Maui anesthesiologist Gerhardt Konig is accused of trying to push his wife, Arielle, off a Pali cliff, beat her with a rock, and inject her with syringes.

Gerhardt Konig, a former UPMC doctor accused of trying to kill his wife on a hiking trail in Hawaii, made his first court appearance on Thursday and was held on attempted murder charges.

An anesthesiologist charged with attempted second-degree murder for allegedly attacking his wife on an Oahu hiking trail was indicted by a grand jury Friday, one day after his initial court appearance.

The doctor accused of trying to push his wife off a scenic Hawaiian cliff and bashing her head with a rock when she refused to take a photo with him has now been charged with attempted murder.

A Hawaii judge ordered Gerhardt Konig, a doctor in Maui, to stay away from his wife and children after the anesthesiologist allegedly attempted to kill her on a hike in Hawaii. Konig has been charged with attempted murder and being held without bond.

Gerhardt Konig, the Maui anesthesiologist accused of trying to kill his wife, is set to make is plea in court next Monday.

Hawaii: Newly released details in the case of Gerhardt Konig, a 46-year-old anesthesiologist, reveal that he allegedly tried to kill his wife by pushing her toward the edge of a cliff and later attacking her with a rock during a birthday hiking trip in Hawaii last week.

An anesthesiologist is accused of trying to murder his wife with a rock on a hiking trail in Hawaii. Dr Gerhardt Konig, 46, was arrested close to the Pali Highway by Honolulu police at around 6.40 p.m. on Monday.

A Maui doctor was arrested Monday night after he allegedly struck his wife in the head with a rock and tried to stick her with a pair of syringes.