23 year old Khiara Lavinia Henry's sister, Theadra Hammond, described Khiara as an outgoing, spontaneous, and adventurous young woman who always had a big smile on her face. Khiara loved to travel an the San Diego native was was last seen on on July 21, 2019 at a Hertz car rental agency in Maui, Hawaii where she was vacationing. Khiara's rental car was found two days later on July 23 at Waiʻānapanapa State Park. She missed her return flight to San Diego scheduled for July 29.

Since July 2019, there have been many tips but nothing solid according to family members who live in Nevada and California. Over the last year, the family has taken four trips to search Maui for Khiara but they have not been able to search in the recent months due to the pandemic travel restrictions.

Khiara arrived in Maui on July 18, 2019 where she checked into the Aston Maui Hill Hotel. Over the next two days, she took group/bus tours to Waiʻānapanapa Park and Wailele Farms. She rented a vehicle from Hertz Rental Car at the Kahului Airport on July 21 at 2 p.m where she was last seen. Calls to Khiara’s cell phone went straight to voicemail and there has been no activity on her phone since her disappearance along with no credit card or banking activity since July 21.

On July 25, Khiara’s rental vehicle was reported by Waiʻānapanapa Park officials and a suspicious activity case was documented by park patrol. The Waiʻānapanapa Park area is approximately 2 hours east of the Hertz location where she rented her vehicle. 

On July 26, Theadra reported Khiara as missing to the Maui Police Department (MPD). On that same day, Khiara’s rental car was reported to MPD as abandoned by park officials. Hertz retrieved the car which had her luggage, as well as her credit card and ID which were both hidden in the center console. Her cell phone, small backpack and car key were not in the car and have not been located. Per authorities, the mileage of the rental car was consistent with a trip from the rental agency to Waiʻānapanapa State Park.

Police and volunteers searched the park area but found no clues and police released the Hertz surveillance tapes in hopes someone would come forward with some information. Khiara's family also offered a $10,000 reward (later increased to $15,000). Theadra opines “that’s what makes my sister’s case so hard — we have no evidence of anything...evidence we could have had is gone...for instance, the rental vehicle was towed back and cleaned completely."

In a July 2020 news article, Khiara's mother, Monica Henry, thanked the Maui community for their support and established a tip hotline which directly contacts the family since they were no longer listing the police number in their social media posts about Khiara's disappearance because the lead detective no longer returns the family's calls. Monica implores anyone who knows something to "please say something...try to keep her in your hearts and minds...she is somebody’s daughter and sister.”

A September 2021 article noted that the reward for any information on Khiara's disappearance has increased to $25,000.

Khiara remains missing. Khiara has a tattoo of sunflowers on upper right arm, and a tattoo of praying hands on her right arm just above the elbow. Please contact the family tip line at 808-757-5102 or the Maui Police Department at 808-244-6400 if you have any information.

Links:

https://www.mauinews.com/news/local-news/2020/07/khiara-henrys-family-vows-to-keep-searching-for-her/

https://mauinow.com/2019/09/13/kihara-henry-interview/

https://mauinow.com/2019/10/27/itʻs-been-over-90-days-since-khiara-henry-went-missing-her-family-still-has-no-answers/

https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/khiara-henry-san-diego-maui-hawaii-missing-video/1964274/

https://mauinow.com/2021/09/23/khiara-henry-still-missing-after-2-years-reward-offer-increased-to-25000/

http://charleyproject.org/case/khiara-lavinia-henry