An update on past news
Wednesday, October 2, 1996
Wednesday, October 2, 1996
ANSWER: Moeller was paroled Oct. 2, 1985, from Laumaka, a halfway house across from Oahu Community Correctional Center, after years as a model prisoner. He married in 1986 and worked in Kaneohe as a welder. In July 1988, he moved to the mainland, where he subsequently attended college and graduated with a 3.56 grade-point average in biblical studies.
He was discharged from parole April 6, 1990, on recommendation of a mainland parole officer, through an interstate cooperative arrangement, and for good behavior.
Moeller on March 12, 1968, entered a guilty plea to second- degree murder in the July 3, 1965, shooting spree. Moeller, then age 23, had fired a rifle from a vantage point above Pali Lookout, killing a policeman and injuring two other officers and four tourists.
On April 19, 1968, the court sentenced him to a 50-year prison term, and later that year the parole authority set his minimum at 17 1/2 years. While an inmate, Moeller was active in church work, assisted instructors in the Hoomana School for inmates and earned a college associate degree.
He was monitored by parole officers following release and discharged from parole after five successful years.