The Murder Of Masumi Watanabe
Victim Masumi Watanabe & Defendant Kirk Matthew Lankford
In April, 2007, 21-year-old Masumi Watanabe disappeared while walking home from volunteering at a local elementary school in Pupukea, Hawaii. To date, her body has never been recovered.
Masumi was a young Japanese woman who was visiting a relative in Hawaii in the Spring of 2007. She had poor vision and wore very distinct silver-framed prescription glasses. Her glasses played a significant role in the investigation and conviction of Kirk Matthew Lankford for Masumi’s murder. Honolulu, Hawaii Prosecuting Attorney Peter Carlisle secured the conviction of Lankford.
Peter Carlisle & his daughter Aspen
Listen to the November 13, 2009 episode of American D.A. – LIVE as Prosecutor Carlisle discusses the investigation and prosecution of Lankford with host Jack Pattie, Fayette Commonwealth’s Attorney Ray Larson and special guest Aspen Carlisle, a law student at the University of Kentucky’s College of Law and daughter of Peter Carlisle.
Click here to listen to the program.
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