MURDERED: Lisa Au
A young woman’s shocking murder forces residents to question the very people who are supposed to keep them safe.
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Episode Source Material
- The Honolulu Advertiser: Woman Disappears on way home, by Terry McMurray
- The Honolulu Star-Bulletin: Police Hunt Missing Woman, by Charles Memminger
- The Honolulu Advertiser: Hunt for missing woman nets no clues, by Terry McMurray
- The Honolulu Advertiser: Volunteers heed call and join in search, by Terry McMurray
- Honolulu Star-Bulletin: Helicopter to Search Swamp for Missing Kailua Woman
- Honolulu Star-Bulletin: Search for Lisa Au Continues; Parents Issue Plea to Abductor, by Charles Memminger
- Honolulu Star-Bulletin: Search for Missing Woman Draws Blank
- Honolulu Star-Bulletin: Woman, Stopped on H-1, Suspects ‘Officer,’ Escapes, by Charles Memminger
- The Honolulu Advertiser: Students to hand out flyers describing missing Lisa Au
- Honolulu Star-Bulletin: Police-like car probed in search for Lisa Au
- The Honolulu Advertiser: Body found on Tantalus, by Terry McMurray
- Honolulu Star-Bulletin: Lisa Au Search Becomes Murder Probe, by Charles Memminger
- The Honolulu Advertiser: Tantalus body identified as Lisa Au’s, by Terry McMurray
- The Honolulu Advertiser: Advertiser starts reward fund, by Vickie Ong and Suzanne Tswei
- Honolulu Star-Bulletin: Officers Hunt Au’s Killer; Fake Policemen Reported
- Hawaii Tribune-Herald: Au police imposter search branches out, by UPI
- The Honolulu Advertiser: Man charged in impersonation, by Suzanne Tswei
- The Honolulu Advertiser: Rewards in Au case reach $9,000, by Terry McMurray
- The Honolulu Advertiser: Few clues, but ‘Lisa Au Fund’ grows, by Terry McMurray
- Hawaii Tribune-Herald: Suspended officer questioned in Au case, by UPI
- The Honolulu Advertiser: Police discipline took months, by Suzanne Tswei & James Dooley
- The Honolulu Advertiser: Hidden blue lights banned on police cars, by Terry McMurray
- Honolulu Star-Bulletin: ‘Lisa Au Fund’ grows to $5,014
- Honolulu Star-Bulletin: Police Probe of Lisa Au Slaying Is Sent to Prosecutor, by Charles Memminger
- The Honolulu Advertiser: Police settle on suspect in Au murder, by Suzanne Tswei
- The Honolulu Advertiser: Lisa Au’s parents: anger, grief- and a long wait for justice, by Suzanne Tswei
- The Honolulu Advertiser: Grand jury hears evidence in Lisa Au Case, by Suzanne Tswei & Ken Kobayashi
- Honolulu Star-Bulletin: Grand jury still probing the slaying of Lisa Au
- The Honolulu Advertiser: $10,000 compensation award sought by parents of Lisa Au
- The Honolulu Advertiser: Panel awards $4,336 in death of Lisa Au, by Ken Kobayashi & Suzanne Tswei
- The Honolulu Advertiser: Lisa Au’s parents reject award as ‘insult’, by Ken Kobayashi
- Honolulu Star-Bulletin: Police Investigated These Oahu Deaths in 1982
- Honolulu Star-Bulletin: Lisa Au’s Parents in Catch 22, by Stirling Morita
- The Honolulu Advertiser: Aus will keep Medicaid but lose basic welfare
- The Honolulu Advertiser: New autopsy slated today in Lisa Au murder case
- The Honolulu Advertiser: Tissue samples from Au’s body taken to L.A.
- The Honolulu Advertiser: Re-examination of Lisa Au remains fails to reveal the cause of death
- Honolulu Star-Bulletin: Slain Girl’s Parents Sue the City, by Lee Catterall
- Honolulu Star-Bulletin: KHON-TV Sued Over Au Report, by Charles Memminger
- The Honolulu Advertiser: The Crime Stoppers’ reward fund is richer today by $2,258
- The Honolulu Advertiser: Grand jury in Au case is disbanded, by Ken Kobayashi
- The Honolulu Advertiser: Court upholds turning over files of Au murder case to her parents, by Ken Kobayashi
- The Honolulu Advertiser: Judge dismisses defamation suit against TV station, by Ken Kobayashi
- Honolulu Star-Bulletin: Parents’ Lawsuit Against City in Lisa Au slaying dismissed, by Lee Catterall
- Honolulu Star-Bulletin: Testimony of 2 Policemen Cited in au Damages Suit, by Lee Catterall
- Honolulu Star-Bulletin: Supreme Court Upholds Ouster of Lisa Au Suit, by Star-Bulletin Staff
- The Honolulu Advertiser: Au family sues city over killing, by Ken Kobayashi
- Honolulu Star-Bulletin: Lisa Au Special report, by Charles Memminger
- Honolulu Star-Bulletin: Drugs tied to Lisa Au case
- The Honolulu Advertiser: Police say drug finding didn’t affect Au probe
- Honolulu Star-Bulletin: Au murder probe revived, by Charles Memminger
- Honolulu Star-Bulletin: Lisa Au: Her family wants killer caught, by Charles Meminger
- KHON2: Woman’s murder remains one of Hawaii’s biggest unsolved mysteries
- Hawaii News Now: 37 years ago, her murder gripped Oahu. But from the start, the investigation went astray, by Lynn Kawano
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