The , is one of Hawaii’s most notorious, unsolved crimes. Peter Boy disappeared on the Big Island 17 years ago. The case was classified as a homicide in 2000 and has since.
Now, police claim they have uncovered promising, though unspecified, new evidence.
鈥淭he police are actively investigating and we鈥檙e still following leads,” Hawaii County Prosecutor Mitch Roth . “There is some new information, but I cannot tell you what that stuff is.”
Local media has been covering the renewed interest in an old murder case.
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Peter Boy’s parents, Peter Kema Sr. and Jaylin Kema, are the only suspects in the case and were known to be physically abusive. His parents told police that the last time saw their son was when they with a family friend, “Auntie Rose Makuakane.” Police have yet to find evidence of her existence.
detailed the abuse that Peter Boy and his siblings were subjected to, including fractured ribs on Peter Boy when he was less than four months old. According to his older brother, Peter Boy received the brunt of the abuse. “I couldn’t tell you why. It was just the way it was,”
Peter Boy’s younger sister said that their parents would often put Peter Boy in the trunk of the family car when they went out in public. 鈥淥ur dad said he was being punished for doing something bad,鈥 鈥淲e’d go to the beach, and he’d be in the trunk; we’d go to the store, and he’d be in the trunk.”
Peter Boy and his siblings were after doctors discovered his injuries. They weren’t
Peter Boy disappeared in 1997. A year later, during a psychological evaluation, one of Peter Boy’s sisters said that she in a box in her parents’ closet.
The state removed the children from the home after Peter Boy’s disappearance. Peter Boy’s step-siblings , William Collier, while his sister went to live with grandparents. Peter Boy’s grandfather, James Acol, still has hope that his grandson may be alive. “,” Acol said. “Unless somebody can show me evidence where he’s truly dead.”
