After Cordeiro’s conviction, new testing on physical evidence from the scene excluded him as the source of DNA on Blaisdell’s body and other crime scene evidence, the Hawaii Innocence Project said, and a DNA profile of an unidentified person was found on the inside pockets of Blaisdell’s jeans.
(Kenneth Lawson via AP)] Released on Friday following the introduction of new DNA evidence that overturned his 1994 conviction for the shooting death of Timothy Blaisdell on Maui, Cordeiro spoke about his newfound freedom in a videoconference interview on Saturday.
After 30 years in prison for a murder he vehemently denied, Gordon Cordeiro’s first stop as a free man was poignant: his mother’s gravesite in Hawaii.
Cordeiro said he thought constantly about his mother — who died at age 49 from ALS, often called Lou Gehrig’s disease — during his years behind bars.
For now, Cordeiro said, his immediate plans include fixing cars, helping with his dad's house and “maybe giving back to the community a little bit.”.
