| 2024 Manoa murders | |
|---|---|
 The Oda family | |
| Location | Manoa, Hawaii, United States |
| Date | March 10, 2024 |
Attack type | Mass murder, familicide, murder-suicide |
| Weapon | Knife |
| Deaths | 5 (including the perpetrator) |
| Injured | 0 |
| Perpetrator | Paris Oda |
| Motive | Financial distress |
On March 10, 2024, a familicide occurred in Manoa, Hawaii, a neighborhood of Honolulu. Paris Oda (46) murdered his wife Naoko (48) and their three children, Sakurako (17), Orion (12), and Nana (10) before killing himself in a murder-suicide. [1] Oda used a kitchen knife to fatally stab himself and his family. [2] It is Hawaii's deadliest mass killing since the Xerox murders in 1999.
Police first received an anonymous call at 8:30 am regarding an argument and screaming within the home. [3] Officers were sent to the home at 8:34 am. When the officers arrived, they knocked on the door however there was no answer and they were not able to locate the caller. Officers heard no screaming and so left the scene. The 911 caller has called from an international phone number so the officers were unable to call back. [4] The same caller later called again and police returned to the house at 9:15 am and met the caller, a tenant who lived inside the house. At the time between 2-2:30am the tenant heard screaming while she was inside her room. She stated that when the officers first arrived she was too scared to leave her room as blood was seeping underneath her bedroom door. The officers found the front door locked, but were able to make out an unresponsive person through a window. The officers entered the house through the back door where they found Paris dead lying in the hallway with stab wounds. After searching the whole house the officers soon discovered the bodies. [5] They found Naoko, Sakurako, Orion, and Nana dead with stab wounds all over them. All the victims had defense wounds on their hands and wrists. [4]
Paris was under severe financial trouble in 2023, and in February of 2024, he revealed to his wife that he had not paid taxes in years, while telling relatives that he would rather die than go to prison for unpaid taxes. He also said that “he wanted to kill his family and burn the house down.” He had texted his wife in February that they needed a plan to "do it" and take his children with them because he believed no one could take better care of them than himself. Paris unsuccessfully attempted to purchase a firearm in March. [5] [6] He did not have any history of violence. [7]