On June 12, 1995, Adrian Cheong, a 20-year-old Asian male, was last seen in Honolulu, Hawaii, in the Waikiki area near Kuhio Beach Park. He had gone into the ocean to boogie board, wearing green shorts, in surf reported to be about six to eight feet. What began as a day in the water became a moment of alarm when Adrian was seen having trouble making his way back to shore. Witness information indicated that he never exited the water, and from that point forward, he was considered missing.
NamUs lists Adrian as a missing person from Honolulu, with his date of last contact recorded as June 12, 1995.
Adrian was described as 5 feet 7 inches tall and about 115 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. The known details of his disappearance center on the ocean conditions and the last sighting of him struggling offshore. After he was reported missing, search efforts were conducted, but Adrian was not found. Six days later, on June 18, 1995, his boogie board reportedly washed ashore at Mokuleia Beach Park, roughly 35 miles from the area where he had last been seen, a painful discovery that confirmed something connected to him had traveled far from Waikiki while leaving his loved ones without answers.
The Honolulu Police Department is listed as the investigating agency, with the case associated with agency case number 95-245433. Honolulu police also maintain public cold case resources and direct anyone with information about unresolved cases to contact the department’s Cold Case Unit or Honolulu CrimeStoppers for anonymous reporting. CrimeStoppers Honolulu likewise asks that information about missing persons be reported through its tip channels, including its phone line and web tip option.
Years have passed since Adrian disappeared, but the available public record remains focused on that single day in the surf: a young man in Waikiki, a struggle to return to shore, a search that did not bring him home, and a boogie board later found far away on Oahu’s North Shore. NamUs identifies Adrian’s case as MP136257 and describes NamUs as a national clearinghouse used to help resolve missing, unidentified, and unclaimed person cases across the United States. Adrian Cheong’s case remains a Honolulu missing person case marked by limited public details, a clear last known location, and the enduring hope that any surviving information from June 12, 1995, may still help explain what happened to him.Last Seen: Jun 12, 1995
