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It’s not an episode of “NCIS: Hawaii” — but if the connection attracts enough publicity to help solve a cold-case killing on Oahu, it could help. The Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) has issued a public call for assistance on an unsolved, 44-year-old case: The deaths of Lance Cpl. Lawrence “Larry” Martens and Lance Cpl. Rodney “Rocky” Padilla, last seen alive leaving the Kaneohe Marine Corps base on Sept. 7, 1980, whose bodies were found the next day at Maunalua Bay Beach Park.
Tips can be reported at ncis.navy.mil.