Missing Person in Home Depot, Kapolei, HI
MISSING PERSON U.S. Army Retired Sergeant Major Francisco "Frank" Pangelinan Frank has been missing from Kapolei since Monday, May 15, 2023. That is three years and four months. He turned 89 this month. That afternoon he told his wife he was going to the Home Depot in Kapolei to get a light bulb for the light above their garage door, and that he would be back shortly. He arrived close to 2:30 p.m. and parked near the lumberyard entrance. About half an hour later the store's cameras show him leaving by the garden center exit, looking for his car. He did not find it. Appearing disoriented, he crossed the street away from the crosswalk, into the Costco parking lot, and walked through it. Costco's cameras show him waiting at the crosswalk to cross toward the Star Advertiser building. After that crossing, no camera anywhere has seen him. He is of Chamorro descent, 5'8" and about 137 pounds, with gray hair, brown eyes and black plastic framed glasses. He served 30 years in the Army and retired as a Sergeant Major. He had his wallet with him, and his keys on a blue lanyard around his neck. He did not have his phone. He knows everyone in his family by name, and he can hold an ordinary conversation. In the first weeks there were possible sightings around Barbers Point, Ewa Beach and Kapolei. Later there were sightings in Waipahu, Haleiwa, Waianae, Honolulu and Kailua. None of them led anywhere. His family have never stopped looking, and have written to missing persons organizations nationwide. For background, his daughter, Patricia Arde, has been in our SSH group since 2018. Her very first post was about her father too as she was trying to find the stranger who had stopped to help him find his car at the airport. Five years later, on the day he went missing, she posted about her father's disappearance. She has posted an update almost every month since. "Patricia: "We love you with all of our hearts, Dad, wherever you may be. We believe in miracles and still hope and pray daily that we will find you soon." IF YOU THINK YOU SEE HIM: stay with him if you can, take a picture, and ask him his name. Then call 911, or CrimeStoppers at (808) 955-8300.