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Carl Sawyer

Case from Honolulu, HI dated Feb 20, 1976

Victim Details

Carl Sawyer

January 30, 2022

Male

Hawaiian Native

Honolulu

HI

1976-02-20

1976-02-20

16

Carl

Sawyer

06/23/2026


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Carl Sawyer was a 16-year-old Native Hawaiian boy from Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, spending the evening of February 20, 1976 the way a lot of students do when the lights are up and the weekend feels close: at the Waipahu High School “Jack Rabbit Carnival,” moving through the noise and the crowd with friends. Later that night, whatever happened after the carnival pulled him away from the safety of the school grounds and into the dark just beyond it. 

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    It's been decades, and the case of Carl Sawyer still haunts Waipahu. I've been thinking about how Ca... ...Read More
    10/29/2024
    Wow, Carl's unsolved case is just haunting. It's really stuck with me how he was at this carnival ha... ...Read More
    03/19/2024
    It’s so tragic that this case hasn’t been solved even after all these years. Carl was only 16 - ... ...Read More
    07/21/2023
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