Gary Hoffman, 43, disappeared in a remote part of Maui in late summer 2019 after parking his van on the side of Kula Highway near mile marker 20. Reports place his last confirmed sightings in the ʻUlupalakua Ranch area sometime between August 19 and August 23, 2019; he was formally reported missing on Friday, August 23, 2019. Hoffman is described as a 6 feet 4 inches Caucasian male, about 170 pounds, with brown hair, hazel eyes and distinctive tattoos including a dragon on the right side of his neck, another dragon on the right side of his chest, and a cross on his chest. He may have had a goatee or may have been clean-shaven when he vanished.

Witnesses said he walked off into a field, heading down the mountain from where he parked, and was never seen again. He did not contact friends or family, missed a scheduled court date, and there is no evidence he used commercial transportation to leave Maui. Searches of the rugged ʻUlupalakua Ranch terrain by law enforcement turned up no clues. If anyone saw Gary in the Kula or ʻUlupalakua Ranch area around August 19–23, 2019, or has information about his movements that week, please come forward.