Grand jury indicts escaped mental patient on murder charge

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A Hilo grand jury has indicted an escaped mental patient accused of stabbing his friend to death late last year in Puna.

The indictment returned Wednesday charges 35-year-old David True Seal with second-degree murder. A no-bail bench warrant was approved by 3rd Circuit Judge Greg Nakamura. Seal is accused of the slaying of 32-year-old Rory Thompson Wick on Nov. 5 on the Eden Roc subdivision property where both men lived in separate residences.