UPDATED MEDIA RELEASE (9/15/09)

Police are seeking possible witnesses seen in these images from a surveillance video.

Hawai’i Police Department detectives have identified one potential witness captured on a surveillance video but are still seeking the occupants of a vehicle who may be witnesses to events surrounding the death of 5-year-old Javieanne Win.

In reviewing surveillance videos, detectives observed a small sports-utility vehicle turning right from Shipman Street onto Kamehameha Avenue. Detectives believe the occupants of the SUV may have seen little Javieanne Win near the building on the Hāmākua side of Shipman Street. Detectives believe the SUV is a Toyota RAV 4 with surf racks. It appears to be red or maroon.

The surveillance videos of Kamehameha Avenue between Shipman Street and Waiānuenue Avenue were taken at 2:13 p.m. on September 6.

On Monday (September 14) police also asked for help in identifying a pedestrian seen in the video. He has since been identified.

Police ask that anyone with information about this case call Lieutenant Mitchell Kanehailua 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.

UPDATED MEDIA RELEASE (9/14/09)

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Hawai’i Police Department detectives want to question a pedestrian and the occupants of a vehicle in connection with the murder investigation into the death of 5-year-old Javieanne Win.

In reviewing surveillance videos from September 6, detectives observed a small sports-utility vehicle turning right from Shipman Street onto Kamehameha Avenue. Detectives believe the occupants of the SUV may have seen little Javieanne Win near the building on the Hāmākua side of Shipman Street.

Detectives also observed a male walking from Shipman Street on the sidewalk toward Waiānuenue Avenue. Detectives believe the man may have seen Win or the suspect, Anthony Poulin, while walking down Shipman Street.

The surveillance videos of Kamehameha Avenue between Shipman Street and Waiānuenue Avenue were taken at 2:13 p.m. on September 6.

Detectives believe the SUV is a Toyota RAV 4 with surf racks. It appears to be red or maroon.

The pedestrian is described as a Caucasian male wearing a light T-shirt and a backpack with black straps.

Police ask that anyone with information about this case call Lieutenant Mitchell Kanehailua 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.

UPDATED MEDIA RELEASE (9/8/09)

Anthony Serges Poulin

Police have charged a 30-year-old Hilo man in connection with the death Sunday (September 6) of a 5-year-old Hilo girl.

At noon today (September 8), Hilo detectives charged Anthony Serges Poulin of Wainaku with murder, two counts of first-degree sexual assault and one count of abuse of a family/household member in connection with the killing of Javieanna Win and events surrounding her death.

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 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 was not immediately charged while detectives continued their investigation.

An autopsy performed this morning yielded preliminary results that the cause of death was asphyxiation due to forceful submersion. The manner of death was ruled a homicide.

Poulin is being held at the Hilo cellblock in lieu of $1,000,000 bail pending his initial court appearance scheduled for tomorrow afternoon (September 9) in South Hilo District Court.

Police ask that anyone with information about this case call Captain Randall Medeiros at 961-2251. 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.

MEDIA RELEASE (9/7/09)

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.