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James Pennington

Case from Honolulu, HI dated Nov 23, 1990

Victim Details

James Pennington

January 30, 2022

Male

White / Caucasian

Honolulu

HI

1990-11-23

1990-11-21

1990-11-23

61

James

Pennington

07/05/2026


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James Pennington, a 61-year-old White man who worked as a building engineer in Honolulu, was discovered dead on November 23, 1990, in an unoccupied office space inside his workplace at 220 South King Street. The scene carried a blunt finality: Pennington had severe head injuries, and he was pronounced dead where he was found. 

In the days before the discovery, time seemed to slip out of sequence. Pennington had last been seen in the building at about 3:30 p.m. on November 21, 1990. Tha ...
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