Convicted killer indicted in decades-long cold case murder on Hawaii Island

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – Prosecutors have indicted a person in reference to a chilly case murder on Hawaii Island relationship again to April 1978.

Officers stated 72-year-old Steven Simpson is accused of murdering Valerie Warshay in Kalapana.

Warshay was a park ranger from California who arrived within the spring of 1978 to discover Hawaii Island. She was 26 years outdated when she died.

Her nude physique was discovered badly crushed on the Harry Ok. Brown Park by a younger lady picnicking along with her household.

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“We hope that the submitting of those fees brings the Warshay household some sense of closure. They’ve waited a very long time for justice,” stated Prosecuting Legal professional Kelden Waltjen.

Simpson is scheduled to make his preliminary look in Hilo Circuit Court docket by way of video convention on Wednesday.

He stays in custody on $250,000 bail on this case. If convicted, Simpson faces life in jail with the potential for parole.

Simpson is already serving a life sentence in Hawaii for strangling one other younger girl to loss of life in Hilo in 1978.

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