Ronald Mendeola was 28 when he was last seen in Kailua, Hawaii, on or about February 1, 1979. The early weeks of his disappearance produced almost no information, and the case went cold for decades as family and community members endured long uncertainty about what happened to him.

In 2003 new information prompted police to treat the disappearance as a homicide and opened a second-degree murder investigation. No arrests have been announced and Ronald’s remains have never been found, so the family still lacks a confirmed cause of death and a place to mourn.

Are there anyone in Kailua or the surrounding area who remember Ronald in 1979 or who may have information about his last known movements?