Hawaii's Missing: Her Last Call Went to a Number Unused for 10 Years

A slipper on a sea cliff. A phone cover in the rocks. And one last call, made that night, to a number its owner says he had not used in ten years. In Hawaii, people vanish from the most beautiful places on earth, and the records they leave behind raise more questions than they answer. This is a documentary episode about real missing persons cases on Maui, the Big Island, Kauai and Oahu: hikers, travelers and residents who walked into volcano country, sea cliffs and rainforest valleys and never came home. We go through what the public record actually shows, the details that do not fit, and the Hawaiian beliefs about the land that islanders still take seriously, from Pele and Poliahu to the night marchers. THE PEOPLE IN THIS EPISODE Still missing • 1999 · John Cameron Reece · Kohala valleys, Big Island • 1999 · Atticus Louis Pearson · Hanakapiai Valley, Kauai • 2003 · Timothy Lynch · Chain of Craters Road, Big Island • 2004 · Bradford Turek · Hanakapiai Valley, Kauai • 2005 · Daniel Marks · Kalalau Valley, Kauai • 2006 · Piotr Drabik · Kauai • 2008 · Jesse Pinegar · Kalalau Trail, Kauai • 2010 · Laura Vogel · Pauwela Point, Maui • 2013 · Ilya Lomov · Kalalau Valley, Kauai • 2015 · Daylenn "Moke" Pua · Haiku Stairs, Oahu • 2018 · Alex Gumm · Kauai • 2019 · Khiara Henry · Waianapanapa State Park, Maui • 2019 · Kyle Brittain · Waipio Valley, Big Island • 2021 · Samuel Martinez · Kokee and the Kalalau area, Kauai • John Parsons · Waimalu Ditch Trail, Oahu Found • 2005 · Gilbert Gaedcke · Kilauea lava fields (found alive after five days) • 2007 · Brian Murphy · Mauna Kea (remains found 2013) • 2019 · Amanda Eller · Makawao Forest Reserve, Maui (found alive after 17 days) • 2019 · Noah "Kekai" Mina · West Maui Mountains (found deceased) ABOUT THIS VIDEO This is an educational documentary. Every case is drawn from public sources: police and park releases, missing persons databases and news reporting, listed below. Where sources disagree on dates, distances or details, we say so on screen rather than choose one. Case statuses are accurate as of October 2026. Hawaiian legends and beliefs are presented as cultural history and folklore, not as explanations of any case. Nobody named in this video has been accused of anything by us, and nothing here should be read as an accusation. Narration is produced with the help of AI voice tools; research, writing and fact-checking are done by our team. If you spot an error, tell us in the comments and we will correct it. SOURCES USED IN THIS EPISODE • The Charley Project and NamUs — case files on Khiara Henry, Timothy Lynch, Atticus Pearson, Bradford Turek, Alex Gumm and Daylenn Pua • The Doe Network — Atticus Pearson • Locations Unknown — missing persons in U.S. national parks and wilderness areas • Maui County and Kauai County police — missing persons listings • CNN, CBS News and ABC News — Laura Vogel (2010) • The Maui News — Laura Vogel search (2017) • Maui Now and Hawaii Public Radio — Khiara Henry, Amanda Eller (2019–2021) • Outside Online and ABC News — Amanda Eller and Noah Mina (2019, 2024) • CBS News — Noah "Kekai" Mina (2019) • KHON2, Hawaii News Now, ABC News and NBC News — Kyle Brittain (2019) • Hawaii News Now and Big Island Now — Brian Murphy (2007, 2013) • Hawaii County Police Department — Timothy Lynch (2003) • CBS News — Gilbert Gaedcke (2005) • KHON2 and Hawaii News Now — Arman Johnson (2005, 2015) • National Park Service incident reports and Hawaii 24/7 — Hawaii Volcanoes National Park • NBC News — Mauna Loa rescue (2014) • SFGATE and Honolulu Civil Beat — Kalalau Trail cases, Daylenn Pua, Alex Gumm (2020–2024) • Hawaii News Now — Daniel Marks and the Kauai cases (2008); John Parsons • Beat of Hawaii and SFGATE — Samuel Martinez (2021–2022) • All That's Interesting — Daylenn Pua (2025) #Hawaii #MissingPersons #Missing411 #Echo-7