Daniel Marks Still Missing, Family fears fatal fall
Daniel Marks has been missing since Thursday, Nov. 10. That was the last day anyone on
Kaua’i reported seeing him by the Kalalau Lookout in Koke’e State Park. His family has been searching for him since Thanksgiving Day. However, The father of missing hiker Daniel Marks left to return to the Mainland yesterday.
The father of missing hiker Daniel Marks left to return to the Mainland yesterday, with a range of emotions from that of a grieving father to those of someone who said he will never forget the kindness of Kauaians during his ordeal.
While Ronald Marks Sr. has left Kaua’i resigned to the fact that the next time he hears about his son will probably be when his body is found, others are continuing to search, notably his daughter, Susan Marks.
Susan Marks quickly became an expert on the back-country portions of Kaua’i, reading books from the public libraries and talking with many rescue professionals, hunters, hikers, state parks personnel, and many other people, Ronald Marks Sr. said. “She got up to speed fast,” he said.
Despite all searches and the fact that the case is still classified as a missing persons case, some of his family believe that Daniel Marks probably had an accidental, fatal fall.
Judge Ronald Marks Sr., of Youngstown, Ohio, and some of his family members who searched in vain for Daniel Marks, said “all evidence points to an accidental fall,” probably on or around Thursday, Nov. 10, the last day anyone on Kaua’i reported seeing Daniel Marks, by the Kalalau Lookout in Koke’e State Park.
People with information on the case, which is still classified as a missing-persons investigation, may contact the KPD’s Investigative Services Bureau at 241-1677, or Claire Ueno, a KPD missing-persons investigator, at 241-1696.
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