Hawai‘i Island police renew request in finding man reported missing nearly a year ago

Hawai‘i Island police are again asking for the community’s help in locating 42-year-old Landon Fairbanks who has been reporting missing.

Fairbanks was last seen on Aug. 3, 2022, at noon, in an area referred to as “Two-Step” beach near Pu‘uhonua O‘Hōnaunau in Hōnaunau.

Fairbanks is 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.

Police ask anyone with information on Fairbanks’ whereabouts to call Detective Carrie Akina at 808-326-4646, ext. 277, or the 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.