Daniel Patrick DeSimone, known to family as Danny, was 45 when he vanished from the Pahoa area of Hawaii’s Big Island in spring 2005. A Nanawale Estates resident in Puna, he left home around 10:00 a.m. and was last seen between 3:00 and 4:00 p.m. that afternoon in downtown Pahoa. Daniel had autism and was described as mentally handicapped; he collected cans and bottles for cash and several downtown merchants reported giving him cans that day.

He was about 5 feet 8 inches to 5 feet 9 inches tall, 170 to 180 pounds, with brown balding hair, blue eyes and a horseshoe-shaped scar on his nose. Reports differ on why he left that day—either to collect cans as usual or after an argument with his brother—and it was said to be unusual that he went out without his fanny pack. Possible but unconfirmed sightings on Kauai were reported in the months after his disappearance. The Hawaii Police Department handled the investigation and the case remains unsolved.

Did anyone in the Pahoa or Kauai communities remember seeing Daniel around spring 2005 or know more about where he might have gone?