HI HI - Rick Calhau, 29, Kane'ohe, 18 November 1996

[TheArtfulDetective]

Rick Calhau



Case Classification: Endangered Missing / Suspected Homicide
Missing Since: November 18, 1996
Location Last Seen: Kane'ohe, Oahu, Hawaii

Physical Description
Date of Birth: circa 1967
Age: 29 years old
Race: Caucasian/Asian (Japanese)
Gender: Male
Height: 5/8
Weight: 170-180 lbs
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Brown
Nickname/Alias: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Unknown

Identifiers
Dentals: Unknown
Fingerprints: Unknown
DNA: Unknown

Clothing & Personal Items
Clothing: A black jacket with "Tyson-Holyfield" printed on it, blue denim shorts, and black Shawn Kemp basketball shoes.
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown

Circumstances of Disappearance
Calhau was last seen by his wife at their home on Mokulele Drive in Kane'ohe. He had told her he was going to a friend's home in Kalihi, but never returned. Calhau's 1992 brown Ford pickup was found the following day in Aiea on Koauka Street near Our Savior Lutheran Church on Moanalua Road. He has never been heard from again.

Investigating Agency(s)
Agency Name: Honolulu Crimestoppers
(808) 955-8300

Agency Name: Honolulu Police Department
(808) 529-3111
Agency Case Number: 96-448156

NamUs Case Number: #MP52696
NCIC Case Number: Unknown

1723DMHI - Rick Calhau
Missing Person / NamUs #MP52696


Rick Calhau disappearance - Newspapers.com

 

[TheArtfulDetective]

Updated details of disappearance via The Charley Project

Details of Disappearance
Calhau was last seen leaving his Kane'ohe, Hawaii home in his pickup truck at 10:10 p.m. on November 18, 1996. He told his wife he was going to visit friends in Kalihi and would be back in an hour. He has never been heard from again.

The next day, Calhau's brown 1992 Ford pickup truck with the Hawaii license plate number FYS 043 was found parked at the intersection of Koauka Street and Moanalua Road in front of the Our Savior Lutheran Church. A photo of it is posted with this case summary.

Calhau's disappearance may have a connection to his friend Michael John Miske Jr. In May 1995, Miske was driving Calhau's car when he assaulted and attempted to abduct a police officer who stopped him for speeding. The next day, Calhau reported his car stolen, saying that although Miske was a good friend and he'd lent him the car before, he did not have permission to be driving it that night. When the police questioned him further, he contacted an attorney and refused to speak further on the case. In August 1995, both Miske and Calhau were arrested and charged with second-degree terroristic threatening, but the charges were eventually dismissed when the complaining witness failed to appear in court.

Miske reached a plea deal in the abduction case; he pleaded guilty to kidnapping, assault and speeding and in January 1996 he was sentenced to five years of probation. The following year he went back to court to amend his guilty plea to a no contest plea.

Six months after Miske amended his plea, Calhau went missing. He owned The Tint Shop, an auto glass tinting company. In November 1998, two years after Calhau's disappearance, the registration of the trade name of his business expired. In 1999, Miske registered a new company of his own, also an auto glass tinting business called The Tint Shop. Six months later, he started a pest control business as well.

Investigators believe that for years, Miske used his pest control business as the headquarters for his criminal enterprise, which involved drug trafficking, abduction, murder-for-hire, robbery, extortion, money laundering and bank fraud. In 2017, he was arrested and charged with murder in aid of racketeering, murder for hire conspiracy resulting in death, kidnapping using a facility of interstate commerce resulting in death, and conspiracy to commit kidnapping among other offenses. Authorities believe he orchestrated the abduction and murder of Jonathan Fraser, who disappeared in 2016 and was never found.

Miske is awaiting trial in Fraser's presumed death. He hasn't been named as a suspect in Calhau's disappearance, but authorities believe Calhau disappeared under suspicious circumstances. His case remains unsolved.

Rick Calhau – The Charley Project

 

[JerseyGirl]

Miske Organized Crime Trial Pushed To 2024

A new attorney is now leading Mike Miske's defense team and needs more time to get up to speed

www.civilbeat.org

 

[Pennysmom1]

Still missing

Missing Person / NamUs #MP52696

View NamUs missing person case MP52696 for Rick Calhau missing from Kaneohe, Hawaii. Date of last contact: Nov 18, 1996. NCMEC case number: --.

namus.nij.ojp.gov

Rick Calhau – The Charley Project

<<Miske was convicted of all charges against him in 2024 and sentenced to life in prison. He hasn't been named as a suspect in Calhau's disappearance, but authorities believe Calhau disappeared under suspicious circumstances. His case remains unsolved.>>

1723DMHI - Rick Calhau

Identifiers​

Dentals: Available
Fingerprints: Unknown
DNA: Unknown

 

[CooperDyl]

Still missing

Missing Person / NamUs #MP52696

View NamUs missing person case MP52696 for Rick Calhau missing from Kaneohe, Hawaii. Date of last contact: Nov 18, 1996. NCMEC case number: --.

namus.nij.ojp.gov

Rick Calhau – The Charley Project

<<Miske was convicted of all charges against him in 2024 and sentenced to life in prison. He hasn't been named as a suspect in Calhau's disappearance, but authorities believe Calhau disappeared under suspicious circumstances. His case remains unsolved.>>

1723DMHI - Rick Calhau

Identifiers​

Dentals: Available
Fingerprints: Unknown
DNA: Unknown

Worth noting of Miske that after he was found guilty to charges (unrelated to Calhau) and sentenced to life in prison, Miske died in federal custody of a fentanyl OD.

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[spartanx]

Worth noting of Miske that after he was found guilty to charges (unrelated to Calhau) and sentenced to life in prison, Miske died in federal custody of a fentanyl OD.

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And he most likely killed him and also took the name of his business... I imagine they took him by force and threw him unconscious or awake onto some reef or cliff, dying in the sea, never to be found again...