The Honolulu Police Department has suspended its search for a suspect in the alleged kidnapping and sexual assault of a teenage girl in Kalama Valley, HPD spokeswoman Michelle Yu said in an email Tuesday.
Police said Saturday some questions about the validity of the case had come to light, but Yu said Tuesday the case remains ongoing and no one has been arrested.
Police asked for the public’s help April 25 in finding a male suspect in a white van who reportedly abducted and sexually assaulted a teenage girl at 2 p.m. that day in Kalama Valley.
The girl told police she was jogging on a sidewalk when the assailant, wearing a ski mask, pointed a handgun at her, then kidnapped and sexually assaulted her.
She said she escaped and reported the assault to police. The girl was taken to a hospital for an exam after alleging rape.
Police did not say why questions about the girl’s account have emerged.
“Reports such as these are rare, and the HPD takes them very seriously,” Yu said. “Significant amounts of time and resources are expended to determine the facts and circumstances of an incident and to search for possible suspects.”
Boy, 7, critically hurt by vehicle in Mililani
A 7-year-old was struck and critically injured by a vehicle late Tuesday afternoon in Mililani.
Police said the boy ran from a driveway onto the roadway and into the path of a 2005 Hyundai multipurpose vehicle driven by a 73-year-old woman.
He was struck at low speed, then fell and hit his head on the pavement, police said.
The accident occurred on Kumumau Place at about 5:33 p.m. during daylight hours, police said.
The boy was taken by ambulance in critical condition to The Queen’s Medical Center.
Police said speed and alcohol are not factors in the accident.
