HI HI - Diane Suzuki, 19, Aiea, 6 July 1985

Police suspected a photographer who worked at the dance studio and searched the area near his home, but without a body and no substantial evidence the investigation went cold.

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JusticeWillBeServed said:

Bumping, sadly still missing after thirty years.

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dotr said:

The marsh was searched, but what about the dance studio, maybe she is still there, imo?

"Since 1985, police have searched a marsh area behind the suspect's home and found evidence of blood in the bathroom of the dance studio."

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"We wanted to get statements on record and under oath and called a lot of people, even some who were suspects," Kaneshiro said about the three grand jury sessions. "After evaluating what we had, it wasn't enough.

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Who killed Diane Suzuki?

The mystery has gone unsolved for more than 30 years.

However, there’s evidence that a former Honolulu Police Department homicide lieutenant believes could shed light on the case.

“In that 31 years, she’s lost a parent who never did find out what happened to their child. I find that particularly heartbreaking,” Gary Dias, a retired HPD homicide lieutenant said. “I think revisiting it would open up the thought process of the people responsible for collecting evidence and examining evidence and making decisions on the evidence. Perhaps the technology with DNA can examine that same blood evidence and work through the decontamination processes that might have occurred over time.”

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STANDREID said:

The Wiki article says her case does not fit the pattern of the unknown Honolulu Strangler (1985-86) but how do they know if her remains have not been found? Most of the Strangler's victims were hidden in some way so it would seem possible to me that perhaps she could be one of his victims who just hasn't been found yet.

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Nanya said:

No. They guy she worked with did it. He liked her and she wasn’t interested. His father helped him dispose of her body. They found clothing matching what Diane Suzuki was wearing under a log on their property. The father also asked if the police thought they could get manslaughter instead of murder if they confessed. Kinda suspicious!

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• Missing Since 07/06/1985
• Missing From Aiea, Hawaii
• Classification Endangered Missing
• Sex Female
• Race Asian
• Date of Birth 05/14/1966 (53)
• Age 19 years old
• Height and Weight 4'11 - 5'1, 109 pounds
• Distinguishing Characteristics Asian female. Black hair, brown eyes. Suzuki is of Japanese descent. Her ears are pierced.''
• ''Suzuki was last seen on July 6, 1985, outside of the Rosalie Woodson Institute of Dance in Aiea, Hawaii, where she was employed as a part-time children's dance instructor. The class she was teaching ended at 3:00 p.m., and at 3:15 her friends started looking for her. She has never been heard from again.
  
  Suzuki left her purse, keys and car at the dance studio. She was a student at the University of Hawaii at Manoa at the time of her disappearance.
  
  Foul play is suspected in Suzuki's disappearance. Some blood evidence was found in the bathroom of the dance school and police suspect that an acquaintance of Suzuki's, a photographer at the dance studio, was involved in her case. He failed a polygraph test shortly after her disappearance but was never charged for lack of evidence.
  
  A prosecutor attempted to reopen Suzuki's case in 1993, but it remains unsolved. Her family held a memorial service for her in 1997, on the 12th anniversary of her disappearance. Suzuki's mother died in 1998. Her father is still alive, but in his eighties, and still hoping for answers in her case.''
  

lostwithoutyou said:

Diane Suzuki
Photo of Diane:

Vital Statistics at Time of Disappearance

Missing Since: July 6, 1985 from Aiea, Hawaii
Classification: Endangered Missing
Age: 19 years old
Height and Weight: 5'1, 109 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: Asian female. Brown hair, brown eyes.





Details of Disappearance
Suzuki was last seen at 5:00 p.m. on July 6, 1985, outside of the Rosalie Woodson Institute of Dance in Aiea, Hawaii, where she was employed as a part-time children's dance instructor. She was a student at the University of Hawaii at the time of her disappearance. Foul play is suspected in Suzuki's disappearance. Some blood evidence was found in the bathroom of the dance school and police suspect that an acquaintance of Suzuki's, a fellow dance instructor, was involved in her case. He failed a polygraph test shortly after her disappearance but was never charged for lack of evidence. A prosecutor attempted to reopen Suzuki's case in 1993, but it remains unsolved. Her family held a memorial service for her in 1997, on the 12th anniversary of her disappearance.


Investigating Agency
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
Honolulu Police Department
808-529-3394

http://charleyproject.org/cases/s/suzuki_diane.html

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