Missing
Willie Dennis Eriksson
Eriksson, approximately 2007
Date and time person was reported missing : 11/07/2007
Missing location (approx) :
Puna, Hawaii
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Male
Ethnicity :
White
Age at the time of disappearance: 42 years old
Height / Weight : 5'9, 165 pounds
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian male. Gray hair, blue eyes. Eriksson is of Swedish and Italian descent and is a Swedish citizen. He has a scar on his chest from open-heart surgery when he was a child, a tattoo of a grim reaper on his right forearm and a tattoo of a girl with a surfboard on the back of his left calf.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Eriksson was last seen during the evening hours of November 7, 2007. He was getting into a vehicle at a general store in the Mountain View area of Puna, Hawaii. The last time he used his cellular phone was at 8:31 p.m. that day. He has never been heard from again.
Eriksson was not reported missing until November 22, two weeks after his disappearance. At the time he went missing, he did not own a vehicle and rode the bus or sought rides in other people's cars for transportation.
Eriksson is originally from Malibu, California, where he graduated Santa Monica High School. He moved to Hawaii in November 2006. He lived on Kaiwiki Road in Hilo at the time of his disappearance, frequented downtown Hilo and Kona, and did construction work and tree servicing. He is a carpenter and a surfer.
He was well-liked in the area and had no known enemies. It is uncharacteristic of Eriksson to be out of touch with his mother, whom he was close to. Foul play is suspected in his case, which remains unsolved.
Other information and links : ncy
Hawaii Police Department
808-935-3311
September 2021 updates and sources
Hawaii Police Department
The Honolulu Advertiser
The Hawaii Tribune-Herald
Malibu Surfside News
October 12, 2004. March 19, 2009; Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: updated.
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