13 things about Maui, Hawaii nuclear engineer Arielle Konig

Arielle “Ari” Worthington Konig is an American nuclear engineer based on Maui in Maui County, Hawaii, United States. Before moving to Hawaii, Konig lived in other parts of the U.S. including Illinois, Iowa and Pennsylvania.

BIOGRAPHY

Konig’s husband Dr. Gerhardt Konig is an anesthesiologist. She is Kevin Worthington and Judith Worthington‘s daughter.

Born in 1989, Ari is 10 years younger than Gerhardt. They have two sons together.

Ari is a former resident of Burr Ridge, Illinois and Des Moines, Iowa. She has lived in different parts of Pennsylvania including Butler, Cranberry Township, McKeesport, Mount Lebanon, Pittsburgh, Seven Fields and State College.

On March 24, 2025, Ari turned 37. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. From 2007 to 2011, she attended The Penn State University in State College where she earned her bachelor’s degree in nuclear engineering.
2. In 2010, she was an undergraduate research assistant at The Penn State University’s Advanced Multiphase Flow Laboratory.
3. From 2012 to 2018, she was a Big Brothers Big Sisters America volunteer.
4. In 2018, she and Gerhardt got married at their residence on Roycroft Avenue in Mt. Lebanon.
5. From 2018 to 2019, she was a Westinghouse Electric Company reload project engineer and from 2018 to 2021, she attended the University of Pittsburgh‘s Katz Graduate School of Business in Pittsburgh where she earned her master’s degree in business administration.
6. She gave birth to Olin Konig in 2019, the same year she and Gerhardt contracted Gito, Inc. to build an addition and renovate their property in Mt. Lebanon and executed a loan agreement with the First National Bank of Pennsylvania to finance it.
7. From 2019 to 2021, she was a reactor technology software engineer at Westinghouse Electric Company and in the same period, she and Gerhardt were involved in a legal battle against Gito, Inc., which accused the couple of fraudulently informing the bank not to issue payment to Gito, Inc. despite knowing the work had been properly performed.
8. She gave birth to Viggo Konig in 2022, the same year they moved from Mt. Lebanon to Maui.
9. In 2021, she became a Westinghouse Electric Company fuel engineering services project manager.
10. From 2021 to 2022, she was a fuel engineering services project manager at Westinghouse Electric Company.
11. In 2022, she was a high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) supply project manager at TerraPower.
12. In 2025, Gerhardt allegedly tried to kill her.
13. In 2026, Gerhardt was found guilty of trying to kill her.

TIMELINE

After Gerhardt accused Arielle of having an affair in December 2024, they went to couples therapy. He suggested a weekend getaway for her 36th birthday, the day he allegedly tried to kill her.

2010s

• From August 2010 to December 2010, she was an undergraduate research assistant at The Penn State University.
• In April 2012, she started volunteering at Big Brothers Big Sisters America.
• In February 2018, she joined Westinghouse Electric Company.
• In September 2018, her Big Brothers Big Sisters America volunteer work ended.
• In July 2019, she became a Westinghouse Electric Company reactor technology software engineer.
• In August 2018, she entered the Katz Graduate School of Business in Pittsburgh.
• On September 4, 2018, she married Gerhardt.

2020s

• In August 2021, she graduated from the Katz Graduate School of Business..
• In June 2021, she became a fuel engineering services project manager at Westinghouse Electric Company.
• In June 2022, she left Westinghouse Electric Company.
• In September 2022, she was a high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) supply project manager at TerraPower.
• In December 2022, she and Gerhardt bought a five-bedroom house in a cul-de-sac nestled in the foothills of the West Maui Mountains on Maui for $1.5 million.
• Gerhardt allegedly tried to kill her on her 36th birthday on March 24, 2025.
• In December 2024, Gerhardt accused her of having an affair, leading to “extreme jealousy”, she wrote in her restraining-order petition.
• At around 10:00 a.m. on March 24, 2025, Gerhardt used a rock to strike her in the head about 10 times and tried to inject her with a syringe filled with an unknown liquid while they were hiking the Pali Puka Trail on Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, she told police, according to court documents filed on March 27, 2025. At around 10:38 a.m., she managed to escape and ask help from two female hikers who called 911. He fled the area but was arrested shortly after 6:00 p.m. by Honolulu Police Department officers near Nuuanu Pali Drive in Honolulu, Honolulu County and booked into the Oahu Community Correctional Center in Honolulu.
• On March 27, 2025, Gerhardt made his initial appearance before Judge Kristine Yoo in Honolulu District Court on the charge of second-degree attempted murder of her. The judge set his bail at $5 million.
• In a temporary restraining order against Gerhardt, who was indicted on March 28, 2025, she claimed that he tried to control and monitor all of her communications months before he tried to kill her on her 36th birthday. She was represented by Brandon Segal.
• On April 8, 2026, a jury in Honolulu found Gerhardt guilty of attempted manslaughter against her.