HPD investigating death of Southwest flight attendant in Waikiki

Aug 25, 2026

Honolulu police have opened an unattended death investigation after a Southwest Airlines flight attendant was found dead in Waikiki, and her family says the official account does not add up.

  • Jenny Lupton, 50, of Cleveland, Oklahoma, was found dead on Thursday.
  • Her family was told she fell from the 24th floor of the Hilton Hawaiian Village and landed in a waste bin.
  • Relatives are asking Oklahoma's attorney general to press for a fuller investigation, calling the death suspicious.
  • The family points out she got a new tattoo that same night and was making plans to return home to have it finished, and that her teenage son was the center of her life.

Outlook: Honolulu's homicide detail is still working the case, and the family's push could bring pressure from Oklahoma officials for a deeper review.

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