Detectives are seeking tips from the public that could help police solve a 1978 murder in East Hawaii.
On April 23, 1978, Valerie Ann Warshay was discovered deceased at the Harry K. Brown Park in Kalapana, according to the Hawaii Police Department. The manner of her death was ruled a homicide.
Warshay, who was 26 years old and visiting from California where she was employed as a park ranger, had been on the island for a few weeks prior to her death, police said. She made numerous acquaintances across the island, and was noted to be an avid hiker. She also played a flute or recorder-style woodwind at social gatherings.
Anyone who may have encountered Warshay during her stay on the island, or who has information about her death, should contact Detective Derek Morimoto of the Area I Criminal Investigation Section at (808) 961-2380 or via email at Derek.Morimoto@hawaiicounty.gov, or call the department’s nonemergency line at (808) 935-3311.