The Honolulu Strangler , also known as The Honolulu Rapist , is the nickname given to an unidentified serial killer who is believed to have killed five women in Hawaii from and The first victim was Vicki Gail Purdy, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] age 25, a military spouse of Gary Purdy, an army helicopter pilot.
She was last seen by the taxi driver who drove her to the Shorebird Hotel at a. The next morning, her body was found in an embankment at Keehi Lagoon, wearing her yellow jumpsuit. Her hands were bound behind her back, and she had been raped and strangled. Her husband told police he suspected her death to be associated with her job, working at a video rental store that also handled pornographic film , where two women were stabbed to death one year earlier.
She had missed her bus from Waipahu to school on January 14, , and was last heard from by her boyfriend at a. On January 15, her body was found at Keehi Lagoon wearing her blue tank top and white sweatshirt, but her lower body was unclothed. Her hands bound behind her back, she had been raped and strangled. She was planning on attending Hawaii Pacific University in the fall. This second case led police to suspect the same killer as the first because of the same modus operandi. The third victim was Denise Hughes, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] age 21, a secretary for a telephone company who commuted by bus and was active in her Christian church.
She did not show up to work on January 30, and was found dead in Moanalua stream by three young fishermen on February 1. Her decomposing body was clothed in a blue dress, wrapped in a blue tarp , and with her hands bound.
She had been sexually assaulted and strangled. Prompted by a third body, a serial killer taskforce was established on February 5. The fourth victim was Louise Medeiros, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] age She lived in Waipahu but had gone to Kauai to meet her extended family because of the death of her mother. Medeiros took a late night flight back to Oahu on March 26 and told her family she would get home by bus from the airport.
