ColdPriorityCriminal · Unsolved homicide· Honolulu County, HI

Who Killed Merle Zeller? (1990)

Merle Zeller was killed near the truck stop in Honolulu County, HI in 1990. The death was ruled a homicide caused by injuries consistent with an assault, no one has been charged, and the file is still open.

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Rows of old filing cabinets in a dim municipal archive room
Source: Vermilion ledger illustration
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  1. 1990

    Deputies responded to a call at the truck stop and found the victim already dead.

  2. 1993

    Evidence was re-submitted to the state lab; results were inconclusive.

  3. 2022

    DNA held in storage was re-tested with modern methods.

  4. Recently

    Ledger contributors indexed the public record and opened the case for review.

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