Posted on: Wednesday, February 20, 2002

Woman, 39, missing in Kane'ohe

Advertiser Staff

Firefighter rescue personnel and police officers will resume searching this morning for a woman missing in Kane'ohe.

Marleen McCallum, 39, was reported missing yesterday at 11:44 a.m. by members of her family, said Honolulu Fire Department spokesman Capt. Richard Soo.

McCallum's family said she has not been seen since Sunday. McCallum is a member of the Hope Chapel on Po'okela Place in Kane'ohe, and her van was found yesterday in the church's parking lot.

Ten firefighters from a rescue company and a ladder company, 12 police officers and three police dogs began searching for McCallum yesterday. An HPD helicopter and the HFD's Air One rescue helicopter also took part in the search, Soo said.

The search in the Ha'iku area near the former Omega Tracking Station near H-3 lasted until 6:35 p.m. when darkness made further searching impractical.

Also yesterday, HFD personnel rescued an injured hiker on the Wai'oma'o Trail in the upper Palolo Valley, Soo said.

Soo said the 17-year-old girl, visiting from Rhode Island, hiked into the area at about noon with two young men ages 17 and 25.

She experienced breathing problems and her companions called for help at 3:42 p.m., Soo said.

All three hikers were air lifted out. The girl was given oxygen and taken, in stable condition, to Kapi'olani Medical Center for Women and Children, Soo said.