An inmate convicted of the 1994 killing was found dead in a Hawaii prison cell

HONOLULU – A Hawaiian inmate convicted of the 1994 murder of a Japanese psychic and her son were killed in prison, authorities said.

Staff at the Halawa Correctional Facility in Aiea, near Honolulu, found 59-year-old Raita Fukusaku bleeding on the floor of his cell early Monday and suffering from head and neck trauma, according to the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

“It was determined that the victim was assaulted and stabbed by his cellmate, a 38-year-old male,” Honolulu police said in a public information bulletin.

The cellmate was immediately removed and taken to a detention unit, the corrections department said.

The authorities were still investigating on Tuesday. The Honolulu medical examiner’s office had not yet released a cause of death.

Fukusaku was the first Japanese citizen extradited to the United States and convicted of murder, Hawaii News Now reported.

He was serving a prison sentence for two counts of second-degree murder.

According to KITV, he was convicted in 1995 of killing Kototome Fujita and her son Goro Fujita. KITV reported that Kototome Fujita was found shot to death in her penthouse and that her son was found dead in his car in a Waikiki hotel parking garage. Goro Fujita’s condo and car were set on fire.

Myles Breiner, Fukusaku’s former attorney, told KHON-TV he was never in trouble in the 30 years he was in prison.

“He had nothing to do with a gang, he seemed to rise above all that. “He got along with all the employees,” said Breiner. “I am not happy with the fact that this happened. This shouldn’t have happened.”