Hawaii

1,920 murders reported in Hawaii from 1976 to 2025; police reports named an offender in about 79%. Explore the statistics →

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Cases

Honolulu Strangler
1985–1986 · Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii
SerialUnsolved5 victims
Between May 1985 and May 1986, five women in Honolulu were abducted and strangled, their bodies left near the water around Keehi Lagoon, Moanalua Stream, Waikele Stream and Sand Island, not far from Honolulu International Airport.
Byran Uyesugi
1999 · Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii
MassConvicted7 victims
On the morning of November 2, 1999, Byran Uyesugi, a Xerox copier repairman with 15 years at the company, shot and killed seven co-workers, including his supervisor, at the Xerox building on North Nimitz Highway in Honolulu.
Death of Peter Boy Kema
1997 · Hawaii Island (Big Island), Hawaii
SinglePleaded guilty1 victim
Peter Kema Jr., known as "Peter Boy", was 6 years old when he vanished on the Big Island in 1997.
Vallow-Daybell murders
2019 · Rexburg, Idaho, and Chandler, Arizona
SerialConvicted5 victims
In 2019 Lori Vallow Daybell and Chad Daybell, who led a small apocalyptic religious group, were behind a series of killings in Arizona and Idaho.