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Missing Todd Ripplinger 
Ripplinger, approximately 2003 Date reported missing : 11/21/2003 Missing location (approx) : Lahaina, Hawaii Missing classification : Lost/Injured Missing Gender : Male Ethnicity : White DOB : 05/04/1978 (43) Age at the time of disappearance: 25 years old Height / Weight : 6'0, 150 pounds Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos : Caucasian male. Brown hair, brown eyes. Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Ripplinger was last seen surfing near Lahaina, Hawaii on November 21, 2003. The surfing conditions that day were very rough. He never returned to shore. Ripplinger's car was found parked in a parking lot near the 500 block of Front Street in Lahaina, and his white surfboard with three skegs washed up on shore. He has never been heard from again. Ripplinger grew up in Illinois and performed magic shows as a youth, beginning at Age at the time of disappearance: eleven. He attended Columbia College in Chicago, Illinois, where he majored in video production and Japanese. After college he spent a year in Japan. He moved in Hawaii in 2003 after being offered a job in Maui, and learned how to surf. Ripplinger proposed marriAge at the time of disappearance: to his Japanese girlfriend the month before his disappearance. He is believed to have drowned in an accident in the water. Other information and links : ncy Maui Police Department 808-244-6425 September 2021 updates and sources Maui Police Department Maui News In Memory of Todd Ripplinger October 12, 2004. July 25, 2008; picture and DOB : added, Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : updated. |