"On that day in September 1985, Gibb spoke about his conversation with Roger Depue, the head of the FBI's fabled behavioral sciences unit, who had mentioned crimes in the continental U.S. that had turned the phrase "serial killer" into a household term. The duo who became known as the Hillside Stranglers tormented Los Angeles, while farther east, dozens of young people were victimized by the Atlanta child murderer."
""Hawaii's day is coming," Depue had told Gibb. "You are going to have to pay your dues for living in Paradise." His words would soon seem prophetic. Until Vicki Gail Purdy vanished on May 29, 1985, Hawaii had not known a serial killer in its midst. That night, the lively 25-year-old told her friends she would meet up with them at a club in Waikiki. She never showed."
"The next morning, her worried husband, who worked as a helicopter pilot on the Pearl Harbor military base, drove to Waikiki to look for her. He spotted her car parked at a hotel garage, and two things alarmed him: that Vicki was nowhere to be found, and that her car had a fresh dent in it. He called police, and in short order they connected the missing person report with a body found around 7 a.m. in Keehi Lagoon, a body of water that fronted the runways of Honolulu Airport. Vicki's body had seemingly been rolled down from an embankment off Kalewa Street; she had no shoes and no purse."
Police officers gathered at a Waikiki luncheon in September 1985 where the Honolulu police chief recounted an FBI warning that serial killer activity could arrive in Hawaii. On May 29, 1985, 25-year-old Vicki Gail Purdy disappeared after telling friends she would go to a Waikiki club. Her husband found her car in a hotel garage with a fresh dent and reported her missing. Investigators linked the missing-person report to a body discovered the next morning in Keehi Lagoon near Honolulu Airport; the body appeared to have been rolled down an embankment and lacked shoes and a purse. Initial leads soon stalled.
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