Betty Shigeno was 64 years old when she was last known to have been in Honolulu, Hawaii, on April 7, 1985. Public missing-person records identify her case as NamUs MP93397 and place her last known location in the Honolulu area, with Uncovered also listing Honolulu and the same date of disappearance. She was described as an Asian woman with gray or partially gray hair and brown eyes, standing about 4 feet 11 inches tall and weighing approximately 90 pounds.
These details form the basic identifying portrait left behind in the public record: an older woman of small stature, living in a busy urban part of Oahu, whose absence became a matter for police investigation.
The available case information says Betty lived alone and was reported to have been suffering from a mental illness. On April 7, 1985, she left her apartment without notifying anyone, and from that point forward, there is no public indication that she was seen or heard from again. The wording of the official case summary is spare, but it points to the vulnerability at the center of her disappearance: Betty was alone, elderly, and dealing with health challenges when she left the place where she lived. Her clothing was listed as unknown, and no vehicle was reported as involved, leaving few public clues about how far she may have traveled or what direction she may have gone after leaving her apartment.
The Honolulu Police Department is listed as the investigating agency, and the case was reported several days after Betty’s last known contact. Publicly available case entries continue to preserve her name, identifying information, and missing-person number, which suggests that the known public record has remained limited over time. There are no widely available online details describing a confirmed sighting, a destination, a companion, or a clear explanation for why she left. What remains is the painful uncertainty familiar to long-term missing-person cases: a person disappeared from ordinary surroundings, and the years that followed did not bring the public answers needed by those who cared about her.
Betty’s case is especially quiet in the public record, but that silence should not diminish the human weight of what happened. She was not simply a case number or an entry in a database; she was a 64-year-old woman whose life was interrupted in a way that left unanswered questions behind. The known facts are few but important: Betty Shigeno lived alone in Honolulu, was reportedly struggling with mental illness, left her apartment without notice on April 7, 1985, had no known vehicle involved, and has remained listed in public missing-person sources under NamUs MP93397. In overview, this is the case of an elderly Honolulu woman who vanished after leaving home, with limited public evidence, no clear trail, and a long-standing need for information that could explain where she went and what happened after she disappeared.Last Seen: Apr 7, 1985
