Hawaiian man released after 30 years in prison for a murder that denied committing, celebrates with a steak dinner
AND Hawaiian man He was released after spending 30 years in prison for murder, he says he did not commit, and some of the first things he did after release enjoyed the dinner from a steak and visited his mother’s grave.
Gordon Cordiiro had his freedom secured on Friday after the judge ordered him released in the light of the new DNA evidence that led to the reset of his belief in the fatal shooting of Timothy Blaisdella on the island of Maui.
Cordeir’s mother, Paulette, died in September 1994, a month before her son was arrested. She died at the age of 49 from ALS, often called Lou Gehrig’s disease. Cordeiro and his sisters turned to care for her before he passed.
“Thank you for looking at me,” Cordiro recalled, saying on her grave just hours after release on Friday, he told Associated Press. “Preservation of me safe.”
Gordon Cordeiro, who spent 30 years in prison for murder, said he was not committed, visited his mother’s grave on Friday, February 21, 2025, in Makawau, Hawaii, hours after the judge ordered his release. (Denise Cordiiro via AP)
Cordiro said he was often thinking about his mother during his time behind bars. He said that he was building shelves for her family with her when Blaisdell was shot and killed during a drug contract.
After enjoying the dinner from the steaks into the steak houses and visited his mother’s grave, he celebrated with his father’s family with his father’s house. The next day he went to the graves of other relatives and traveled to Costco.
“I feel normal,” Associated Press said.
Maui, however, has changed a lot during his prison, Cordeiro said, stating that the historic city of Lahaina destroyed the fire in 2023.
He also pointed out that technology and its consumption changed.
“Everyone is looking at their phones,” he said.
Gordon Cordiiro enjoys the dinner at Pradak’s houses on Friday, February 21, 2025, at Kahului on Hawaii, a few hours after the judge ordered him released for new evidence. (AP)
Cordiiro had only a reporter before being sent to prison. He has a smartphone now, but he said he “doesn’t stare at him yet. He continues to make a sound signal and messages to come in, and it’s different.”
Judge Kirstin Hamman announced on Friday that Cordiro had left the punishment and would be released from custody. She ruled that new evidence, including DNA test results, is likely to change the outcome of the second trial.
District prosecutor Maui Andrew Martin said he was planning to complain and ask that he was guaranteed to be handed over to Cordeira.
Cordeiro’s The first trial Ended in a jury hanged, because only one juror voted to condemn him. He was later found guilty of murder, robbery and attempted murder, and was sentenced to life without a conditional discharge.
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Gordon Cordiiro was released after the judge ordered him released in the light of the new DNA evidence that led to the undoing of his belief in the fatal shooting of Timothy Blaisdella in 1994. (East)
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After conviction, a new testimony to physical evidence from the scene excluded it as a DNA source on Blaisdell’s body and other evidence of a crime sceneAccording to the Hawaii Innocence project. The DNA profile of an unidentified person was also found on the internal pockets of Blaisdell jeans.
“Thank God for the new DNA,” Cordeiro said on Saturday. “Technology is great.”
Cordeiro said his immediate plans include repairing a car, helping his father’s house and “maybe a little return to the community.”
Associated Press contributed to this report.
