{"id":2009298,"date":"2023-08-23T12:50:05","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T16:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-list-of-missing-maui-residents-has-grown-substantially-in-the-last-2-days\/"},"modified":"2023-08-23T12:51:38","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T16:51:38","slug":"the-list-of-missing-maui-residents-has-grown-substantially-in-the-last-2-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-list-of-missing-maui-residents-has-grown-substantially-in-the-last-2-days\/","title":{"rendered":"The number of missing Maui residents has significantly increased in the past 48 hours."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-list-of-missing-maui-residents-has-grown-substantially-in-the-last-2-days%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2009298&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Official Tally \u2064of Missing People in Maui Increases<\/h2>\n<p>The devastating fires that\u2063 swept through Maui have left a trail of destruction and heartbreak.\u2064 The official count of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-the-u-s-federal-government-fuels-child-smuggling-and-trafficking\/\" title=\"How The U.S. Federal Government Fuels Child Smuggling And Trafficking\">missing individuals<\/a> has recently seen a significant change, causing concern and uncertainty.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/maui-wildfires-850-people-missing-county-mayor-saddened-7693340\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">People<\/a>, Maui \u200dCounty Mayor Richard Bissen initially reported that the number of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/final-missing-person-recovered-in-surfside-tragedy\/\" title=\"Final Missing Person Recovered In Surfside Tragedy\">missing people<\/a>\u200d had dropped from 2,000 to 850. However, the \u2062FBI now estimates the number to be between 1,000\u2063 and 1,100, as\u2064 reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/list-possible-unaccounted-maui-fire-now-1000-1100-rcna101332\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cEvery day the numbers will change,\u201d said\u200d Steven Merrill, \u200dthe\u2062 special agent in charge of the FBI\u2019s Honolulu \u2063field office. \u201cThat being said, the number that we\u2019re most concerned about is,\u2063 obviously, trying \u200cto clear people from the list. And that has reliably gone down every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The fires \u200bhave tragically claimed the lives of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fox-news-eviscerate-joe-biden-maui-totally-inappropriate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">115\u2064 individuals<\/a> since\u2063 August 8. The list of missing people includes\u2062 everyone who has not been \u200caccounted for, as explained by Merrill:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re considering everybody on that list until we\u2062 can prove they shouldn\u2019t be on that\u2063 list. We may not know in the end \u200cabout everybody,\u201d he said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/08\/23\/us\/maui-missing.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The \u2062search for both survivors and victims continues, but it may not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-list-of-missing-maui-residents-has-grown-substantially-in-the-last-2-days\/\" title=\"The number of missing Maui residents has significantly increased in the past 48 hours.\">yield conclusive results<\/a>. DNA samples have been requested to aid in the identification of remains found in the ashes, as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fact-check-video-show-biden-falling-asleep-event-maui-wildfire-survivors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Maui \u200bPolice \u200bChief \u2062John\u200c Pelletier emphasized the challenges faced in this search:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cPlease understand this. Once the\u2063 search is done, I can\u2019t guarantee nor can anyone say we got \u200ceverybody. We are \u200cgoing to do our darndest and make every effort to do that. We are going to do \u200bit right. We are not going \u200bto do\u2063 it\u2064 fast. We are not going to be in \u200ba rush. We got one\u2063 chance. And when this is\u2063 all said and done, realistically, let\u2019s be honest here, we\u2019re going to \u2064have a number of \u2064confirmed [dead], and we\u2019re \u2063going to have a number of presumed [dead].\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Out of the\u200d initial\u2064 2,500 reported missing individuals, approximately 1,400 have been found alive, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/maui-wildfires-lahaina-number-people-missing-unclear\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS<\/a>. The details regarding the\u200d missing individuals have \u2063varied, ranging \u200bfrom limited information to more specific descriptions, as shared\u200b by\u2062 Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen, as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaiinewsnow.com\/2023\/08\/22\/2-weeks-after-flames-tore-through-lahaina-hundreds-remain-unaccounted\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hawaii News Now<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the challenges \u2064and discrepancies, families like Jason Musgrove&#8217;s remain determined to find their loved\u2063 ones:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe numbers\u2062 are not adding up,\u201d said\u200c Jason Musgrove, who \u2064has spent two weeks searching\u200b for\u200d his mother,\u200c Linda Vaikeli, 69. \u201cI\u2019m going to keep\u2063 searching. I only have one opportunity to do this, \u2064to find\u2063 my\u2062 Mom.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As the search continues, the list of missing Maui residents has grown substantially \u2062in the last \u2064two days, as highlighted by <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/list-missing-maui-residents-grown-substantially-last-2-days\/\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The count of missing individuals in Maui, following the destructive fires, has risen again after being reduced by over half. Initially reported at 2,000, it was lowered to 850. However, the FBI has now updated the figure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":2009299,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2009298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2009298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2009298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2009298\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2009299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2009298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2009298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2009298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}