Beneath the Palms: Hawaii's Darkest True Crime and Mysteries

Owen Hamada was found beaten to death inside the women’s restroom at Waikele Community Park on March 21, 2005. More than twenty years later, his murder remains unsolved.Owen was originally from Hilo, worked in construction and roofing, and was a familiar face around Waikele Shopping Center. Police said he regularly slept overnight in the park restroom and was last seen alive the previous evening at the Waikele McDonald’s. His wallet was missing when park employees found him at about 7:00 a.m.This episode of Beneath the Palms follows Owen’s life before the headline, the final known hours of Sunday, March 20, the early homicide investigation, his family’s reward offer, and the renewed cold-case appeal in 2006. It also examines the limited possibilities raised by the missing wallet, his visible routine, and the unknown hours before his death, while keeping every unproven idea separate from verified fact.Owen was more than the word “homeless.” He was a son of Hilo, a working man, a brother, a father of four, and a grandfather of eleven. This story is told with care for Owen, his family, the park employees who found him, and the community that knew his face.Listener discretion advised: This episode discusses homicide, homelessness, and fatal violence.If you have information: Contact Honolulu CrimeStoppers at 808-955-8300, submit an anonymous online tip, or use the P3 Tips app. Do not investigate the case yourself or post accusations online.Sources:Owen Hamada | Honolulu Police Department – https://www.honolulupd.org/cold-case/owen-hamada/Attackers Sought in Fatal Beating | The Honolulu Advertiser – https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/266825232/Suspect Sought in Homeless Man’s Death | Honolulu Star-Bulletin – https://archives.starbulletin.com/2005/03/24/news/briefs.htmlReward Offered in Waikele Death | The Honolulu Advertiser – https://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2005/Jun/03/ln/ln18p.htmlOwen Kazutoshi Hamada Obituary | The Honolulu Advertiser – https://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2005/Apr/14/ln/ln50pobituaries.htmlOwen Kazutoshi Hamada Obituary | Honolulu Star-Bulletin – https://archives.starbulletin.com/2005/04/15/news/obits.htmlPolice Seek Help in Beating Death | The Honolulu Advertiser – https://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Nov/03/ln/FP611030370.htmlPublic’s Help Sought in Homeless Man’s Death | Honolulu Star-Bulletin – https://archives.starbulletin.com/2006/11/04/news/briefs.htmlOwen Kazutoshi Hamada Obituary | Hawaii Tribune-Herald – https://staradvertiser.newspapers.com/paper/hawaii-tribune-herald/12556/articles/2005-04-13CrimeStoppers Honolulu – https://www.honolulucrimestoppers.org/Mahalo to Yoza for the song “Broken Wings.”#BeneathThePalms #OwenHamada #HawaiiTrueCrime #UnsolvedMurder #Waikele

Kalaupapa forced exile on Molokai remains one of the darkest and most important stories in Hawaii history. In 1866, the Hawaiian Kingdom began sending people diagnosed with Hansen’s disease, then commonly called leprosy, to the remote Kalaupapa peninsula, separating families and turning illness into exile. Over the next century, nearly 8,000 people were sent there.This episode follows the law, the fear, the family rupture, and the human cost behind Kalaupapa. It also traces the community people built anyway through care, faith, music, friendship, and endurance. You’ll hear the larger history behind Father Damien, Jonathan Napela, the removal of children from parents, the repeal of forced isolation in 1969, and the descendant-led work to restore names, graves, and family ties today.Kalaupapa is not just a Hawaii history story. It is a story about stigma, state power, Native Hawaiian loss, survival, and memory. If you’ve searched for Kalaupapa, Molokai history, Father Damien, Hansen’s disease in Hawaii, or the history of Hawaii’s leprosy settlement, this episode goes straight to the heart of it.Sources:A Brief History of Kalaupapa — https://www.nps.gov/kala/learn/historyculture/a-brief-history-of-kalaupapa.htmThe History of Hansen’s Disease in Hawaii — https://www.nps.gov/kala/learn/historyculture/hansensdisease.htmFather Damien — https://www.nps.gov/kala/learn/historyculture/damien.htmThe Kalaupapa Names Project — https://www.kalaupapaohana.org/kalaupapa-names-projectKalaupapa Month honors settlement’s history and strength of those who were exiled — https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/local-news/2024-01-17/kalaupapa-month-honors-settlements-history-and-strength-of-those-who-were-exiledKalaupapa has thousands of unmarked graves. A proposed memorial would honor all who lived there — https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/the-conversation/2022-01-06/kalaupapa-has-thousands-of-unmarked-graves-a-proposed-memorial-would-honor-all-who-lived-there#Kalaupapa #Molokai #HawaiiHistory #HansensDisease #LeprosyHistory #FatherDamien #NativeHawaiianHistory #HistoryPodcast #HawaiiPodcast #BeneathThePalms

Allen Patrick Francisco was 21 years old when he was found dead in the trunk of his own car at Ala Moana Center in Honolulu. He had been bound, gagged, blindfolded, and left in one of the busiest places in Hawaii.But Allen was more than the way he was found.He was Lico and Solidad Francisco’s son, a brother to seven sisters, a fiancé to Colleen Lincoln, and a young man from North Kukui Street and Mayor Wright Housing whose life was still unfolding. His murder entered Honolulu’s long list of unanswered killings in 1974, then resurfaced more than a decade later through Henry Huihui, a convicted underworld figure whose admission connected Allen’s case to Hawaii’s organized crime era.In this episode of Beneath the Palms, we follow Allen’s life, the Ala Moana trunk murder, the wider fear around body-in-car cases in 1970s Honolulu, the later Huihui and Gilbert Madrid connection, and the painful truth of a case where an admission did not bring a clean ending.This episode includes discussion of homicide, organized crime, and violence against a young man. Listener discretion is advised.Sources:Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Body Found in Car Trunk at HickamHonolulu Star-Bulletin, Huihui’s Plea Agreement Is RescindedHonolulu Star-Bulletin, Huihui Agreement Revoked by JudgeHonolulu Star-Advertiser, Life sentence is sought for HuihuiHonolulu Star-Advertiser, Huihui gets 10 years to life for murderHonolulu Star-Advertiser, Mixing wit with grit, modern-day marshals hunt down the bad guysHonolulu Star-Bulletin and Honolulu Star-Advertiser obituary and funeral notices for Allen Patrick FranciscoPalama Settlement Archives, Palama Settlement historical newsletter material#BeneathThePalms #HawaiiTrueCrime #AllenFrancisco #HonoluluTrueCrime #AlaMoana

A mother traveled to Honolulu to be close to her only son. By the end of February 23, 1994, Toako “Kototome” Fujita and Goro Fujita were dead, two fires had been set, and a Hawaii murder case was beginning to stretch across the Pacific.This episode of Beneath the Palms revisits the Fujita murders, the killing of a famous Japanese fortune teller and her son, the $20,000 cash request that raised alarm, the burned Ala Moana penthouse, the red Acura found near the Park Shore Hotel in Waikiki, and the evidence that led investigators to Raita Fukusaku.The case became one of Hawaii’s most unusual international true crime stories. Fukusaku, a Japanese national living in Honolulu, was later extradited from Japan to the United States, convicted in 1995 of two counts of second-degree murder, and sentenced to consecutive life terms. Nearly thirty years later, the case returned to the headlines when Fukusaku was killed inside Halawa Correctional Facility.This is not a story about spectacle. It is about a mother and son, Toako and Goro, whose lives were much larger than the way they died. We follow the verified record, separate court argument from fact, and keep the human beings at the center of the story.Sources:State v. Fukusaku, Supreme Court of Hawaii, 1997https://law.justia.com/cases/hawaii/supreme-court/1997/19281-2.htmlInmate Who Murdered Japanese Psychic Is Killed In Attack At Halawa Prison, Honolulu Civil Beathttps://www.civilbeat.org/2024/10/inmate-who-murdered-japanese-psychic-is-killed-in-attack-at-halawa-prison/An inmate convicted of the 1994 killing of a Japanese psychic was found dead in a Hawaii prison cell, Associated Presshttps://apnews.com/article/2d58d6c2fbb8b2053138f4e79b04a235Fukusaku to remain behind bars until at least 2034, Hawaii News Nowhttps://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/21949917/fukusaku-to-remain-behind-bars-until-at-least-2034/Fujita Background, Honolulu Star-Bulletin clipping via Newspapers.comhttps://www.newspapers.com/article/honolulu-star-bulletin-fujita-background/31793407/Additional archival reporting referenced in the episode came from the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, The Honolulu Advertiser, the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, the Hawaii Tribune-Herald, and Associated Press wire coverage from 1994 and 1995.#BeneathThePalms #HawaiiTrueCrime #HonoluluTrueCrime #FujitaMurders #UnsolvedNoMore

Vesna Young vanished from Miloli'i on Hawaii Island on March 16, 2025, after she was last reported seen near Umi Avenue and her vehicle was later found unattended near Kai Avenue.But this is not just a story about a missing-person bulletin. Before Vesna became a name in a police release, public traces of her life show a woman rooted in family, bodywork, yoga, music, Alaska, mountains, weather, and the people who loved her. She was remembered as a wife, a mother, a massage therapist, a skier, a singer, and someone whose presence made life feel more alive.Hawaii Island police publicly asked for help locating Vesna on March 18, 2025, then renewed that request on April 1. The public record remains painfully narrow: she was last seen in Miloli'i at about 3:30 p.m., her unattended vehicle was found around 8:30 p.m. that same evening, and investigators continued asking anyone with information to contact police.This episode follows the verified record, the public grief that formed around Vesna’s name, and the careful questions still left behind. Where the facts are clear, we stay with them. Where the record thins out, we say so plainly.If you know something real about Vesna Young’s disappearance, contact the Hawaii Police Department non-emergency number at 808-935-3311 or Detective Joel Furuto with the Area II Criminal Investigation Section.Sources:Police Renew Request for Information on Missing Miloli'i Woman Vesna Younghttps://www.hawaiipolice.gov/police-renew-request-for-information-on-missing-milolii-woman-vesna-young/Police Seeking Missing Miloli'i Woman Vesna Younghttps://www.hawaiipolice.gov/2025/03/page/3/Hawaii Island police in search of more information on missing Miloli'i womanhttps://bigislandnow.com/2025/04/09/milolii-woman-reported-missing-after-vehicle-found-unattended/Police Seeking Missing Miloli'i Woman | KWXXhttps://www.kwxx.com/2025/03/19/police-seeking-missing-milolii-woman/Police Seeking Missing Miloli'i Woman | KPUAhttps://www.kpua.net/2025/03/19/police-seeking-missing-milolii-woman/Hawaii island police still searching for missing Miloli'i womanhttps://www.staradvertiser.com/2025/03/23/breaking-news/hawaii-island-police-still-searching-for-missing-miloli%CA%BBi-woman/BOLO: Missing Hawaiian Woman’s Car Found Abandonedhttps://www.crimeonline.com/2025/03/19/bolo-missing-hawaiian-womans-car-found-abandoned/Support for Vesna Young’s Familyhttps://www.gofundme.com/f/honoring-vesna-help-her-family-healGlacier Creek Massage and Wellness — Abouthttps://www.girdwoodmassage.com/about-2/Vesna Young SoundCloudhttps://soundcloud.com/vesna-youngVesna Young YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/user/jvmovieGirdwood Massage Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/girdwoodmassage/Vesna Young Threadshttps://www.threads.com/@girdwoodmassageAlaska Institute remembrance for Vesna Younghttps://www.facebook.com/AlaskaInstitute/posts/we-are-very-saddened-to-hear-of-the-passing-of-alumni-vesna-young-she-had-many-f/1208927297902374/Celebration of Life for Vesna Younghttps://allevents.in/girdwood/celebration-of-life-for-vesna-young/200028048781932Inside the Epidemic of Missing Persons on Hawaii’s Big Islandhttps://www.lifeandstylemag.com/posts/inside-the-epidemic-of-missing-persons-on-hawaiis-big-island/HI - Vesna Young, 51, Miloli'i, 16 Mar 2025https://websleuths.com/threads/hi-vesna-young-51-miloli%E2%80%99i-16-mar-2025.739400/#VesnaYoung #MissingPerson #Milolii #HawaiiIsland #BigIsland #SouthKona #HawaiiTrueCrime #MissingInHawaii #BeneathThePalms

Elmer Lee Stevens was one of the last people still listed as unaccounted for after the August 8, 2023 Lahaina fire. In this Beneath the Palms episode, we follow the verified record: the shrinking missing list, the search for Elmer, the loss of Tau Tala Tala Ponali, and the court process that followed when his family was left without remains or a final physical answer.This is a fact-based Hawaii true crime and Lahaina wildfire aftermath story grounded in public reporting. It is also a story about family. Elmer’s six children were not only searching for their missing father. They were also grieving their mother, Tau Ponali, remembered in Lahaina as “Auntie Tala” or “Minister Tala.”The episode also carefully addresses the unanswered space around Elmer’s disappearance without presenting rumor as fact. The known record shows no evidence that he left Maui, extensive searches produced no remains, and later court proceedings led to a legal declaration of death. What the fire took, it did not fully return.Sources used in this episode:Maui Wildfire Disaster Unaccounted ForInvestigators spent months searching for a man unaccounted for in Lahaina fire. Now his 6 children are asking the court to declare him deceased The Lives We Lost: Tau PonaliMaui police release photos of 6 who remain ‘unaccounted for’ following wildfireHis Life In Lahaina Descended Into Homelessness, Then Death In Fire Elmer Lee Stevens Mahalo to Yoza for “Broken Wings.”#ElmerLeeStevens #LahainaFire #Lahaina #MauiWildfires #MissingPerson #HawaiiTrueCrime #BeneathThePalms

Jacquelyn Glenn missing in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii: This episode examines the disappearance of 82-year-old Jacquelyn “Jackie” Glenn, last seen on December 5, 2025, on Nani Kailua Drive in Kona after reportedly mentioning a trip toward Hilo. The official record is spare. The silence around it is not.In this episode of Beneath the Palms, we stay with the verified timeline first, then carefully separate the public unease that grew around Jackie’s disappearance. Where the record is thin, conflicting, or unconfirmed, that is said plainly. Nothing outside the verified lane is presented as fact.If you have information in Jacquelyn Glenn’s case, contact the Hawaiʻi Police Department non-emergency line at 808-935-3311 and reference report number 25-111101.Sources:https://www.hawaiipolice.gov/police-seek-missing-elderly-kona-woman-jacquelyn-glenn/https://www.hawaiipolice.gov/police-renew-request-for-information-on-missing-elderly-kona-woman-jacquelyn-glenn/https://www.hawaiipolice.gov/police-renew-request-for-information-on-missing-elderly-kona-woman-jacquelyn-glenn-2/https://bigislandnow.com/2025/12/10/police-in-search-of-missing-82-year-old-last-seen-in-kona/https://bigislandnow.com/2026/01/05/hawaii-island-police-renew-request-for-help-finding-missing-elderly-kona-woman/https://bigislandnow.com/2026/01/27/hawaii-island-police-renew-request-for-help-finding-missing-kupuna/https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2026/01/06/hawaii-island-asks-publics-assistance-finding-elderly-woman-jacquelyn-glenn/?outputType=amphttps://www.crimeonline.com/2025/12/18/bolo-homicide-investigation-launched-as-police-search-for-missing-hawaii-woman/https://www.reddit.com/r/BigIsland/comments/1pjftpi/please_help_us_find_ms_jackie_glenn/Additional public Facebook and Instagram community appeals were referenced only in the clearly separated public-commentary portion of the episode.#JacquelynGlenn #MissingPerson #KailuaKona #BigIsland #HawaiiTrueCrime #BeneathThePalms

Jason Nam murder case. In this revisited Hawaii true crime episode, we examine the unsolved 2006 killing of 31-year-old Jason Nam, who was shot in broad daylight while washing his car outside his South Beretania Street apartment in Honolulu. Nearly two decades later, the case remains open, the suspects have never been publicly identified, and Jason’s family is still waiting for answers.This episode stays with the verified record first: the stolen Nissan Maxima, the three masked men, the witness who saw part of one suspect’s face, the burned getaway car found later in Mililani, and the years of silence that turned this killing into one of Honolulu’s haunting unsolved murder cases. We also revisit the public rumors carefully and keep them separate from fact.Jason was more than a cold case. He was a son, a brother, Sandra Pratt’s high school sweetheart, and a man with plans for a future that should have been much longer. If you know anything about the murder of Jason Nam, please contact Honolulu CrimeStoppers at (808) 955-8300.Sources used in this episode:Jason Nam — Honolulu Police Department⁠https://www.honolulupd.org/cold-case/jason-nam/⁠Shooting victim’s fiancee pleads for closure in case — Honolulu Star-Bulletin⁠https://archives.starbulletin.com/2006/04/10/news/story03.html⁠Motive, suspects prove elusive in Makiki slaying — The Honolulu Advertiser⁠https://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Apr/10/ln/FP604100337.html⁠Police, Family Still Searching for Answers in Murder — Hawaii News Now⁠https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/4751124/police-family-still-searching-for-answers-in-murder/⁠Parents, police seek new leads in decade-old murder case — Hawaii News Now⁠https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/31442386/parents-police-seek-new-leads-in-decade-old-murder-case/⁠#JasonNam #HonoluluColdCase #HawaiiTrueCrime #UnsolvedMurder #BeneathThePalms

Dawn Momohara murder. McKinley High School murder. Honolulu cold case. Hawaii true crime. In this Beneath the Palms episode, we revisit the 1977 killing of 16-year-old Dawn Momohara, found dead on campus at McKinley High School on March 21, 1977. Nearly 48 years later, advances in DNA testing helped investigators arrest former McKinley student Gideon Castro in Utah. Then the case shifted again, leaving Dawn’s family, classmates, and Honolulu still waiting for a final courtroom ending.This episode traces Dawn’s life, the night she vanished, the evidence left behind, the long cold-case silence, the DNA breakthrough, the Utah arrest, the extradition decision, and the release that pushed the case back into uncertainty. If you’re searching for Dawn Momohara, Gideon Castro, McKinley High School murder, Honolulu murder case, Oahu cold case, or Hawaii cold case DNA arrest, this episode is built to give you the clearest public-record timeline we have right now.If this story stays with you, follow Beneath the Palms on Spotify and wherever you listen. If you know something that has never been said out loud, CrimeStoppers Honolulu is 808-955-8300.Sources:Honolulu Police Department — Dawn Momohara cold case page — https://www.honolulupd.org/cold-case/dawn-momohara/Hawaii News Now — Suspect arrested in 1977 cold case murder of McKinley High student — https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2025/01/22/suspect-arrested-1977-cold-case-murder-mckinley-high-student/Hawaii News Now — Suspect in 1977 murder of McKinley High student will be extradited to Hawaii — https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2025/02/27/suspect-1977-murder-mckinley-high-student-will-be-extradited-hawaii/Hawaii News Now — Judge orders release of McKinley High cold case murder suspect — https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2025/03/14/judge-orders-release-mckinley-high-cold-case-murder-suspect/Honolulu Civil Beat — Grim Memories Resurface After Police Arrest Suspect In 1977 Hawaiʻi Murder — https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/01/grim-memories-resurface-after-police-arrest-suspect-in-1977-hawai%CA%BBi-murder/Honolulu Civil Beat — Utah Judge Orders Release Of Suspect In 1977 Hawai‘i Killing After Prosecution Stalls — https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/03/utah-judge-orders-release-of-suspect-in-1977-hawaii-killing-after-prosecution-stalls/Courthouse News Service — Honolulu won’t extradite suspect in 1977 murder case, needs more time to investigate — https://www.courthousenews.com/honolulu-wont-extradite-suspect-in-1977-murder-case-needs-more-time-to-investigate/Associated Press — Grim memories resurface after DNA advances lead to arrest of suspect in Hawaii teen’s 1977 murder — https://apnews.com/article/6c877c9d710a44e7ab57ca42edfed988The Pinion — Dawn Momohara — https://mhspinion.com/features/2025/03/21/dawn-momohara/#DawnMomohara #GideonCastro #McKinleyHighSchool #HonoluluTrueCrime #HawaiiColdCase #OahuTrueCrime #BeneathThePalms #TrueCrimePodcast #ColdCase

The Diane Suzuki disappearance remains one of Hawaii’s most haunting cold cases. In July 1985, 19-year-old University of Hawaii student, Rainbow dancer, and part-time dance instructor Diane Suzuki vanished in broad daylight after finishing class at the Rosalie Woodson Dance Academy in Aiea, Hawaii. Her purse, keys, and car were left behind, and her body has never been found.This episode revisits the Diane Suzuki case with a deeper, fact-based look at the tight timeline, the island-wide search across Oahu, the later discovery of blood in the studio bathroom, the long focus on a person of interest, and the grand jury process that still ended without charges. Where the record is strong, we stay with it. Where the record thins, we say so plainly.If you remember Aiea, Pearl City, Halawa, the Rosalie Woodson Dance Academy, or anything connected to Diane Suzuki’s disappearance on July 6, 1985, even a small memory may still matter. Follow Beneath the Palms on Spotify, Apple, or Amazon, and share this episode with someone who remembers Hawaii in the mid-1980s.Sources used:University of Hawaii student Diane Suzuki, 19, vanishes in broad daylight — https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2025/07/09/university-hawaii-student-diane-suzuki-19-vanishes-broad-daylight/A major break in the case turns Diane Suzuki’s disappearance into a homicide — https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2025/07/09/major-break-case-turns-diane-suzukis-disappearance-into-homicide/‘Unexplained fingernail scratches’ lead to person of interest, backyard search for Diane Suzuki — https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2025/07/09/unexplained-fingernail-scratches-lead-person-interest-backyard-search-diane-suzuki/Grand jury reviews evidence in Diane Suzuki’s murder case — https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2025/07/09/grand-jury-reviews-evidence-diane-suzukis-murder-case/Can new technology help authorities find who killed Diane Suzuki? — https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2025/07/09/can-new-technology-help-authorities-find-who-killed-diane-suzuki/40 years after Diane Suzuki’s disappearance, her high school sweetheart opens up about the painful loss — https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2025/07/08/40-years-after-diane-suzukis-disappearance-her-high-school-sweetheart-opens-up-about-painful-loss/Whatever Happened... Lack of evidence halts Suzuki case — https://archives.starbulletin.com/2000/05/03/news/whatever.htmlDiane Yayoe Suzuki — https://charleyproject.org/case/diane-yayoe-suzukiWhat School You Went? Diane Suzuki — https://www.pbshawaii.org/wsyw02022022-dianesuzuki/#DianeSuzuki #HawaiiColdCase #Aiea #UnsolvedMurder

In this episode of Beneath the Palms, we revisit the unsolved murder of Leilani Castro Kim, a 44-year-old mother of three who had recently moved from Hilo to Kona and just started a new job at the Kona Hilton, now the Royal Kona Resort. On August 1, 1978, she was found murdered in her hotel room bathtub in Kailua-Kona. More than four decades later, the case remains unsolved.This is a fact-based retelling built on the public record. We stay close to what Hawaii Police says happened, where the timeline is clear, and where it still isn’t. We also step carefully into the public chatter around the case, but only with clear boundaries between what is verified and what is not.Leilani was known as an outgoing and successful businesswoman. Before Kona, she had owned a jewelry store at Hilo Mall and worked as a top sales agent for an insurance company in Hilo. She had gone to her high school reunion just days before her death. Then, in the middle of starting over, her life was cut short.If you were on the Big Island in the summer of 1978, knew Leilani, worked at the Kona Hilton, or remember anything that may matter now, Hawaii Police still wants to hear from you. Unsolved Homicides Division: (808) 961-2380. Crime Stoppers: (808) 961-8300.Sources used in this episode:Hawaii Police Department — Leilani Kim Murder (B-24897)https://www.hawaiipolice.gov/leilani-kim-b-24897/Hawaii Police Department — Unsolved Homicideshttps://www.hawaiipolice.gov/news-and-media/unsolved-homicides/Hawaii Police Department — Submit a Tip About an Unsolved Homicidehttps://www.hawaiipolice.gov/news-and-media/unsolved-homicides/submit-a-tip-about-an-unsolved-homicide/Honolulu Civil Beat — The Miske Criminal Enterprise May Be Gone But Other Powerful Crime Networks Remainhttps://www.civilbeat.org/2024/07/the-miske-criminal-enterprise-may-be-gone-but-other-powerful-crime-networks-remain/#LeilaniCastroKim #UnsolvedMurder #KonaHilton #HawaiiTrueCrime

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