The doctor accused of trying to push his wife off a scenic Hawaiian cliff and bashing her head with a rock when she refused to take a photo with him has now been charged with attempted murder.

Gerhardt Konig, a former UPMC doctor accused of trying to kill his wife on a hiking trail in Hawaii made his first court appearance on Thursday and was held on attempted murder charges. The former UPMC doctor and assistant professor at Pitt was arrested earlier this week after he tried to push his wife off a hiking trail and hit her in the head with a rock several times,

A 46-year-old anesthesiologist was arrested after he attempted to kill his wife while hiking in Oahu, the Honolulu Police Department said Monday.