Denise Hughes, a 21-year-old secretary of Native Hawaiian descent, was reported missing on January 30, 1986, after failing to appear for work at the telephone company. She was active in her Christian church and typically commuted by bus. Her body was found in Moanalua Stream on February 1, 1986, by three young fishermen, wrapped in a blue tarp and wearing a blue dress. Her hands were bound; she had been sexually assaulted and strangled, and decomposition suggested she was killed soon after her disappearance.

Denise’s killing matched a pattern shared by other victims in Honolulu between 1985 and 1986: women found bound, sexually assaulted, and strangled. Her death was the third attributed to an unidentified offender later called the Honolulu Strangler. A task force was formed on February 5, 1986, as investigators linked the cases. No one has been formally charged in Denise’s case; a man briefly detained and questioned in 1986 was released for lack of evidence.

Does anyone have information about Denise’s life, routine, or the bus routes she used that could help fill gaps in the timeline?