PAULINE GUILTY
A Hilo jury finds him guilty
By Dana Williams
of the murder, kidnapping and
rape of Dana Ireland
Star-BulletinHILO -- Frank Pauline Jr. is guilty of the Christmas Eve 1991 murder, rape and kidnapping of Dana Ireland, a Circuit Court jury found today.
After 5 weeks of testimony, the jury of six men and six women deliberated for about 14 hours over 2 days before returning the verdict before Circuit Judge Riki May Amano.
The jury found him guilty of second-degree murder, kidnapping and first-degree sexual assault.
Present in the courtroom was Ireland's family: her father, John, mother Louise, sister Sandy Ingham, and brother-in-law Jim.
After the verdict was read, John Ireland let out a sigh of relief and Louise Ireland put her hand on her husband's shoulder.
Dorothy Martins, the mother of 1992 murder victim Yvonne Mathison, another high-publicity case in Hilo, hugged John Ireland at the end of the hearing.
Pauline, 26, will be sentenced on Oct. 14. He faces life in prison with the possibility of parole for the second-degree murder charge.
Dana Ireland, 23, was on her bicycle heading to Vacationland subdivision in Puna when she was struck by a car, kidnapped, raped and then left for dead five miles away in the remote subdivision of Waawaa.
Pauline took the stand in his own defense during the trial and denied that he had any involvement in the case although he had previously confessed. He later recanted that confession.
Two brothers, Shawn and Albert Ian Schweitzer, implicated in the attack by Pauline, are scheduled for trial in connection with Ireland's death.
They will have separate trials: The first in November, the other in March.
Star-Bulletin reporter Crystal Kua contributed to this report. Dana Ireland Archive
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