It was a sunny morning in June, 1977, and there were no clouds in sight. Charlotte, or Char as her loved ones called her, walked out of her home on the Windward side of Oahu. She was pushing a stroller, which held her 5mo old son, Marx. Char walked to a local bus stop, and then seemingly vanished into thin air. Hours later, only the stroller would be found. That would be the last sign of the duo for nearly 35 years. 

Where were Char & baby Marx?

Source Material:

Hawaii Lost & Missing, Charlotte Moriarty

New York Times 1970 article on Vietnam Veterans

Willits News, 2012: Willits Man Elated to Find Missing Son

Hawaii News Now, 2012: Man with Hawaii Ties Solves Missing Child Case

Diane Capri, Missing Man Solves His Own Case

Met News: CA Throws Out Case

Stuart A. Kirk & Mark E. Therrien (1975) Community Mental Health Myths and the Fate of Former Hospitalized Patients, Psychiatry, 38:3, 209-217, DOI: 10.1080/00332747.1975.11023851

National Missing Persons Database (NamUs): Unidentified Person

National Missing Persons Database (NamUs): Charlotte Moriarty

Trincoll Edu; 2018: Mental Health in Special Education---Comparing the 1970's to Today

CNN 2012: Pennsylvania Missing Mystery

The Midnight Train Podcast: The Honolulu Strangler--He Totally Did It

Contact:

julie@missinginhawaii.org

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