Two days after getting a restraining order against her husband, an Instagram influencer in Hawaii was shot and killed by him, according to the authorities. According to family members, Theresa Cachuela, 33, was shot and killed on Friday morning in front of her 11-year-old daughter at a parking garage close to Pearlridge Center in Honolulu.
The model and beauty business owner, known on Instagram as Bunny Bontiti, had over 20,000 followers. She frequently shared posts about her sincere Christian beliefs. Police identified her killer as 44-year-old Jason Cachuela, who was later discovered dead in what seemed to be a suicide behind a house in rural Waipahu.
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Theresa Cachuela was shot to death by her estranged husband two weeks after a judge granted her petition for a protective order against him.
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According to court documents obtained by The Independent, Ms. Cachuela received a restraining order against Mr. Cachuela shortly before Christmas, alleging domestic abuse (a claim that he refuted). In her court petition, Ms. Cachuela stated, “I am doing this to protect myself, my children, and hopefully get him the help he needs.”
She said that her husband had threatened to kill himself in front of her, broken into her garage, and hidden under her car, all while ignoring her repeated demands to leave him alone.
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She had also informed her relatives, according to The Honolulu Star-Advertiser, that Mr. Cachuela was following her using a GPS device in her car and her phone. Family members said to local TV KHON-2 that the system could have better protected her.
“The police are supposed to protect. They failed her; the law failed her miserably,” said her father, Stephen Johnston. “I say this to the fathers out there: handle your sons, get a hold of them, teach them to treat our women with the dignity and respect they require.”
“Laws got to be changed because this is a heinous act, and it could have been prevented,” said Ms. Cachuela’s aunt, Kathleen Johnston.
Her mother, Lucita Ani-Nihoa, stated that Ms. Cachuela had been on her way to have breakfast with her and exchange Christmas gifts on a GoFundMe page put up to pay for her burial expenses.
