Moreira Mo Monsalve, 46, vanished from Wailuku, Maui in January 2014, leaving a young family without answers. The last known sighting was the evening of January 12 at the Wailuku apartment of her ex-boyfriend, Bernard Brown. Brown said Monsalve left between 10:00 and 10:30 p.m., claiming car trouble and that someone was coming to pick her up; her vehicle was left at his home.

When her daughter reported her missing on January 14, police recovered the car and found it in working order. On January 16, Moreira’s purse and personal effects were recovered from a dumpster at the nearby Velma McWayne Santos Community Center. Items included children’s birth certificates, bank statements, Mother’s Day cards, a work lanyard, and a phone that had been broken into pieces. Friends and family say Moreira had described her relationship with Brown as mentally abusive and had told a friend she was terrified of him.

Investigators focused on Brown, who later moved to California. Years passed with no sign of Moreira and her children continued searching and pushing for answers. What details from January 12 to 16 might still be reexamined by someone with information about Moreira’s last night or the items found in the dumpster?