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[Jenn]

http://www.bigisland...926carfound.htm

Sedan of missing woman found at bottom of Hakalau cliff

October 11, 2008 - Hawaii County Police press release - Hakalau, Hawaii





On Friday (October 10) Hawaii County police, acting on a tip from a local Fisherman, located a four-door sedan with extensive damage at the bottom of a 120-foot cliff in Hakalau on the Hilo side of the old mill site.

Fire Rescue personnel rappelled down the cliff, but due to hazardous wave conditions in the area, could not locate anyone in the vehicle. Police suspected that the vehicle might be a blue 1995 Chevy Corsica 4-door sedan last operated by Marlo Moku, who was reported missing on September 23.

A check was done of the immediate area around the site using a Fire Department helicopter but no one could be located. Detectives also combed the area for further evidence using the Police Department's scent discriminating canine trained in both live person and cadaver scent capabilities. On Saturday, (October 11) using a Huey Helicopter owned by a Maui company, the car was recovered from its location at the bottom of the cliff. It was hauled to the top of the cliff for inspection by detectives. Fire rescue personnel used cutting tools to access the trunk and passenger compartment.

No one was found in the vehicle. A check on the Vehicle Identification Number revealed the registered owner to be Marlo K. Moku.

The vehicle was towed back to the Hilo police station for further evidence processing.

Moku remains missing. Police are continuing their investigation into her disappearance.

Moku suffers from a medical condition that requires periodic medication.

Police ask that anyone with information on her whereabouts call Detective Norbert Serrao (808)961-2383 or (808)935-3311.

Tipsters who prefer to remain anonymous may call Crime Stoppers at (808) 961-8300 in Hilo or (808) 329-8181 in Kona. All Crime Stoppers information is kept confidential.
 

[Jenn]

http://www.amw.com/m...se.cfm?id=60328

Wreckage Provides Little Evidence In Search

Police on the Big Island of Hawaii are looking for a woman whose car was found at the bottom of a 120-foot cliff on Oct. 10, 2008. The car's registered owner, Marlo K. Moku, 33, has been missing since Sept. 23.

Cops say Marlo was last seen at a 7-Eleven store in her hometown of Hilo two weeks before the discovery of her car.  According to detectives, her credit cards have not been used since she went missing.

Police say the wreckage of Marlo's blue 1995 Chevy Corsica was first spotted from the water by a local fisherman. The vehicle needed to be airlifted out of the ravine by helicopter for inspection.

Detectives tell AMW that they used Luminol in the car to see if anyone had been inside at the time of the crash. Tests showed no evidence of bodily fluids.

Marlo, a mother of three, is of partial Hawaiian descent. She's 5'7", 180 lbs., has brown eyes and shoulder-length dark brown curly hair, occasionally worn in a ponytail.

Marlo has a mole on her upper left cheek and one on her lower right cheek. She has the word "Sassy" tattooed in pink letters on the inside of one of her ankles and two horizontal scars on one of her outer arms.

Cops say there are few clues as to the cause of her disappearance.

If you have any information on the whereabouts of Marlo K. Moku, please call our hotline at 1-800-CRIME-TV.

[Jenn]

Link to poster for Marlo: http://viewmorepics....mageID=24551677

Link to MySpace page for Marlo: http://www.myspace.com/weloveutita

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[Jenn]

http://www.starbulle...m_of_cliff.html

Missing woman's car found at bottom of cliff

By Star-Bulletin staff

POSTED: 02:30 a.m. HST, Oct 12, 2008

A car belonging to a missing 33-year-old Hilo woman was found at the bottom of a 120-foot cliff in Hakalau, Big Island police said yesterday.

A tip from a local fisherman led authorities to the area Friday, but, facing hazardous waves, they could not locate anyone near the heavily damaged blue 1995 Chevy Corsica sedan. The car was identified as belonging to Marlo K. Moku.

Yesterday, a Maui helicopter hauled the car to the top of the cliff, and firefighters cut open the trunk and passenger compartment, but did not find anyone inside. Police took the vehicle back to the Hilo police station for processing.

Moku was last seen at a convenience store in the lower Kaumana Drive area on Sept. 23 at about 7 p.m. She was driving her Corsica sedan and wearing shorts and a pink tank top.

Moku remains missing, and police are continuing their investigation into her disappearance.

She is 5 feet 7 inches tall, about 180 pounds, with brown eyes and shoulder-length, dark brown, curly hair that she wears in a ponytail.

She has a pink "Sassy" tattoo on the inside of her ankle and two vertical scars on the outside of one of her arms.

Police said she suffers from a medical condition that requires periodic medication.

Anyone with information on her whereabouts is asked to call Detective Norbert Serrao at (808) 961-2383 or (808) 935-3311 or call CrimeStoppers at (808) 961-8300 in Hilo or (808) 329-8181 in Kona.

[Jenn]

http://www.hawaiipol...u_09-26-08.html

Media Release



Police are asking for the public's help in locating a 33-year-old Hilo woman missing since Tuesday (September 23).

Marlo Moku was last seen at a convenience store in the lower Kaumana Drive area on Tuesday at about 7 p.m.  She is described as part Hawaiian, approximately 5-foot-7, about 180 pounds, with brown eyes and shoulder-length dark brown curly hair that is occasionally worn in a pony tail. She was last seen wearing shorts and a pink tank top.

Moku has a mole on her upper left cheek and another one on her lower right cheek. She has the word "Sassy" tattooed on the inside of one of her ankles in pink lettering and has as two vertical scars on one of her outer arms.

She was last seen driving a blue 1995 Chevy Corsica 4-door sedan bearing license plate HTN-328. The car has a "Kaumana Roots Racing" sticker and a "Roxie" sticker affixed to the rear window.

Moku suffers from a medical condition that requires periodic medication.

Police ask that anyone with information on her whereabouts call Officer Kaui Wakita of the South Hilo Patrol Division at (808) 961-2211 or (808) 935-3311.

Tipsters who prefer to remain anonymous may call Crime Stoppers at (808) 961-8300 in Hilo or (808) 329-8181 in Kona. All Crime Stoppers information is kept confidential.

[Kelly]

Project Jason Profile:



Name: Marlo Keolalani Moku

Date of Birth: 12/28/1974
Date Missing: 09/23/2008
Age at time of disappearance: 33
City Missing From: Hilo
State Missing From: Hawaii
Gender: Female
Race: Mixed Pacific Islander/White
Height: 5' 7"
Weight: 180 lbs.
Hair Color: Dark brown
Hair (other): Wavy and was below shoulder length when she went missing.
Eye Color: Dark brown
Complexion: light

Identifying Characteristics: She has a hot pink colored tattoo "Sassy" on the inside of one of her ankles and 2 parallel horizontal scars about 3 inches long on her upper left arm (a few inches below her shoulder). She also has pierced ears. Her weight may fluctuate, depending on the effects of the medication.

Clothing: Marlo wears casual clothes; usually denim shorts, skirts, or jeans.

Circumstances of Disappearance: According to Marlo's family, she was last seen at her home by her boyfriend and 2 year-old daughter. Her boyfriend stated that on that day he went home for a lunch break at approximately 11:30 am. Marlo needed to go to the store and wanted to take her daughter. Her boyfriend told her to leave the daughter home, go to the store and come back. Marlo left and never returned.

Medical Conditions: Marlo has a medical condition and is on medication.

Investigative Agency: Big Island Hilo Police
Agency Phone: (808) 961-8300

Print a Poster: http://www.projectja...N_MarloMoku.pdf

[Kelly]

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Marlo Moku and April Wiss are Project Jason's featured missing persons for May of 2009. The image you see below, with links to their news and information threads, is on the main page of the Project Jason website. This is one means of awareness for their cases, and with a high average of daily hits to the site, we'll reach many with their stories.

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[Kelly]

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Family seeks public's help

By John Burnett
Tribune-Herald Staff Writer

Published: Friday, May 8, 2009 10:05 AM HST

Marlo Moku has not been seen since September.

Family members of a Hilo woman missing since Sept. 23 are hopeful she's still alive and that someone has information that will lead them to her.

Sarah Moku said the family will set up a tent Saturday at Four-Mile Beach in Keaukaha. The purpose is to talk story with beachgoers and hand out fliers with a picture of Marlo Moku, who left her Kaumana home to buy cigarettes and failed to return.

"We'll try to go there early," said Sarah Moku, a Maui resident who is Marlo Moku's younger sister. "The kids can swim and we want to put up a big vinyl sign with her picture that says, 'Please help us find our mommy.'"

Marlo Moku, 34, is the mother of three children: Jacob, 11; Kanoe, 9, and Lily, 3. Her boyfriend, Sean Oblero, has been taking care of the children since her disappearance. In addition, Moku has three other siblings, sisters Iwa and Kawehi, and half-brother Joshua. Her parents are Wayne Moku and Darolyn Kua, both of Hilo.

She was last seen at about 7 p.m. Sept. 23 at the Kaumana Drive 7-Eleven store.

The missing woman was not employed and, according to her sister, was on medication for bipolar disorder.

"She needs help because she hasn't had her shot and it's been seven months," Sarah Moku said. She added that her sister was originally treated with pills, which she would sometimes forget to take.

"If she wasn't consistent in taking her pills, she would fall back into her sickness and we would have to take her to the hospital, because it got so bad that they would have to stabilize her," Sarah Moku said. "But recently, in the last two years, they started her on a shot. She had to go to the doctor's every two weeks, I believe, and not have to remember to take the pills. The shot would keep her very consistent."

Marlo Moku's blue 1995 Chevrolet Corsica four-door sedan was found by a fisherman at the bottom of a 120-foot cliff near the old Hakalau Sugar Mill the morning of Oct. 10. The license plates, reported by police as HTN 328, were missing from the car. Police identified the car as Moku's through its vehicle identification number.

The car was lifted to the top of the cliff the following day by helicopter and was towed back to Hilo police headquarters for further investigation.

"We had a reconstructionist go through the path the vehicle traveled," police Lt. Mitch Kanehailua of the Criminal Investigation Section said Thursday. "We have to go through the report now; it's rather lengthy. Other than that, there's no new information."

Asked if he suspected foul play, Kanehailua said: "Not at this time. We really don't know; we're looking at all the possibilities.

"We've had reports of sightings, but we've checked them out and really, nothing."

Kanehailua said that Maui police have tentatively identified a body there that Moku's family had requested Hilo police check, but the body was not Moku's.

Sarah Moku said she doesn't think her sister was suicidal, even when not medicated.

"She'd just blab on about things that went on in the past, things that are bottled up inside and just all come out at once. Her frustrations and that," she said.

She said that her sister had never disappeared for any length of time before.

"She goes to town a lot with the kids, knick-knack shopping here and there, but it was not like she'd never come home," Sarah Moku said. "She'd go to the store to get some cigarettes, get this, get that, but she'd always come back. She liked to go to the beach. She'd go to Honolii because her boyfriend surfs there."

She said that the family is dissatisfied with the police investigation.

"They told us from the beginning it's not a crime to be missing if you're an adult, and we felt that they kind of classified her as a runaway, because they didn't make any effort to find her the first couple of weeks," Sarah Moku said. "Then, when her car was found about two weeks after, that's when they stepped it up a little."

She said police found some belongings of Moku's near the wreckage, but told her that analysis of the items could take a year.

Asked how Moku's children are handling their mom's absence, Sarah Moku said, "It was hard on them, at least at first. We're trying to be strong for them."

Marlo Moku is described as part-Hawaiian, approximately 5-foot-7, about 180 pounds, with brown eyes and curly, shoulder-length dark brown hair, occasionally worn in a ponytail. She was last seen wearing shorts and a pink tank top.

She has moles on her upper left cheek and lower right cheek, the word "Sassy" tattooed in pink letters on the inside of one of her ankles, and two vertical scars on the outer side of one arm.

Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Norbert Serrao at 961-2383 or the police nonemergency line at 935-3311. Those who prefer anonymity may call Crime Stoppers at 961-8300.

[Kelly]

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Family of Missing Woman Asks for New Clues on the 1st Anniversary Date of Her Disappearance

Hilo, HI - (September, 26, 2009) - It has been 1 year since Marlo Moku disappeared without a trace, and the family and authorities are reminding people to keep and eye out for her.

According to Marlo's family, she was last seen at her home by her boyfriend and 2 year-old daughter. Her boyfriend stated that on that day he went home for a lunch break at approximately 11:30 am. Marlo needed to go to the store and wanted to take her daughter. Her boyfriend told her to leave the daughter home, go to the store and come back. Marlo left and never returned.

Marlo has a hot pink colored tattoo "Sassy" on the inside of one of her ankles and 2 parallel horizontal scars about 3 inches long on her upper left arm (a few inches below her shoulder). She also has pierced ears. Her weight may fluctuate, depending on the effects of the medication.

Ka'Ohelo Moku, family spokesperson, said the family is trying to get any and all information about Marlo out to the public and are pleading for help. She said the family is trying to deal with this situation the best that they can.  “Her family and her three children miss her dearly. We need the public's help in finding Marlo. Please call in any piece of information you may know about Marlo's disappearance.” said Moku.

Marlo is described as a Mixed Pacific Islander/White with dark brown eyes.  At the time of her disappearance, she had dark brown, was 5’7” and weighed 180 pounds.

Photos of Marlo are available for download at http://www.projectja...hp?topic=5355.0

Media is also asked to remind the public to print and place posters of Marlo, which can be found at http://www.projectja...N_MarloMoku.pdf

Anyone with information about Marlo is urged to contact the Big Island Hilo Police at (808) 961-8300.

About Project Jason

Project Jason, founded in 2003, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to assisting the families of missing persons, and creating and increasing public awareness of missing people through a variety of outreach and educational activities. Project Jason brings hope and assistance to families of the missing by providing resources and support. The organization is based in Omaha, Nebraska. The organization has disseminated more than 14,500 personal ID kits in English and Spanish, has helped distribute more than 50,000 posters, and 4,750 photo buttons, of missing persons, and has assisted more than 400 families of the missing. Project Jason has also been directly involved in the recoveries of numerous missing persons. Project Jason offers extensive online resources as the first and only assistance organization to offer free, professional counseling to families, and the first nonprofit of its type to open an office in the popular virtual world, Second Life. Project Jason relies solely on corporate and private donors and currently requests the public’s help to sponsor a number of ongoing programs. (Nonprofit: IRS 501 © (3) Non Profit Charitable Organization - EIN# 20-0256753.) For more information about Project Jason’s objectives, activities and services, go to http://www.projectjason.org

[Jenn]

Charley Project Profile for Marlo: http://www.charleypr...moku_marlo.html

[Jenn]

NamUs Profile for Marlo: https://www.findthem....org/cases/5176

[Lori Davis]

http://www.hawaiinew...h-new-attention

 

Hilo police hope new technology, leads will help find missing mother

 

Posted: Feb 21, 2014 1:39 AM EST

Updated: Feb 22, 2014 4:36 AM EST

By Lynn Kawano

 

HILO, BIG ISLAND (HawaiiNewsNow) - "We wonder so much about where she is, what could have happened," says Kawehi Moku.  Her older sister, Marlo Moku disappeared more than five years ago.

 

Kawehi last spoke to her sister on the phone on September 23rd, 2008.  Kawehi says Marlo seemed fine.  But when she didn't pick up her kids from school later that day, the family knew something was wrong.

 

Marlo Moku may have gone to the 7-11 on Kaumana Drive but police are unclear what happened after that.

 

Some have wondered if the 33-year old just ... left ... but her family says there's no way she would have abandoned her kids.

 

"She wouldn't have left the three of them behind, something bad must have happened to her," says her sister, "(She was) a loving mom, she always had the three of them with her."

 

"It is unusual for a parent, a mom, to leave behind her kids," says Lieutenant Gregory Esteban of the Hawaii Police Department's Criminal Investigations Unit.

 

The kids were 10, 8 and 2 years old when Marlo vanished.

 

Weeks later, her Chevy Corsica was found at the bottom of a cliff in Hakalau.  For Kawehi, that was proof that her sister was a victim.

 

"Somebody's trying to hide something.  The car was dumped, the license plates were ripped off, none of her belongings (was) in it," she says.

 

"That was her main mode of transportation," says Lt. Esteban.  "The unfortunate part, the vehicle was exposed to the elements, the salt water."

 

Hilo Police are planning on re-testing the evidence collected to see if new technology can bring new leads.  But the key to solving most cold cases, time.

 

"As time goes by, relationships change," says Lt. Esteban, who hopes that a witness who wouldn't or couldn't cooperate back then might be willing to now.

 

Marlo Moku's three kids are living with family members.

 

"They miss her a lot," says Kawehi,  "At times I just want to break down and cry, but when I look at them... I'm the one they look up to now so I have to be strong for them."

 

Kawehi Moku runs a facebook page about the case https://www.facebook...lo.moku?fref=ts

 

If you have any information that can help, call Hilo Police at 808-961-8300.  The department now has a detective dedicated to reviewing cold cases.