Police Search For Body Month After Woman's Disappearance
Man Awaits Trial In Murder Case
POSTED: 2:52 pm HST May 14, 2007
UPDATED: 3:06 pm HST May 14, 2007
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HONOLULU -- More than a month after she disappeared, police on Monday continued to search for the body of Masumi Watanabe.Teams searched below the H-3 Freeway on the Halawa side of the tunnels. They spent hours searching there last week as well.Police, Department of Land and Natural Resources officers and fire crews have searched along Pali Highway, Pupukea, the North Shore, Kaaawa and Kahana Bay.Authorities are retracing routes they believe Kirk Lankford may have taken her.Lankford has been charged with second-degree murder in the case. He remains in custody awaiting a murder trial.
Previous Stories:
- April 29, 2007: Lankford Charged In Watanabe's Death
- April 29, 2007: Man Charged In Case Of Missing Visitor
- April 27, 2007: Man Arrested In Connection With Student's Disappearance
- April 26, 2007: Police Arrest Man In Connection To Missing Woman
- April 21, 2007: Authorities Continue Search For Missing Visitor
- April 20, 2007: Police Impound Truck As Part Of Search For Woman
- April 19, 2007: Police Expand Search For Missing Woman
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