I wish she would have gone with someone else that day. I think she waded in the water and likely lost her footing. Like they said, she wasn't a swimmer. So sad.

Kumiko Kurimoto, a 49-year-old resident of Kailua, Hawaii, was last seen on March 14, 2000. Described as petite at 5 feet 4 inches and about 95 pounds with black hair and brown eyes, she was observed walking purposefully toward Kailua Beach that day. Her towel and slippers were later found on the sand, but Kumiko herself never reappeared.

Investigators note she was not a swimmer and typically stayed in knee-deep water, and the prevailing theory is that she may have suffered a fatal accident in the ocean and been carried away by currents. Extensive searches failed to recover her remains, and there has been no activity on her Social Security number since her disappearance. The case remains unsolved.

If anyone was in the Kailua Beach area on March 14, 2000, or has information about Kumiko’s movements that day, please come forward.