A 62-year-old Kalihi man charged with killing his wife told authorities that he stabbed her after she ignored his pleas to return to the Philippines, according to a court document.

Victorio Barayuga yesterday was charged with second-degree murder in the June 13 death of his wife, Liwliwa Barayuga, 63, in their 'Akina Street home.

Police believe Victorio Barayuga killed his wife, then slashed his right wrist in a suicide attempt. Police arrested Barayuga Thursday after he was released from The Queen's Medical Center.

Barayuga told police and doctors that his wife didn't listen to his pleas and told him to kill himself, according to an affidavit filed in Circuit Court.

Barayuga repeatedly said he "couldn't take the pain anymore" and that he heard voices several times telling him to "do it."

"I kill my wife. I beg her, but she didn't listen," Barayuga told authorities, according to the affidavit.

Barayuga made the statements to Dr. Enrique Villareal and police officer Reid Tagomori from his hospital bed at Queen's the day after the incident, the document said.

He made his initial court appearance yesterday and is being held in lieu of $100,000 bail.

If convicted, Barayuga faces up to life in prison.

COVERED IN BLOOD

The Barayugas lived with relatives in the 'Akina Street house. At 11:25 a.m. on June 13, according to the affidavit, Victorio Barayuga knocked on the bedroom door of his sister-in-law, Estrella Barayuga.

She found Victorio covered in blood. Estrella told her sister-in-law, Eufemia Saoit, then called 911.

Liwliwa Barayuga's body was found in a bedroom. An autopsy later determined that she died of a stab wound to the chest.

Firefighter Albert Kauwe, one of the first emergency responders to arrive, tended to Victorio Barayuga's wound and asked him what happened. Barayuga replied that he "didn't want to live anymore," the affidavit said.

Kauwe found a kitchen knife with an eight-inch blade beneath Barayuga, who was lying on his side.

The affidavit also said that on June 15, Barayuga's daughter, Marilou Coughlan, visited him in the hospital and asked what happened. Her father replied that he heard voices telling him to "do it" several times, and that he couldn't take it anymore and "did it."

STATEMENT MADE

On June 20, Victorio Barayuga's son-in-law, Robert Coughlan, visited him in the hospital and asked Barayuga what happened. Barayuga told his son-in-law that his wife missed work that morning because they were arguing and that she died about 8 a.m., the affidavit said.

Following his release from Queen's, Barayuga agreed to go to a police station and give a statement about what happened. With a Tagalog-speaking police officer translating, Barayuga was read his rights and arrested.

Liwliwa Barayuga is survived by her daughter, Marilou; three sons in the Philippines; brothers Hipolito Sr., Pablo, Francisco and Placido; and sisters Bibiyana and Leticia.

Barayuga's death is the 13th homicide on O'ahu this year, compared to 18 for all of last year, 15 in 2005 and 26 in 2004.

Reach Peter Boylan at pboylan@honoluluadvertiser.com.