Missing Rick Calhau Calhau, approximately 1996; Calhau's truck Date reported missing : 11/18/1996 Missing location (approx) : Kane'ohe, Hawaii Missing classification : Endangered Missing Gender : Male Ethnicity : Asian Age at the time of disappearance: 29 years old Height / Weight : 5'8, 170 - 180 pounds Description, clothing, jewerly and more : A black jacket with "Tyson-Holyfield" printed on it, blue denim shorts, and black Shawn Kemp basketball shoes. Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos : Asian male. Brown hair, brown eyes. Calhau is of Japanese descent. Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Calhau was last seen leaving his Kane'ohe, Hawaii home in his pickup truck at 10:10 p.m. on November 18, 1996. He told his wife he was going to visit friends in Kalihi and would be back in an hour. He has never been heard from again. The next day, Calhau's brown 1992 Ford pickup truck with the Hawaii license plate number FYS 043 was found parked at the intersection of Koauka Street and Moanalua Road in front of the Our Savior Lutheran Church. A photo of it is posted with this case summary. Calhau's disappearance may have a connection to his friend Michael John Miske Jr. In May 1995, Miske was driving Calhau's car when he assaulted and attempted to abduct a police officer who stopped him for speeding. The next day, Calhau reported his car stolen, saying that although Miske was a good friend and he'd lent him the car before, he did not have permission to be driving it that night. When the police questioned him further, he contacted an attorney and refused to speak further on the case. In August 1995, both Miske and Calhau were arrested and charged with second-degree terroristic threatening, but the charges were eventually dismissed when the complaining witness failed to appear in court. Miske reached a plea deal in the abduction case; he pleaded guilty to kidnapping, assault and speeding and in January 1996 he was sentenced to five years of probation. The following year he went back to court to amend his guilty plea to a no contest plea. Six months after Miske amended his plea, Calhau went missing. He owned The Tint Shop, an auto glass tinting company. In November 1998, two years after Calhau's disappearance, the registration of the trade name of his business expired. In 1999, Miske registered a new company of his own, also an auto glass tinting business called The Tint Shop. Six months later, he started a pest control business as well. Investigators believe that for years, Miske used his pest control business as the headquarters for his criminal enterprise, which involved drug trafficking, abduction, murder-for-hire, robbery, extortion, money laundering and bank fraud. In 2017, he was arrested and charged with murder in aid of racketeering, murder for hire conspiracy resulting in death, kidnapping using a facility of interstate commerce resulting in death, and conspiracy to commit kidnapping among other offenses. Authorities believe he orchestrated the abduction and murder of Jonathan Fraser, who disappeared in 2016 and was never found. Miske is awaiting trial in Fraser's presumed death. He hasn't been named as a suspect in Calhau's disappearance, but authorities believe Calhau disappeared under suspicious circumstances. His case remains unsolved. Other information and links : ncy Honolulu Police Department 808-529-3394 September 2021 updates and sources The Honolulu Advertiser Hawaii News Now Honolulu Crime Stoppers KITV A missing person is a person who has disappeared and whose status as alive or dead cannot be confirmed as their location and condition are not known. A person may go missing through a voluntary disappearance, or else due to an accident, crime, death in a location where they cannot be found (such as at sea), or many other reasons. In most parts of the world, a missing person will usually be found quickly. While criminal abductions are some of the most widely reported missing person cases, these account for only 2�5% of missing children in Europe. By contrast, some missing person cases remain unresolved for many years. Laws related to these cases are often complex since, in many jurisdictions, relatives and third parties may not deal with a person's assets until their death is considered proven by law and a formal death certificate issued. The situation, uncertainties, and lack of closure or a funeral resulting when a person goes missing may be extremely painful with long-lasting effects on family and friends. Several organizations seek to connect, share best practices, and disseminate information and imAge at the time of disappearance: s of missing children to improve the effectiveness of missing children investigations, including the International Commission on Missing Persons, the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC), as well as national organizations, including the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children in the US, Missing People in the UK, Child Focus in Belgium, and The Smile of the Child in Greece. |