Moses Kahiapo, 42, disappeared during a summer 1972 fishing trip from Heeia Kea Pier in Kaneohe, Hawaii. He and friend Arthur Allen launched a 17-foot white Reinell fiberglass double-hull boat to troll for aku about 15 to 20 miles offshore. Allen’s truck, Hawaii plate 59-041, was left in the pier parking lot when both men failed to return.

After weeks of search and rescue, the United States Coast Guard found Kahiapo and Allen’s boat abandoned at sea on October 3, 1972. The vessel’s recovery confirmed the men were missing, but provided no explanation for how the boat became adrift or what happened to either man. The Honolulu Police Department, case number 72-V85368, was unable to determine their fates.

Does anyone remember the Heeia Kea Pier area or the search efforts that summer and have information that might shed light on what happened to Moses Kahiapo?