Rowan Grey Makana Fehring Dingwall was 23 months old when floodwaters from the breached Kaloko Dam swept through his family’s six-acre property in Kauai County on the morning of March 14, 2006. He lived there with his parents, Aurora Solveig Fehring Dingwall and Alan Gareth Dingwall. Several guests were staying with the family at the time: Daniel Arroyo, his pregnant fiancée Christina Michelle MacNees, and Timothy Noonan; Aurora’s business partner Carl Rotstein was also present.

The dam failed after forty days of rain, releasing an estimated 400 million gallons of water that carried everyone on the property away. The bodies of Rowan’s parents and Christina MacNees were later recovered. Rowan, Daniel Arroyo, Timothy Noonan, and Carl Rotstein were never found and are presumed drowned. Investigators later determined the century-old dam, owned by businessman James Pflueger, had not been properly maintained and its spillway was covered; Pflueger was indicted and ultimately pleaded guilty to a felony reckless endangerment charge as part of the legal aftermath.