Gerald Galaway Facing 2nd Degree Murder Charges in Death of Girlfriend Attorney Celestial Cassman After Two Had Domestic Dispute in Hawaii

California city attorney Celestial Cassman dies a "cruel & heinous death" at the hands of her boyfriend Gerald Galaway while on vacation in Hawaii.

Celestial Cassman murdered by Gerald Galaway

Domestic violence has claimed yet another woman's life. Celestial Cassman, 35, a Santa Cruz, Calif., attorney, was killed by her boyfriend, Gerald Galaway, during a domestic dispute while the two vacationed in Hawaii. Galaway, who is hospitalized after jumping off a 100ft. cliff, faces second-degree murder and kidnapping charges in her death. Cassman served as deputy city attorney for three coastal towns, according to the Daily Mail.

In a 51-page court filing, Maui County prosecutors said Celestial Cassman, 35, was killed 'in an especially heinous, atrocious or cruel manner.' Officers who responded to calls about a domestic dispute at Nakalele Point on the island of Maui found her body at about 7.30pm on Thursday. Authorities have not said how she died.

Galaway bolted from police but was found Friday morning and airlifted to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Prosecutors say witnesses reported seeing the two arguing in their rented car, and then later, fighting on the side of Kahekili Highway near Nakalele Point, the northern most point of Maui.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family of Celestial Cassman. Domestic violence knows no socioeconomic, ethnic and gender. It cuts across every community and station in life.