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Young child’s remains identified 60 years later, but killer unknown

Jan 18, 2025 | thegardenisland.com | Leila Fujimori Star-Advertiser

The Honolulu Police Department has finally released information regarding the murder of a young child who died more than 60 years ago. The Honolulu Police Department has finally released information regarding the murder of a young child who died more than 60 years ago. The child’s bones were discovered June 29, 2014, inside a 7- to 10-gallon galvanized steel can found in the closet of a Waikiki apartment, police said.
NTSB releases preliminary report on fatal Kamaka Air crash

Jan 11, 2025 | thegardenisland.com | Leila Fujimori Star-Advertiser

The National Transportation Safety Board issued a preliminary investigation report that could provide clues as to what might have caused the Dec. 17 Kamaka Air Flight 689 crash that killed two young pilots shortly after takeoff on an instructional flight to Lanai. The National Transportation Safety Board issued a preliminary investigation report that could provide clues as to what might have caused the Dec.
Boy, 3, dies from injuries in New Year’s blast

Jan 8, 2025 | thegardenisland.com | Leila Fujimori Star-Advertiser

A 3-year-old boy is the fourth and youngest person to die from injuries sustained in the catastrophic explosion of a large cache of aerial fireworks at an Aliamanu New Year’s Eve party. A 3-year-old boy is the fourth and youngest person to die from injuries sustained in the catastrophic explosion of a large cache of aerial fireworks at an Aliamanu New Year’s Eve party.
Babysitter’s manslaughter trial produces its final witnesses

Nov 14, 2024 | thegardenisland.com | Leila Fujimori Star-Advertiser |Wyatt Haupt Jr.

The state and the defense presented their final witnesses Tuesday in the manslaughter trial of Dixie Denise Villa, accused of giving a fatal dose of diphenhydramine, the antihistamine found in Benadryl, to a 7-month-old infant. The state and the defense presented their final witnesses Tuesday in the manslaughter trial of Dixie Denise Villa, accused of giving a fatal dose of diphenhydramine, the antihistamine found in Benadryl, to a 7-month-old infant.
Trial begins in infant’s drug overdose death

Nov 8, 2024 | thegardenisland.com | Leila Fujimori Star-Advertiser |Wyatt Haupt Jr.

The lawyer for the then-40-year-old babysitter on trial for manslaughter in the February 2019 Benadryl overdose death of 7-month-old Abigail Lobisch began her opening statement Wednesday with a question. The lawyer for the then-40-year-old babysitter on trial for manslaughter in the February 2019 Benadryl overdose death of 7-month-old Abigail Lobisch began her opening statement Wednesday with a question.
Man gets 4 years probation after judge says accuser lied

Oct 26, 2024 | thegardenisland.com | Leila Fujimori Star-Advertiser |Wyatt Haupt Jr.

An Oahu Circuit Court judge Thursday sentenced a 32-year-old man — originally charged with attempted murder, robbery and gun charges for allegedly robbing and shooting at a Kaneohe gas station customer in 2023 — to four years’ probation on a charge of reckless endangering.
Kauai County UPW to get COVID hazard pay

Oct 16, 2024 | thegardenisland.com | Leila Fujimori Star-Advertiser

Kauai County United Public Workers members have voted to accept 15 percent of their base hourly pay for all the hours worked during the COVID-19 pandemic, the union announced Monday. Kauai County United Public Workers members have voted to accept 15 percent of their base hourly pay for all the hours worked during the COVID-19 pandemic, the union announced Monday.
Court clears path for Ireland case lawsuit

Oct 13, 2024 | thegardenisland.com | Leila Fujimori Star-Advertiser |Wyatt Haupt Jr.

The Hawaii Supreme Court filed an opinion Thursday that found the Schweitzer brothers, whose convictions were overturned by the Circuit Court in the infamous 1991 murder and rape of Dana Ireland, will no longer have to seek a declaration of “actual innocence” in order to pursue their wrongful-conviction compensation case.
Man who critically hurt officer is sentenced to 16 years

Sep 30, 2024 | thegardenisland.com | Leila Fujimori Star-Advertiser

A 41-year-old man would have faced life imprisonment without the possibility of parole at his sentencing Friday for critically injuring a Honolulu police officer by twice striking the back of his head with a foot-long metal car jack extension in the early morning hours of Feb. 16, 2023, in Laie.
Dana Ireland murder investigation case revisited

Sep 15, 2024 | thegardenisland.com | Leila Fujimori Star-Advertiser

The Hawaii Supreme Court heard oral arguments Thursday on a petition by the Hawaii Police Department asking the justices to order 3rd Circuit Judge Peter Kubota to vacate his Aug. 5 decision, which would require police to release information in their ongoing investigation into the 1991 Dana Ireland murder and rape case in Puna.