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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Sunday, September 13, 2009

Tomorrow's walk, vigil to honor teen


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Iris Rodrigues-Kaikana

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A prayer walk and candlelight vigil in memory of Iris Rodrigues-Kaikana will be held at 5 p.m. tomorrow at the Kamehameha Homes public housing project on North King Street.

Rodrigues-Kaikana, 18, was found dead Aug. 24 in an alley next to the housing complex. The McKinley High School graduate was strangled and police later arrested Corbit Ahn on a murder charge.

Expected to take part in tomorrow's event are state Rep. John Mizuno, Yuki Kobayashi, the Honolulu Police Department and the family of Rodrigues-Kaikana. The family requested that the vigil be held where Rodrigues-Kaikana was found and that the area be blessed.

The public is invited to attend and is asked to bring candles. For information, call Mizuno at 586-6050.