Missing Wailua man Mark Maurin was found alive and well in Hanakapi‘ai by Kaua‘i Police Department detectives Friday afternoon.
Missing Wailua man Mark Maurin was found alive and well in Hanakapi‘ai by Kaua‘i Police Department detectives Friday afternoon.
Maurin was reported missing at about 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 2.
According to a report, Maurin was last seen at around 8:15 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 28, when a friend dropped him off at the Kalalau trailhead at Ke‘e Beach.
Maurin told a friend he planned to hike the trail from Ke‘e Beach to Kalalau Valley, where he was going to camp for the weekend, according to a press release. Maurin was scheduled to return to Ke‘e Beach to be picked up by the same friend at about 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 1. Maurin, however, did not show up for the scheduled pickup.
At Hanakapi‘ai Friday, he reported he did not require medical treatment and was going to head back to Ha‘ena.
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