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The Hawaii Police Department on Monday said they matched DNA taken from Dana Ireland's body to that of 57-year-old Albert Lauro Jr. of Hawaiian Paradise Park on the Big Island.
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.
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The man behind the DNA discovery in the Dana Ireland case said Hawaii County police had enough to arrest the suspect on July 19. Instead, Albert Lauro, Jr., was released ...
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.
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 ...
Hawai‘i’s most notorious unsolved crime — the assault and rape of 23-year-old Virginia visitor Dana Ireland, who was left for dead on Christmas Eve 1991 — took an unexpected turn with the ...
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.
The Hawaii Supreme Court said a new civil case needs to be opened for the Schweitzer brothers, who are fighting to see new evidence and clear their name in the Dana Ireland murder.