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Kainalu Higbee Missing Person Case

Last seen in Lahaina, Hawaii on May 07, 2022

Victim Details

Mar 27, 2025

Apr 08, 2025

Kainalu

Higbee

45

41

72 inches

73 inches

180 lbs

190 lbs

Hawaiian / Pacific Islander

Male

May 07, 2022

Lahaina

Hawaii

Maui County

Lahaina

No

166276

Maui County Police Department

Wailuku

Hawaii

Maui County

96793

James Taylor

Police Officer

55 Mahalani Street, Hawaii

8082446400

County

Law Enforcement

https://www.mauicounty.gov/122/Police-Department

22-015637

2022-05-16

Maui County Police Department

8536

Black

Brown

Brown

07/14/2026


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In the late evening, a sense of unease began to settle over the family of Kainalu Higbee, a 41-year-old man from Pāʻia, Maui. On May 6, 2022, following a disagreement with his wife at their home, he was asked to go to his mother's residence in Lahaina. He departed in his white Toyota Tacoma. He stayed with his mother until approximately 11:30 p.m. the following night, at which point he left her home. Before leaving, he gave his mother his cell phone and wished her a happy Mother's Da ...
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