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The Honolulu Advertiser
Updated at 8:05 p.m., Monday, October 27, 2008

Waianae murder victim died of ruptured spleen

Advertiser Staff

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Henry Leroy Mara

Courtesty of Honolulu CrimeStoppers

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A 47-year-old man died Sept. 19 of a ruptured spleen from blunt force injury to the torso, according to the Honolulu Medical Examiner's office.

Henry Leroy Mara of Wai'anae died at Hawaii Medical Center-West after complaining of illness while in police custody. The death is being investigated as a homicide.

A police internal investigation has found no wrongdoing on HPD's part regarding Mara's arrest for trespass on a commercial property in Kapolei. Investigators suspect Mara suffered the injury before Sept. 19.

Honolulu CrimeStoppers is still seeking information from anyone who may have seen Mara on Sept. 19 between 6 and 7 a.m. in either Ma'ili or Kapolei at 955-8300 or *CRIME on a cellular phone.