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Detectives have opened a kidnapping, assault and missing person case after family members reported not seeing a 54-year-old man for more than a month.
Witnesses told police that two men, ages 38 and 44, hit the victim on the head, placed him in car in Haleiwa and fled on April 6.
The family members said the last time they saw the victim was a day earlier.
Nanakuli man, 81, charged in attack
An 81-year-old Nanakuli man was charged with attacking his roommate while he was sleeping early Wednesday morning.
George Makuaole was initially arrested on suspicion of second-degree assault when he was taken into custody at 6:40 a.m. at his home on Laiku Street.
That charge was reclassified as abuse and his bail was set at $1,000.
He was scheduled to appear in Family Court on Thursday to face the misdemeanor abuse charge.
Inmate fails to return from work furlough
Oahu Community Correctional Center inmate Daniel Seyler, who was serving time for assault, failed to return from a work furlough Wednesday night and now faces an escape charge.
Seyler, 52, left at 5:15 a.m. Wednesday from Laumaka Work Furlough Center to go to work. He was due back at 10:30 p.m. He is 6 feet 3 inches tall, weighs 205 pounds, has hazel eyes and brown hair that is balding.
Seyler is currently serving time for second-degree assault and failure to comply with sex offender registration requirements.
Prison official said the reason for the "failure to comply" charge is because he failed to update his registration to reflect the assault charge. He updated the registry and was in compliance before being allowed in the furlough program.
His next parole hearing is set for September. He faces an additional escape charge when found.
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