Case Details
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- Missing Since:
- Missing Since 01/23/2004
- Missing From:
- Missing From Kauai, Hawaii
- Classification:
- Classification Lost/Injured Missing
- Gender:
- Male
- Race:
- Race White
- Date of Birth:
- Date of Birth 11/17/1975 (49)
- Age:
- Age 28 years old
- Height and Weight:
- Height and Weight 6’3, 215 – 250 pounds
- Clothing/Jewelry Description:
- Clothing/Jewelry Description A brown suede jacket, a blue/green shirt, dress pants and dress shoes.
- Distinguishing Characteristics:
- Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Brown hair, blue eyes. Turek’s nickname is Brad.
- Details of Disappearance:
- In January 2004, David Turek, who lived in Cincinnati, Ohio, went on vacation to Hawaii. He rented a white Jeep and checked into a Maui hotel on January 23rd. The next day, his Jeep was left empty in the hotel parking lot, and some of his belongings were found in the hotel pond.
He’s thought to have then flown to Kauai on January 25th, rented another Jeep, and gone hiking in a place called Hanakapi’ai. His second rental car was found on January 27th. He vanished and hasn’t been seen since.
Searches found his initials carved into a tree and a Duke University t-shirt (Turek went to Duke) in the Hanakapi’ai area. Some think he fell into a stream, drowned, and was washed away, but his family doubts the shirt was his.
The exact date of his disappearance is uncertain; some records say January 22nd, others January 24th. His case remains a mystery.
- Agency:
- Kauai Police Department 808-241-1693
- Source Links:
This person was missing Missing Since 01/23/2004