A Hawaii grand jury on Friday indicted a former deputy Nevada lawyer normal on fees of second-degree homicide in reference to the 50-year-old chilly case of a Honolulu girl killed in 1972.
Tudor Chirila, 77, is in custody in Reno, Nevada, the place he's preventing extradition to Hawaii, saying his rights had been violated when he was arrested final week.
Honolulu police mentioned new DNA proof linked Chirila to the crime scene at Nancy Anderson's house in Waikiki, the place she had been stabbed greater than 60 occasions. She had just lately moved to Hawaii from Bay Metropolis, Michigan, and was working at a McDonald's restaurant.
A prison criticism filed in Honolulu mentioned police had reopened the chilly case a number of occasions for the reason that 1972 killing and obtained a tip in December that Chirila could possibly be a suspect.
In March, police obtained a DNA pattern from Chirila's son that recognized him because the organic youngster of a DNA pattern discovered on the crime scene, in response to the prison criticism. Police then served a search warrant and obtained a DNA pattern from Chirila at his Reno house on Sept. 6, courtroom data mentioned.
Anderson's household issued an announcement Friday via the Honolulu prosecutor's workplace thanking regulation enforcement for his or her work on the case.
"Regardless of the various hurdles, we (Nancy's 9 siblings) by no means gave up hope that justice can be served. We at all times had sturdy religion that each one issues can be resolved in God's time," the assertion mentioned.
Chirila mentioned he is preventing extradition as a result of police pressured him to supply saliva for the DNA pattern in September and he believes his constitutional rights had been violated when he was arrested.
Chirila has an Oct. 17 listening to in Reno, which was rescheduled from Oct. 3.
Honolulu prosecutors mentioned a conviction on a cost of second-degree homicide carries a compulsory sentence of life in jail with the opportunity of parole.