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In the late winter of 1979, a young man named Gary Ota disappeared from his home in Honolulu, Hawaii, leaving behind a life that seemed full of promise. At the age of 19, Gary was an art student at the University of Hawaii and held a part-time job at the Outrigger Hotel in Waikiki. By all accounts, he was a young man without any significant troubles or known issues that would suggest a reason for him to vanish. The last confirmed sighting of Gary was on the evening of March 3, 1979, when he was ...Read More
Last Seen: Mar 03, 1979

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Victim Details

Apr 26, 2021

Jul 07, 2023

Gary

Ota

65

19

68 inches

120 lbs

Asian

Male

Mar 03, 1979

Honolulu

Hawaii

Honolulu County

96825

No

104174

Honolulu Police Department

Honolulu

Hawaii

Honolulu County

96813

Michael Garcia

Detective

801 South Beretania Street, Hawaii

8085293111

Local

Law Enforcement

http://www.honolulupd.org

79-K83589

1979-03-03

Honolulu Police Department

6712

Black

Brown

Brown

05/24/2026


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