accused of murdering girl
Published: Thursday, January 14, 2010 7:09 AM HST

A hearing has been set to determine if a man accused of raping and
killing his live-in girlfriend's 5-year-old daughter during the Labor
Day holiday weekend is fit to stand trial.

Hilo Circuit Judge Glenn Hara has ordered 30-year-old Anthony Serges Poulin to appear Feb. 19 at 10 a.m.

A psychiatrist and two psychologists have filed written reports with the
court finding Poulin fit to proceed. The hearing on those reports was
requested by Poulin's court-appointed attorney, Stanton Oshiro.

Poulin is accused of sexually assaulting and then drowning Javieanne Win in
the bathtub of a Wainaku apartment on Sept. 5. Win, a first-grader at
Chiefess Kapiolani Elementary School, was in Poulin's care while her
mother, Jennifer Abiley, was at work.

Poulin has pleaded not guilty to charges of second-degree murder,
abuse of a family/household member and two counts of first-degree
sexual assault. He remains in custody in Hawaii Community Correctional Center,
unable to post $1 million bail.

Hilo man accused of killing young girl now fit for trial
Posted: Apr 30, 2010 10:54 AM EDT Updated: Apr 30, 2010 11:35 PM EDT


HILO, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - On the Big Island, accused child rapist and murderer Anthony Poulin has been found fit to stand trial. The Hilo man is accused of killing his girlfriend's five-year-old daughter, Javieanne Win, in September.

The girl was spotted on a surveillance camera talking with Poulin hours before she was allegedly drowned in the bathtub. Poulin is due in court next month.
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Posted on: Saturday, May 1, 2010

Hilo man found fit to stand trial on rape, murder charges


By John Burnett
Hawaii Tribune-Herald


A man accused of raping and killing his girlfriend's 5-year-old daughter has been found fit to stand trial.

Hilo Circuit Judge Glenn Hara on Thursday set a trial date of Aug. 9 for Anthony Serges Poulin. The 30-year-old Poulin is charged with second-degree murder, two counts of first-degree sex assault, and abuse of a family/household member for the brutal slaying of Javieanne Win on Labor Day weekend.

The body of Win, a first-grader at Chiefess Kapiolani Elementary School, was found Sept. 5 in the bathtub of the Wainaku apartment Poulin shared with Win's mother, Jennifer Abiley. An autopsy found the girl had been sexually assaulted and drowned.

About a dozen of Win's family members, including Abiley, were in court as a psychiatrist and two psychologists testified that Poulin has the capacity to understand court proceedings and to assist in his own trial.

"This is a gentleman who has an associate's degree with an average IQ," Dennis Donovan, a state Department of Health psychologist, said in response to a question by Poulin's court-appointed attorney, Stanton Oshiro. "... My sense is that he was willing to look at any options that you laid out as to what's best for him."

Donovan said he believes Poulin "could handle the stress of a trial."

Poulin, who's in custody in lieu of $1 million bail, was transferred from Hawai'i Community Correctional Center to O'ahu Community Correctional Center after going on a hunger strike. According to Oshiro, Poulin has been assaulted twice in the O'ahu jail and has since complained of "significant memory loss."

Another psychologist, Walter Jaeckle, said that he was initially concerned about Poulin's hunger strike, but discounted his allegations of diminished recall.

"Complaints are often exaggerated and magnified, and there's a long history of attempting to get reimbursement for things like that. Seems to be a bit of a pattern."

The prosecution didn't question any of the three mental health professionals.

"They all said that he would be able to understand the nature of charges in the proceedings against him, he's able to assist in his own defense, and he's able to communicate with his defense counsel," Deputy Prosecutor Kanani Laubach told the judge.

Oshiro argued that circumstances warrant a second round of examinations.

"Events have occurred that call into question the validity of the original conclusions relative to the issue of fitness to proceed, ... specifically, his ability to recall and relate specific information to counsel, and, if and when this matter proceeds to trial, and if Mr. Poulin chooses to testify, to a jury," he said.

Laubach and Oshiro both estimated the trial would take about six weeks.
http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2010/May/01/ln/hawaii5010314.html

i found an article where jury deliberations began april 2010 but i can't access the article and can find nothing else regarding his trial, or verdict.

A man accused of raping and killing his girlfriend's 5-year-old daughter has been found fit to stand trial.

Hilo Circuit Judge Glenn Hara on Thursday set a trial date of Aug. 9 for
Anthony Serges Poulin. The 30-year-old Poulin is charged with
second-degree murder, two counts of first-degree sex assault, and abuse
of a family/household member for the brutal slaying of Javieanne Win on
Labor Day weekend.

The body of Win, a first-grader at Chiefess Kapiolani Elementary School,
was found Sept. 5 in the bathtub of the Wainaku apartment Poulin shared
with Win's mother, Jennifer Abiley. An autopsy found the girl had been
sexually assaulted and drowned.

About a dozen of Win's family members, including Abiley, were in court
as a psychiatrist and two psychologists testified that Poulin has the
capacity to understand court proceedings and to assist in his own trial.

"This is a gentleman who has an associate's degree with an average IQ,"
Dennis Donovan, a state Department of Health psychologist, said in
response to a question by Poulin's court-appointed attorney, Stanton
Oshiro. "... My sense is that he was willing to look at any options that
you laid out as to what's best for him."

Donovan said he believes Poulin "could handle the stress of a trial."

Poulin, who's in custody in lieu of $1 million bail, was transferred
from Hawai'i Community Correctional Center to O'ahu Community
Correctional Center after going on a hunger strike. According to Oshiro, Poulin has been assaulted twice in the O'ahu jail and has since complained of "significant memory loss."

Another psychologist, Walter Jaeckle, said that he was initially
concerned about Poulin's hunger strike, but discounted his allegations
of diminished recall.

"Complaints are often exaggerated and magnified, and there's a long
history of attempting to get reimbursement for things like that. Seems
to be a bit of a pattern."
[...]

Oshiro argued that circumstances warrant a second round of examinations.

"Events have occurred that call into question the validity of the
original conclusions relative to the issue of fitness to proceed, ...
specifically, his ability to recall and relate specific information to
counsel, and, if and when this matter proceeds to trial, and if Mr.
Poulin chooses to testify, to a jury," he said.

Hilo man found fit to stand trial on rape, murder charges


By John Burnett
Hawaii Tribune-Herald

A man accused of raping and killing his girlfriend's 5-year-old daughter has been found fit to stand trial.

Hilo Circuit Judge Glenn Hara on Thursday set a trial date of Aug. 9 for Anthony Serges Poulin. The 30-year-old Poulin is charged with second-degree murder, two counts of first-degree sex assault, and abuse of a family/household member for the brutal slaying of Javieanne Win on Labor Day weekend.

The body of Win, a first-grader at Chiefess Kapiolani Elementary School, was found Sept. 5 in the bathtub of the Wainaku apartment Poulin shared with Win's mother, Jennifer Abiley. An autopsy found the girl had been sexually assaulted and drowned.

About a dozen of Win's family members, including Abiley, were in court as a psychiatrist and two psychologists testified that Poulin has the capacity to understand court proceedings and to assist in his own trial.

"This is a gentleman who has an associate's degree with an average IQ," Dennis Donovan, a state Department of Health psychologist, said in response to a question by Poulin's court-appointed attorney, Stanton Oshiro. "... My sense is that he was willing to look at any options that you laid out as to what's best for him."

Donovan said he believes Poulin "could handle the stress of a trial."

Poulin, who's in custody in lieu of $1 million bail, was transferred from Hawai'i Community Correctional Center to O'ahu Community Correctional Center after going on a hunger strike. According to Oshiro, Poulin has been assaulted twice in the O'ahu jail and has since complained of "significant memory loss."

Another psychologist, Walter Jaeckle, said that he was initially concerned about Poulin's hunger strike, but discounted his allegations of diminished recall.

"Complaints are often exaggerated and magnified, and there's a long history of attempting to get reimbursement for things like that. Seems to be a bit of a pattern."

The prosecution didn't question any of the three mental health professionals.

"They all said that he would be able to understand the nature of charges in the proceedings against him, he's able to assist in his own defense, and he's able to communicate with his defense counsel," Deputy Prosecutor Kanani Laubach told the judge.

Oshiro argued that circumstances warrant a second round of examinations.

"Events have occurred that call into question the validity of the original conclusions relative to the issue of fitness to proceed, ... specifically, his ability to recall and relate specific information to counsel, and, if and when this matter proceeds to trial, and if Mr. Poulin chooses to testify, to a jury," he said.

Laubach and Oshiro both estimated the trial would take about six weeks.

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Hawaii Island News, 04 March 2011

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Russ Roberts

Thirty-one year old Anthony Poulin, who is accused of raping and drowning his girlfriend’s 5-year-old daughter, tells the “Hawaii Tribune-Herald” that he didn’t commit the crime. In a letter to the Hilo newspaper, Poulin called himself “an innocent man who lost his daughter & have never done any of the things I am charged with.” Poulin faces charges of murder, sexual abuse, and abuse of a family household member in the September 6th, 2009 death of Javieanne Win. Poulin’s trial has been delayed because the prosecutor in the case is on maternity leave.

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Hilo man pleads guilty to drowning 5-year-old daughter


By Associated Press

POSTED: 02:56 p.m. HST, Aug 30, 2011

HILO >> A Hilo man has pleaded guilty to drowning his girlfriend's 5-year-old daughter in the bathtub of a Wainaku apartment.

The Hawaii Tribune-Herald reported today that 32-year-old Anthony Poulin pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death of Javieanne Winn.

In exchange for the plea, prosecutors dropped two counts of first-degree sexual assault and a domestic abuse charge. Poulin was accused of raping and killing the first-grader in September 2009.

In court, Poulin said he was accepting the plea deal but he doesn't believe he's guilty. He wrote a letter to the newspaper saying he saw someone unfamiliar in front of the apartment before he found the girl floating face down in the tub.

He is expected to be sentenced Nov. 1.

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Convicted child killer on the Big Island sentenced to life in prison

Posted: Nov 01, 2011 5:46 PM CDT

HILO (HawaiiNewsNow) - A Big Island man was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison for murdering a five-year-old girl two years ago.

There's still a chance Anthony Poulin will be back on the streets someday. The life sentence comes with the possibility of parole.

But Circuit Judge Glenn Hara did order Poulin to serve a mandatory minimum of 15 years because his victim was under the age of eight.

Fully shackled and wearing an orange prison jumpsuit, the convicted child killer did not make any new statements at sentencing. He earlier pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death of his girlfriend's five-year-old daughter, Javieanne Win.

A surveillance camera captured the child talking with Poulin hours before her body was found floating in a bathtub inside a Wainaku apartment in 2009.

"We just want closure. That's all we ask for is closure. We need to move on," Adeline Makuakane, victim's grand aunt, said during the hearing. "I just want everyone here to remember, if you have a child, take care of him or her."

Poulin was originally charged with sexually assaulting the child, as well as domestic abuse, but prosecutors dropped those counts.

The Hawaii Paroling Authority will decide how much time -- beyond the 15 years -- Poulin must serve before being eligible for release.

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