In the community of Pearl City, Hawaii, the disappearance of Gilbert Paul Caravallo has left his family with unanswered questions. At the time he went missing, he was 35 years old and lived with his mother, Paulette, near Kamahao Place. The last time his mother saw him was on the morning of October 6, 2004, as she was leaving for work. Later that day, Gilbert was reportedly with friends.
He and a friend named Larry were walking to a nearby store when another friend, Hans, picked them up in his red Nissan truck. After their stop at the store, they returned to Gilbert's home. Larry left a short time later, and what transpired after his departure remains unclear. The last known activity from Gilbert was a call made from his cell phone at 4:22 p.m. that same day.
The days that followed Gilbert's disappearance were filled with worry and a search for answers. When a week had passed with no word from her son, Paulette questioned Hans, the friend who had given him a ride. Initially, Hans claimed not to have seen Gilbert in a couple of months, but when confronted with the fact that others had seen them together, he admitted to dropping him off at home on the day he went missing. This inconsistency raised suspicion among Gilbert's family. Adding to the family's distress, Gilbert had a court date in October for a weapons offense from 2003 that he subsequently missed, leading to a warrant for his arrest. His family insists he would not have voluntarily missed this court appearance.
Despite the passage of time, the investigation into Gilbert Caravallo's disappearance remains open. An extensive search of the mountains above Royal Summit, an area Gilbert was known to frequent, was conducted but yielded no findings. The Honolulu Police Department has received some reported sightings of him, leading to a belief that he might still be alive, though none of these sightings have been confirmed. The case is complicated by the conflicting account from one of the last people known to have seen him and the outstanding warrant for his arrest. With little physical evidence, the circumstances surrounding his vanishing continue to be a painful mystery for his loved ones and the community. The official classification of his case is that of an endangered missing person.Last Seen: Oct 6, 2004
