
About this episode
On Christmas Eve, 1991, a 23-year-old woman went missing after a bike ride from her boyfriend’s house in Hawaii. When police discovered her bike, it appeared that someone had purposefully driven into her. Soon, her body was found, but with DNA from an unknown male at the scene, many are questioning whether the wrong men were put behind bars. This is the murder of Dana Ireland.
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CASE SOURCES
1. Judges for Justice: https://www.judgesforjustice.org/
2. Dana's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10547943/dana-marie-ireland
3. The Honolulu Advertiser: https://www.newspapers.com/image/265536446/?terms=%22dana%20ireland%22
4. Honolulu Star Bulletin: https://www.newspapers.com/image/273462157/?terms=%22dana%20ireland%22&match=1
5. John's Obituary: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2000/11/06/obituaries/c6e1bbb6-34d9-4048-b1d7-f81d18de1741/
6. Honolulu Civil Beat: https://www.civilbeat.org/2018/12/a-retired-judge-keeps-asking-who-really-killed-dana-ireland/
7. Hawaii Tribune-Herald: https://www.newspapers.com/image/556902276/?terms=frank%20pauline%20jr&match=1
8. Honolulu Star-Bulletin: https://www.newspapers.com/image/273883408/?terms=dana%20ireland&match=1
9. Hawaii News Now: https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2022/08/16/judges-unseals-documents-dana-ireland-murder-case-amid-exoneration-fight/
10. Hawaii News Now: https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2022/08/18/unsealed-documents-dana-ireland-murder-case-show-no-hidden-dna-evidence/
11. The Crime Report: https://thecrimereport.org/2017/01/25/a-prisoners-death-3000-miles-from-home/
12. Honolulu Star-Bulletin: http://archives.starbulletin.com/1999/08/28/news/story4.html
13. Hawaii News Now: https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/29107826/new-mexico-inmate-charged-with-killing-man-convicted-in-dana-ireland-murder/
14. Hawaii Tribune-Herald: https://www.newspapers.com/image/557325640/?terms=%22dana%20ireland%22%20obituary&match=1
15. The Honolulu Advertiser: https://www.newspapers.com/image/264973822/?terms=dana%20ireland&match=1
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