Laura A. Vogel, 43, an experienced science teacher with a master’s degree in wildlife biology, disappeared on Maui after a camping trip on February 21, 2010. That afternoon she visited a friend and said she planned to camp near the Paulelehua Lighthouse on the island’s north end. She was last known to be wearing a dusky blue t-shirt and dark grey sweatpants and sent a text at 8:20 p.m. saying she was camping near the Birthday Pools and meeting locals.

The next morning her van was found near a homeless camp by the Paulelehua Lighthouse with the key in the ignition and the driver’s door open. Her laptop and surfboards remained in the vehicle but her wallet was missing. Her phone showed two brief calls that night to a transient man living in a van nearby who had a prior history of sexual assault and aggressive behavior; he denied involvement and an administered polygraph was reported as inconclusive and uncooperative. Searchers later recovered broken pieces of her phone and one slipper near the cliffs by the Birthday Pools, but no further trace of her was found despite extensive searches.

What information do readers who knew Laura or spent time near the Paulelehua Lighthouse in February 2010 have that might help clarify what happened that night?