Suspect in young woman's 1991 murder kills himself, Hawaii police say
A suspect in the 1991 rape and murder of young woman killed himself after he was identified and questioned by investigators, police in Hawaii said Monday.
A suspect in the 1991 rape and murder of young woman killed himself after he was identified and questioned by investigators, police in Hawaii said Monday.
Dana Ireland was 23 years old when she was kidnapped, raped and killed in the Kapoho area, police said. She was found on Christmas Eve and died at a hospital the next day.
Police said DNA found on the woman’s body and on a sheet used to take her to the hospital was recently tested and came back as a match for Albert Lauro Jr., 57.
He was questioned by police on July 19, but at the time they didn’t have probable cause to arrest him for murder — and by this time, charges related to rape lapsed due to the statute of limitations, leaving only the murder charge, Hawai‘i Police Chief Benjamin Moszkowicz said.
“We felt then and continue to feel that the presence of Lauro’s DNA at the crime scene was in and of itself not sufficient evidence to prove that Lauro intentionally or knowingly caused her death,” Moszkowicz said at a news conference Monday.
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