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5-24-24 Police Renew Request for Public’s Assistance in Locating Missing Person Landon Fairbanks

May 24, 2024 |

Hawaii Police Department
Area II Criminal Investigation Section
Lieutenant Michael Hardie
Phone: (808) 326-4646 Ext. 266
Report No.: 22-067798

Media Release

Hawai‘i Island police are again asking for the community’s assistance in locating 42-year-old Landon Fairbanks who has been reporting missing. Fairbanks was last seen on August 3, 2022, at 12:00 p.m., in the area of “Two-Step” beach near Pu‘uhonua O‘Hōnaunau in Hōnaunau.

Fairbanks is described as Caucasian, 6 feet tall, 220 pounds, with a mustache, goatee, and brown eyes. Fairbanks also has tattoos on his right arm and a half-sleeved, Asian-inspired black tattoo with red flowers on his lower left leg. He is known to frequent the Captain Cook and Kailua-Kona areas. Fairbanks also liked to camp at various beaches to include, O’oma in Kona, and Waimanu Valley in the District of Honoka’a.

Police ask anyone with information on Fairbanks’ whereabouts to call Detective Carrie Akina at (808) 326-4646, ext. 277, or the police department’s non-emergency line at (808) 935-3311. Tipsters who prefer to remain anonymous may call the island wide Crime Stoppers number at (808) 961-8300. All Crime Stoppers information is kept confidential.

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Hawaiʻi Police Department believes every victim deserves justice, and that the deceased victim’s family, friends, and community deserve closure.

Please take a moment to review the Unsolved Homicides summaries and if you have any information pertaining to any of these cases, please submit a tip, email us or call our Unsolved Homicides Division at (808) 961-2380 or Crime Stoppers at (808) 961-8300. Thank you for your help!

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