Christmas Eve, 1975. Kailua.
Twenty-seven-year-old Ingrid “Lori” Ostrenga was found strangled in her home, an electrical cord around her neck. Police noted she was a dancer at a Honolulu nightclub called El Morocco, and an avid horseback rider on Oahu’s Windward side.
Her name appeared in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin once, on January 1, 1976. And then—it disappeared from the public record.
Almost fifty years later, her case is still unsolved. HPD keeps her listed on their Cold Case page, waiting for someone to come forward.
Some details about Lori’s life—like a possible birth date, a middle name, and even her burial place—come only from community listings and have not been verified through official records. We’ve flagged those in this episode, because telling her story means sharing what we know, and acknowledging what we don’t.
If you knew Lori, her family, or remember the El Morocco club or Kailua’s horse circles in the 1970s, we invite you to reach out. Even a single memory might matter.
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Sources for this episode include:Honolulu Police Department Cold Case UnitHawaiʻi Crime Victims Compensation Commission (case 76-51)Honolulu Star-Bulletin archivesPublic obituaries of the Ostrenga family
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