HI Kainalu (Kai) Higbee, Pāʻia, 7 May 2022

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Missing Person: Maui police seek public help in locating Pāʻia man | Maui Now
The Maui Police Department is requesting the public’s assistance with information on the whereabouts of Kainalu Higbee, 41, of Pāʻia.

Higbee was reported missing by his family on Monday morning, May 16, 2022.

He was last seen at a Lahaina residence on Saturday, May 7, 2022, at approximately 11:30 p.m.

Police say a preliminary investigation reveals Higbee’s vehicle was towed on May 12, 2022, after it was observed unattended at a Front Street residence between May 8 and May 12, 2022.

Higbee is described as 6-feet tall, weighs about 185 pounds, and has brown hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing dark-colored board shorts and a white shirt.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Maui Police Department’s non-emergency number at 808-244-6400. If it’s an emergency, dial 911, and refer to MPD report #22-015637.

Wife determined to find husband Kainalu Higbee, who disappeared in Maui, Hawaii, over a month ago
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According to Samantha, Kai had struggled with substance abuse. “This last run, he was clean for about three months just working, you know, being good,” Samantha said. She told Dateline that on Friday, May 6, Kai had fallen off the wagon. “I told him to leave,” Samantha said. She added that she didn’t want her kids to see their father in that condition.

Samantha told Dateline that typically when Kai was using, he would often go to his mother’s house in Lahaina or a separate residence he rented nearby, to sober up.

On Saturday, May 7, Kai was at his mother’s house in Lahaina, which is about 45 minutes away from Pāʻia. It was the day before Mother’s Day. Earlier in the day, Samantha said Kai “was kind of doing his own thing.” But later on that night, Kai’s mother told Samantha that he gave her his phone, a hug, told her, “Happy Mother’s Day,” and left the house.

That was the last time anyone saw Kai.

“On the 12th I called Kai in as a missing person,” Samantha said. “I got really scared.” She told Dateline Kai’s white Toyota Tacoma was found abandoned in a Sunset Café parking garage near the Lahaina Harbor on Monday, May 12. She said his truck was unlocked and “his wallet was sitting on the seat, his driver's license, debit cards, credit cards, everything.” Which to Samantha, was all “really strange” and “not like him at all.”

Samantha said that Kai loved his truck. “He worked really hard for that truck,” she said. “He wouldn’t leave it like that.”

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View attachment 350345Missing Person: Maui police seek public help in locating Pāʻia man | Maui Now
The Maui Police Department is requesting the public’s assistance with information on the whereabouts of Kainalu Higbee, 41, of Pāʻia.

Higbee was reported missing by his family on Monday morning, May 16, 2022.

He was last seen at a Lahaina residence on Saturday, May 7, 2022, at approximately 11:30 p.m.

Police say a preliminary investigation reveals Higbee’s vehicle was towed on May 12, 2022, after it was observed unattended at a Front Street residence between May 8 and May 12, 2022.

Higbee is described as 6-feet tall, weighs about 185 pounds, and has brown hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing dark-colored board shorts and a white shirt.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Maui Police Department’s non-emergency number at 808-244-6400. If it’s an emergency, dial 911, and refer to MPD report #22-015637.

Wife determined to find husband Kainalu Higbee, who disappeared in Maui, Hawaii, over a month ago
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According to Samantha, Kai had struggled with substance abuse. “This last run, he was clean for about three months just working, you know, being good,” Samantha said. She told Dateline that on Friday, May 6, Kai had fallen off the wagon. “I told him to leave,” Samantha said. She added that she didn’t want her kids to see their father in that condition.

Samantha told Dateline that typically when Kai was using, he would often go to his mother’s house in Lahaina or a separate residence he rented nearby, to sober up.

On Saturday, May 7, Kai was at his mother’s house in Lahaina, which is about 45 minutes away from Pāʻia. It was the day before Mother’s Day. Earlier in the day, Samantha said Kai “was kind of doing his own thing.” But later on that night, Kai’s mother told Samantha that he gave her his phone, a hug, told her, “Happy Mother’s Day,” and left the house.

That was the last time anyone saw Kai.

“On the 12th I called Kai in as a missing person,” Samantha said. “I got really scared.” She told Dateline Kai’s white Toyota Tacoma was found abandoned in a Sunset Café parking garage near the Lahaina Harbor on Monday, May 12. She said his truck was unlocked and “his wallet was sitting on the seat, his driver's license, debit cards, credit cards, everything.” Which to Samantha, was all “really strange” and “not like him at all.”

Samantha said that Kai loved his truck. “He worked really hard for that truck,” she said. “He wouldn’t leave it like that.”

More at link.

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Samantha admitted Kai would sometimes leave for a few days, but she emphasized he’s never been gone this long. “He stays away until he sobers up,” Samantha told Dateline. “That’s, like, the most -- three days.” It’s now been more than a month.

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It’s also important to note that Kai and his twin, Ka’unalu, are identical, so the brothers are often mistaken for one another.

 

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DEC 5, 2022

https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/nine-years-dateline-s-missing-america-188-still-missing-n1301708

Kainalu Higbee

41-year-old Kainalu Higbee, also known as Kai, was last seen on May 7, 2022, in Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii. According to his wife, Samantha, the father of three struggled on and off with substance abuse. She told Dateline he “fell off the wagon” again on May 6, so she kicked him out of the house. Kai went to his mother's house in Lahaina to sober up. According to Samantha, on May 7, Kai gave his mother his phone, told her "Happy Mother's Day" and left the house. That was the last time anyone saw him. A few days later, his white Toyota Tacoma was found abandoned at a local restaurant near the Lahaina Harbor with all of his belongings still inside. In June, Samantha told Dateline that Kai loved his truck and would never abandon it. She said she fears something bad happened to her husband. In November 2022, Lieutenant Nicholas Angell with the Maui Police Department told Dateline in an email that Kai is still missing. Kai is 6’0,” 185 lbs., and has brown hair and eyes. He has a significant number of traditional Hawaiian tattoos on his legs, arm, chest and back, as well as his wife's name "Sammie" tattooed on his stomach. It’s also important to note that Kai has an identical twin brother, Ka’unalu, so the two are often mistaken for one another. Kai was last seen wearing dark-colored board shorts and a white shirt. Anyone with information regarding Kai’s disappearance is asked to contact the Maui Police Department at 808-244-6400.

 

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Kai has been added to NamUs.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

By bringing people, information, forensic science and technology together, NamUs helps resolve cases.

www.namus.gov