Who was Mike Miske Jr’s son Caleb and how did he die?

CALEB was the sole child of Michael J. Miske Jr., an infamous criminal from Hawaii.

The events that finally resulted in his father’s incarceration and eventual death behind bars were significantly influenced by Caleb’s terrible death.

On December 1, 2024, Michael J. Miske Jr., 50, was found dead in the Federal Detention Center in Honolulu. According to sources, he committed suicide.

He was scheduled to be sentenced in the new year of 2025 after being found guilty on 13 federal offenses.

He was convicted of planning the 2016 murder of Caleb-Jordan Miske-Lee’s best friend, Jonathan Fraser.

Miske was driven by a desire for revenge for what the prosecutors claimed was the mafia boss’s erroneous assumption that Fraser was the driver of the vehicle that killed Caleb.

Although police are investigating the criminal boss’s death as a suicide, it is unknown at this time if he was under suicide watch.

Kidnapping & murder

Fraser, 21, survived the vehicle accident in November 2015, but Caleb, 22, passed away from his injuries a few months later.

Nothing more exemplifies Miske’s violent tendencies than his carefully thought-out and premeditated abduction, kidnapping, and murder of Jonathan Fraser in July 2016, according to a government motion to keep Miske without bail.

Fraser is thought to have died around July 30, 2016, as he disappeared without a trace in July of that year. His remains have not been located more than eight years later.

According to the US Attorney’s Office, Miske was convicted of a wide range of offenses, including kidnapping and murder for hire.

Caleb’s background

Caleb shared Jonathan, his best friend,’s enthusiasm for vehicles and illicit street racing.

On social media, they both frequently boasted about their involvement with Team Mad Dog.

Caleb also shared his affection for dogs, especially pit bulls, with his friend Jonathan.

According to CivilBeat, people who knew him characterized him as a pleasant, easygoing young man who smoked marijuana.

Fatal accident

Caleb will later lose his life in a car accident that occurred on November 17, 2015.

The event happened close to the Windward City Shopping Center on Kaneohe Bay Drive.

Two days prior, Caleb had paid $2,250 for a black 1993 two-door Honda Civic sedan, which he was now driving.

Caleb asked his best friend Jonathan to ride along and test drive his new automobile on the night of the tragedy.

Witnesses said they heard the vehicle revving loudly as they got closer to the shopping center.

The estimated speed of the Honda was 93 mph, which is almost three times the speed limit.

A white 1998 Chevy S10 pickup truck veered left in front of their speeding car at the junction of Makalani Street.

Both cars spun out of control when the Honda struck the right front side of the truck.

Aftermath

Both Johnathan and Caleb suffered serious injuries in the crash.

Caleb, however, was left stranded in the vehicle while Fraser was promptly pulled from the debris and taken to The Queen’s Hospital.

To extract him from the damaged Honda, firefighters had to utilize the hydraulic rescue tool’s jaws.

Due to his terrible injuries, Caleb spent four months battling for his life while receiving intensive medical care.

He tragically passed away in early March 2016 from his wounds.

Tragic consequences

Following Caleb’s passing, his father, who was Caleb’s crime boss, thought Jonathan was behind the wheel when the collision occurred.

Despite a wealth of evidence to the contrary, this false claim continued, including:

• Police reports
• Observations from police officers, emergency medical technicians and firefighters
• Statements from witnesses at the scene, some of whom had spoken to Caleb while he was trapped behind the wheel

This false belief, along with Miske’s sadness and misguided desire for vengeance, started a series of events that would finally lead to his own demise.

Miske was convicted by prosecutors of planning the murder and disappearance of Jonathan Fraser in July 2016, around four months after Caleb’s passing.

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