On July 6, 1985, 19-year-old Diane Yayoe Suzuki vanished without a trace from the Rosalie Woodson Dance Academy in Aiea, Hawaii.
Her purse was still there. Her car was still there.
But Diane was gone.
Despite intensive searches, forensic advances, and a key suspect, her case remains one of Hawaii’s most heartbreaking unsolved mysteries.
In this episode of Beneath the Palms, we explore:
Diane’s life, passion for dance, and the final day she was seen.
The massive search effort and the eerie forensic discoveries.
The prime suspect who was never charged—and the unanswered questions that still linger.
How Diane’s disappearance changed the way missing persons cases were handled across Hawaii.
👤 Have Information? Contact Authorities:📞 Honolulu Police Department: 808-529-3111
📞 CrimeStoppers Honolulu: 808-955-8300
🌐 National Missing & Unidentified Persons System (NamUs): Visit NamUs
🔗 Sources & References:📰 PBS Hawaiʻi – "What School You Went? Podcast: The Disappearance of Diane Suzuki"
📖 Wikipedia – "Disappearance of Diane Suzuki"
🌐 The Charley Project – "Diane Yayoe Suzuki"
📰 KHON2 News – "Modern technology could shed light on 30-year cold case"
🎙️ Always Time for True Crime Podcast – "The Murder of Diane Suzuki"
🎵 Music Credit:
🎶 Intro & Outro Music: Obsession by Yoza
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📸 Follow Yoza on Instagram → @YozaMusic
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🎙 Coming Up Next:
🎧 004 | The Sarah Joe Mystery: Hawaii’s Most Puzzling Lost-at-Sea Case
A fishing trip off Maui turns into one of Hawaii’s most puzzling maritime mysteries when five men vanish without a trace—only for one to be discovered years later on a remote atoll. What really happened to the crew of the Sarah Joe?
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