Theo Lengyel, a founding member of the Bay Space experimental rock band Mr. Bungle, was arrested for homicide yesterday (Jan. 2) in Northern California. KRCR reviews that police in Capitola arrested the 54-year-old after discovering the stays of his girlfriend, Alice “Alyx” Kamakaokalani, 61, in Tilden Regional Park in Berkeley. Kamakaokalani had been lacking since Dec. 3. Since then, authorities have targeted on Lengyel as an individual of curiosity within the case.
KRCR additionally famous that in 2017, Kamakaokalani filed a restraining order in opposition to Lengyel following a home abuse incident. The couple divorced that very same yr.
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In keeping with a release from the Capitola Police Division, throughout the time Kamakaokalani was lacking, Lengyel traveled from his residence in El Cerrito to Portland, Ore. “Detectives from the Capitola Police Division gathered proof, performed interviews and collaborated with accomplice businesses to piece collectively the circumstances surrounding Alice Kamakaokalani’s disappearance. Because the investigation progressed, it turned clear that foul play was concerned, resulting in the identification of Thoebald Lengyel as a suspect,” the discharge stated.
Mr. Bungle was shaped in 1985 in Eureka, Ca., and has featured musicians resembling Religion No Extra’s Mike Patton all through its on-again, off-again existence. Lengyel performed keyboards, clarinet and saxophone for the group and appeared on each its 1991 self-titled album and 1995’s Disco Volante earlier than leaving in 1996. He didn’t take part in any of Bungle’s latest reunion gigs, which have taken place in 2020, 2022 and 2023.
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