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

HONOLULU — A Hawaii inmate convicted of the 1994 murder of a Japanese psychic and her son was killed in prison, authorities said.

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

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

Authorities were still investigating Tuesday. The Honolulu medical examiner's office had not yet released a cause of death.

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

He was found guilty in 1995 of killing Kototome Fujita and her son Goro Fujita, according to KITV, which reported that Kototome Fujita was found shot in her penthouse and that her son was found dead in his car in a parking structure of a Waikiki hotel. The condo unit and Goro Fujita's car were set on fire.

Myles Breiner, Fukusaku's former attorney, told KHON-TV he never had any problems in the 30 years he's been in prison.

''He wasn't gang-related, he seemed to rise above all that. He got along with all the staff,'' Breiner said. ''I'm not satisfied with the fact that this occurred. This should not have occurred.''

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