Albert Lauro Jr., a newly-identified suspect in the sexual assault and killing of a woman who was visiting Hawaii over 30 years ago, has died by suicide after police took a DNA sample from him.
A man who was identified as a new possible suspect in the killing and sexual assault of a Virginia woman who was visiting Hawaii more than three decades ago killed himself recently after police took a DNA swab from him, officials said. The Hawaii Police Department on Monday said they matched DNA taken from Dana Ireland’s body to that of 57-year-old Albert Lauro Jr. of Hawaiian Paradise Park on the Big Island. Police Chief Ben Moszkowicz said Lauro died by suicide and was found at home.
Authorities zeroed in on Lauro in recent months and got a DNA sample from him off of a discarded fork after they watched him eat lunch. He killed himself last week after police went to his home to test the sample against a swab taken from him in person. Attempts by the AP to reach Lauro’s relatives were unsuccessful.
Pauline and Ian Schweitzer were convicted in 2000. Shawn Schweitzer took a deal to plead guilty to manslaughter and kidnapping — and receive credit for about a year served and five years of probation — after seeing juries convict Pauline and his brother in 2000. Pauline died in prison. The Schweitzer brothers 'are happy that this person was finally caught,' said Kenneth Lawson, co-director of the Hawaii Innocence Project. 'They’re disappointed in the way it happened.
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