Lisa Au Murder: 1982 Hawaii Cold Case, Oahu Unsolved Murder, and Tantalus Drive | Revisited 001

Lisa Au murder. Hawaii cold case. Oahu, January 1982. A 19-year-old Kailua hairdresser disappears in a storm after leaving Makiki, her car turns up in Maunawili, and 10 days later her body is found off Tantalus Drive. In this Beneath the Palms episode, we revisit the unsolved Lisa Au case and the investigation that may have gone wrong from the very beginning.This episode follows the verified timeline: Lisa leaving work at the Susan Beers Salon, stopping to buy poke, driving home through flooding rain, the flooded Toyota with the dry purse, the public fear tied to blue lights and a suspected police stop, and the later evidence that complicated that theory. This is a fact-first look at one of Honolulu’s most haunting unsolved murders.If you remember the Lisa Au case, or if one detail has stayed with you all these years, you can contact Honolulu CrimeStoppers at 808-955-8300 or submit an anonymous tip at www.honolulucrimestoppers.org. The case remains open, and even now one small piece of information could matter.Sources:Hawaii News Now — 37 years ago, her murder gripped Oahu. But from the start, the investigation went astray https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2019/04/17/years-ago-her-murder-gripped-oahu-start-investigation-went-astray-2/Hawaii News Now — PODCAST: On ‘The Other Side of Paradise,’ the ongoing quest for the truth in Lisa Au’s murder https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2021/05/26/podcast-other-side-paradise-explores-what-ex-police-chief-will-encounter-prison-4/The Daily Beast — Lisa Au murder in Oahu, Hawaii still haunts Honolulu Police Department https://www.thedailybeast.com/lisa-au-murder-in-oahu-hawaii-still-haunts-honolulu-police-departmentHonolulu Police Department — Cold Cases https://www.honolulupd.org/information/cold-cases/CrimeStoppers Honolulu — CrimeStoppers Honolulu https://www.honolulucrimestoppers.org/#LisaAu #HawaiiColdCase #HonoluluTrueCrime #BeneathThePalms