Synopsis: Lance Waiokeola Ka’owili disappeared at Sandy Beach Park.

Aloha e nā luna ho’oponopono o ke kolamu Kauakūkalahale. E ‘olu’olu, e ho’okomo i kēia i ke kolamu i aloha ‘ia e nā kānaka o nēia ao.

He kanaka ‘olu’olu loa ‘o Lance Ka’owili a aloha nui ‘ia ‘o ia e nā kānaka like ‘ole o ka ‘āina. Inā paha i loa’a kahi mea iā ia, a ‘a’ole ho’i i loa’a i kekahi, hā’awi wale ‘o ia nei i ia mea me ka no’ono’o i ka pōmaika’i o ia kanaka. A he mea mau ia hana āna i nā kānaka like ‘ole. Me he mea lā, ‘o kahi Pahia (ka mea nāna ka ‘ōlelo "aia nō i ‘ō") nā kānaka a pau. No laila, ua hele a kaulana ‘o ia i ka pōmaika’i a me ka ‘olu’olu.

Noho ‘o ia i Hau’ula, eia kā, he mea ma’amau kona holo ‘ana i ke awāwa o Kalama no ka mālama ‘ana i kona makuahine. ‘O ka hapanui o ka manawa ke hele ‘o ia i laila, noho ‘o ia a pō ke ao a ao ka pō. A ma muli o kona pipili a akamai nō ho’i i ke kai, ‘oiai ‘o kāna mea walea a mea nanea ho’i ka lawai’a, ka lu’u kai, ka he’enalu, ke kahanalu, a me ia mea aku, ia mea aku, iho ‘o ia i kai o Ka’iwi (Sandy’s) i nā lā a pau, i ke kakahiaka a me ka ‘auinalā, a lilo wikiwiki ‘o ia i hoaaloha no nā kānaka o ia kahakai. E like me ka ma’amau o ka pā ‘ana mai o ka makani Ho’olua ma laila, pēlā pū ka ‘ike ‘ana i kona kalaka e kū ana ma ua kahakai nei.

‘O ke kakahiaka nui o kahi Pō’ahā i hala akula, ma mua ho’i o ka hō’ea ‘ana mai o nā luna kia’i ola, ka lā hope o ka ‘ike ‘ana o Ha’i i ko Lance maka u’i e kahanalu ana. He lā nalu nui, he au nui, a he makani ikaika ko ia lā. He lā e kau ai ka weli i ka hapanui o nā kānaka noho ‘āina. ‘A’ole pēlā nona. Mino’aka nui me ke komo pū ‘ana iho i ke kai me kona hoa. A li’uli’u, hiki mai ka hola e pae ai no kona hoa, ka mea nāna e nānā ana i ko Lance he’e ‘ana i ka nuku, ho’i ana i ka lala. Pae kona hoa a ha’alele. Ua pō ia ao. I ke ao ‘ana a’e o ka Pō’alima, mau ana nō kona kalaka i kahi like me ka lā ma mua pono, eia kā, he mea ‘ole i nā kānaka kama’āina ma muli o kona holo mau ‘ana i ke kahanalu. A pō ia ao. I ke ao ‘ana ho’i o ka Pō’aono, i nānā aku ka hana, mau ana kona kalaka i kahi like. Ua ‘ano ‘ē kēia, eia kā, ‘a’ole i no’ono’o nui ‘ia. I ke kū ‘ana o ka lā i ka lolo me ka ‘ike ‘ole ‘ia ‘ana o kona maka u’i e nā hoa, ua lilo i mea ho’opāha’oha’o. Wehe ‘ia maila ka puka kalaka, aia ho’i, aia nō kona kalipa, kelepona, kī ka’a, mea’ai i hele a palahū, a me nā mea ‘ē a’e i waiho ‘ole ‘ia i ke ka’a ke hele i kahi ‘ē, koe na’e ka holo ‘ana i ka ‘au’au kai.

‘O ke kāhea ‘ana akula nō ia i kona makuahine me ka nīnau, inā paha i ‘ike ‘ia ‘o ia. Hō’ole ‘ia me ka ‘ōlelo, ua hala ‘elua lā, a ‘a’ole i ‘ike a lohe ‘ia ‘o ia. Ha’i akula i nā luna kia’i ola, a kāhea akula iā 911. Holo maila nā ka’a kinai ahi a me ka pinao huli a loa’a, a ho’omaka e huli iā ia ma ke kai. Ma ia wā like, ho’omaka pū nō kānaka o Ka’iwi e huli kekahi ma o ka lu’u ‘ana i kai, a me ka holo wāwae ‘ana i ka ‘ae kai mai kahi e kahanalu ai, a i Hanauma, a mau ana i Kawaihoa. ‘A’ole na’e i loa’a ma ia lā. (‘A’ole i pau.)

E ho’ouna ‘ia mai nā leka iā māua, ‘o ia ho’i ‘o Laiana Wong a me Kekeha Solis ma ka pahu leka uila ma lalo nei:
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