Myron K. Nakao, a 51-year-old Asian / Pacific Islander man, spent the evening of July 23, 1997 in Honolulu’s Keeaumoku area and was last seen at a bar. Later that night, about 9:45 p.m., he was found unconscious on the sidewalk near Makaloa and Amana Streets in the Ala Moana area and taken to The Queen’s Medical Center in critical condition; he died there on Friday. Investigators described his injuries as a beating with multiple contusions to the face and said he may have been struck with a blunt instrument. In the days after his death the medical examiner had not issued an official cause of death. What happened between the bar and that stretch of Makaloa Street has not been publicly explained, and police said robbery was unlikely because Nakao was found with his wallet and credit cards. No suspect names, arrests, or charges have been reported and the killing remains an unresolved homicide.

If anyone knew Nakao, saw him that night, or has information about his movements between Keeaumoku and Makaloa Street, please share what you know.