Chief Ben Moskowitz

We wanted nothing more than to get, and I think I mentioned this before, the best, most accurate information about Laurel's involvement was inside Laurel's head. That's what we wanted. That's what we still want. Unfortunately, we can't get it from him. So we try any other way we can to get what there is. I don't know what's on his phone. I don't know what's in his house.

We wanted nothing more than to get, and I think I mentioned this before, the best, most accurate information about Laurel's involvement was inside Laurel's head. That's what we wanted. That's what we still want. Unfortunately, we can't get it from him. So we try any other way we can to get what there is. I don't know what's on his phone. I don't know what's in his house.

I hope that we can get search warrants for those things. I hope that he explained his involvement to his spouse or to his children or he left a diary or whatever. I hope all those things so that we can have some clarity. Because at the end of the day, without that clarity, you're right, there will never be You're smoking gun.

I hope that we can get search warrants for those things. I hope that he explained his involvement to his spouse or to his children or he left a diary or whatever. I hope all those things so that we can have some clarity. Because at the end of the day, without that clarity, you're right, there will never be You're smoking gun.

It may drag half the people in one direction and half the people in the other direction, but without that resolution, how do you ever say that one side or the other or both or neither is correct or incorrect? That's me as a skeptic and me as someone who's trained to look at evidence and analyze evidence and make decisions and form opinions based on what I can see. So it is, it's very messy.

It may drag half the people in one direction and half the people in the other direction, but without that resolution, how do you ever say that one side or the other or both or neither is correct or incorrect? That's me as a skeptic and me as someone who's trained to look at evidence and analyze evidence and make decisions and form opinions based on what I can see. So it is, it's very messy.

I have a brief statement about some recent developments in the Dana Ireland case and then I would be happy to answer any questions you might have. In the nearly 33 years since Dana Ireland was kidnapped, raped and killed, the Hawaii Police Department has remained resolute in investigating this case and following that evidence wherever it might lead.

I have a brief statement about some recent developments in the Dana Ireland case and then I would be happy to answer any questions you might have. In the nearly 33 years since Dana Ireland was kidnapped, raped and killed, the Hawaii Police Department has remained resolute in investigating this case and following that evidence wherever it might lead.

We remain committed to solving this case and helping bring closure both to the Ireland family and to the Big Island community. Earlier this year, an FBI agent from the Honolulu field office contacted our police investigators with the names of some people who could potentially be identified as unknown male number one. One of the names provided was that of 57-year-old Albert Loro Jr. Loro Jr.

We remain committed to solving this case and helping bring closure both to the Ireland family and to the Big Island community. Earlier this year, an FBI agent from the Honolulu field office contacted our police investigators with the names of some people who could potentially be identified as unknown male number one. One of the names provided was that of 57-year-old Albert Loro Jr. Loro Jr.

lived in the Kapoho area, which is a scene of the Ireland murder at the time of the murder. In the weeks since, investigators collected a utensil that Loro Jr. had been using after he discarded it, and the DNA from that utensil was analyzed and found to be a match to unknown male number one. Tragically, Loro died on July 23rd.

lived in the Kapoho area, which is a scene of the Ireland murder at the time of the murder. In the weeks since, investigators collected a utensil that Loro Jr. had been using after he discarded it, and the DNA from that utensil was analyzed and found to be a match to unknown male number one. Tragically, Loro died on July 23rd.

So there has been significant reporting, there's been some filings for cases coming up on Tuesday, and there have been three main issues that have been brought up through that reporting and through that filing that I wanted to address before I take any questions.

So there has been significant reporting, there's been some filings for cases coming up on Tuesday, and there have been three main issues that have been brought up through that reporting and through that filing that I wanted to address before I take any questions.

The second question I want to address is what would have happened if Laurel had been arrested on or around July 19th when we brought him in for a consensual interview? Would he still be alive today? So the answer to that, again, is a little bit complicated. We have to take a look at what would have happened if we had made an arrest without probable cause.

The second question I want to address is what would have happened if Laurel had been arrested on or around July 19th when we brought him in for a consensual interview? Would he still be alive today? So the answer to that, again, is a little bit complicated. We have to take a look at what would have happened if we had made an arrest without probable cause.

As any good attorney, defense attorney or prosecutor or police officer will tell you, if you make an arrest without probable cause, anything that follows that arrest, whether it be a confession or physical evidence or the identity of another witness, anything that arises out of that arrest is going to be challenged based on what we knew during the arrest.

As any good attorney, defense attorney or prosecutor or police officer will tell you, if you make an arrest without probable cause, anything that follows that arrest, whether it be a confession or physical evidence or the identity of another witness, anything that arises out of that arrest is going to be challenged based on what we knew during the arrest.

So we faced the very real possibility that if we had arrested Mr. Laurel without probable cause, that anything we gathered as a result of that process could be excluded, which is absolutely not what we wanted.

So we faced the very real possibility that if we had arrested Mr. Laurel without probable cause, that anything we gathered as a result of that process could be excluded, which is absolutely not what we wanted.