Hawaiʻi Island police still seeking information about missing Purple Heart recipient from Pāhoa
Hawai’i Island police are renewing their request for any information regarding the disappearance in 2023 of 38-year-old Kelly Gravitt of Pāhoa.
Gravitt is a combat-wounded member of the 82nd Airborne, and Purple Heart recipient.
Gravitt was 34 when he was last seen between May 12 and May 14 of 2023, in the area of Highway 130 and Kaimu-Makena Homestead Road in Pāhoa.
He is known to frequent Pāhoa, Kalapana, including the Sea View lawn, Kahena Beach and Uncle Roberts.
He is Caucasian, 6 feet tall, 180 pounds, with brown hair, blue eyes and a thick auburn beard. Gravitt has numerous tattoos and distinct scars on his lower legs from injuries he sustained serving oversees in the United States military.
To date, detectives have conducted copious interviews, numerous follow-ups and continue to actively investigate Gravitt’s disappearance.
Anyone who may have information is asked to contact Detective Sybastian Keltner of the Area I Criminal Investigation Section Unsolved Homicides and Missing Persons Unit at 808-961-2326, or by email at Sybastian.Keltner@hawaiipolice.gov.
Individuals wishing to remain anonymous can contact Crime Stoppers at 808-961-8300. All Crime Stoppers information is kept confidential.
