By Dan Nakaso July 30, 2024 1/2 COURTESY HAWAII POLICE DEPARTMENT Victim Dana Ireland, left, and suspect Albert Lauro Jr., 57, right, from a 2017 driver’s license photo.

His DNA matched the semen, skin and sweat collected from items at the scene and Ireland’s rape kit. 57-year-old Albert Lauro Jr., right, has been linked to the 1991 murder of Dana Ireland.

In 1991, a woman found Dana Ireland "clinging to life" in the bushes along a fishing trail in Puna, a remote section of the Big Island, according to the Hawaii Innocence Project.

HONOLULU (KHNL/Gray News) - Authorities used DNA technology to identify the man who brutally killed Dana Ireland on Christmas Eve in 1991. The man was identified Monday as 57-year-old Albert Lauro ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - There is no set schedule for when the Hawaii Supreme Court will decide if newly acquired evidence in the 1991 Dana Ireland murder case should be turned over to the ...

HONOLULU (KHNL/Gray News) - Authorities used DNA technology to identify the man who brutally killed Dana Ireland on Christmas Eve in 1991. The man was identified Monday as 57-year-old Albert Lauro ...

HONOLULU (KHNL/Gray News) - Authorities used DNA technology to identify the man who brutally killed Dana Ireland on Christmas Eve in 1991. The man was identified Monday as 57-year-old Albert Lauro ...

HONOLULU (KHNL /Gray News) - Authorities used DNA technology to identify the man who brutally killed Dana Ireland on Christmas Eve in 1991. The man was identified Monday as 57-year-old Albert Lauro, ...

HONOLULU (KHNL/Gray News) - Authorities used DNA technology to identify the man who brutally killed Dana Ireland on Christmas Eve in 1991. The man was identified Monday as 57-year-old Albert Lauro ...